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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PaleoCon here
Why would attending a religious school put me at a disadvantage for PhD school? I spoke with the admissions director at New St. Andrews, and he told me that 1 student who graduated this May got into a Classics MA program at Harvard. Now I know there's a big difference between an MA program and a PhD program, but it seems like Harvard is fine with NSA.  Hypothetically, let's say Sewanee doesn't work out for whatever reason and I attend NSA. If I get excellent grades, take several years of Greek & Latin, and get excellent GRE scores, would Classics PhD programs seriously look negatively at my application because I attend a religious school? [/quote]

Hopkins alum here.  It may not put you at a disadvantage, but it very possibly could limit you.  Why limit yourself, right?  Just look at other options - there are other more well-rounded institutions that have strength in classical languages.

Also, just an aside - if you do decide to pursue academia, you should only do it if you can get into a top tier school with a full scholarship through the PhD.  Do not under any circumstances go if you have to pay for it, and do not under any circumstances go if you're not at a very top school.  The job market is a beast.  (These again are reasons why you want your college experience to be a well-rounded one, at a school people have heard of.  If you don't have a 4.0 GPA and GRE scores in the 99th percentile, humanities academia is a fool's errand for you.  Unfair and sad, but true.)[/quote]

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