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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]

Remember, for a PhD program, the real issue is not admission but funding. No one should enroll in a PhD program without a fellowship that covers tuition and a significant part of living expenses. They are selecting students based on the recommendation of their professors and the reputation of those professors as much as grades and test scores. There are plenty of well-connected, well-known faculty at non-elite schools. For example, one of Harvard's star young faculty and a MacArthur genius grantee was trained at Wisconsin after graduating from Arizona State University. So you need to find out whether there are such faculty sponsors at your preferred schools. BTW, I don't think Harvard's classics department even has an MA program, though they give it (it's called an AM at Harvard) to students after they finish their coursework.
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