Where to look for History/English major that's not a LAC or Ivy

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Anonymous wrote:Where to look for History/English major that's not a LAC or Ivy? My DS would love to go to (like tons of others it seems!) a school bigger than an LAC that has lots of spirit and fun sports. Any suggestions? I have been trying to research online but for some reason am not coming up with much. Thank you!

https://lsa.umich.edu/rc

https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/plan2/

https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/lahonors/

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Anonymous wrote:UVA has fantastic English and History programs. VT had Nikki Giovanni as a professor before she passed. University of Iowa has one of the best creative writing programs in the country. I don’t think you can go wrong with any flagship for history or English.

DP. My kid was a PPL (Politics, Philosophy, and Law) major at UVA, but also took history and econ courses. DC had Ken Elzinga (econ), Dean Groves, Larry Sabato and law faculty who taught undergrad courses, like James Caesar, Paul Mahoney, and Rise Goluboff. Since I had been a poly-sci/history double major, I read my kid's syllabi. My kid had a far better education (more in-depth, more demanding) at UVA than I did at my SLAC. These interests led to a UVA semester at oxford. DC came back excited about returning for grad work, which he did with the help of the UVA faculty who wrote letters of recommendation. Some of those professorsx recently wrote letters for law school. Kid got into Harvard Law. We are very happy with the UVA experience.

Which SLAC? How did you compare the syllabi to determine rigor?

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Anonymous wrote:It is very hard to graduate on time at a UC due to overcrowding and difficult to get classes you need, so would not recommend.

Are you the person who turns up on every UC discussion to say this? Because there have been plenty of posters with a great deal more information behind them who have refuted it.

There is sometimes over crowding on some over subscribed courses, but not all of them.

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Anonymous wrote:History at JHU is well respected.

And all that school spirit displayed at football games!!

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Anonymous wrote:This has been interesting to follow - for example, I honestly wouldn't have thought Virginia Tech would be strong in the humanities. That's my ignorance of course but good to know!

VT is excellent in the humanities and liberal arts.

+100
I have two kids (one recent grad and one current student) at VT, one double majoring in English & Philosophy and the other in National Security & Foreign Affairs w/a language minor. Both have had such outstanding experiences and opportunities there; highly recommend.

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Anonymous wrote:History at JHU is well respected.

And all that school spirit displayed at football games!!

Are school spirit and football one and the same?