ogulnia

I saw an advertisement for a new MA in Ancient Philosophy that might be just what you're looking for (if you don't mind moving to Canada, that is). There was a post over in the phil. forum a few months ago:

idk if you're looking at Canadian options more than US ones, but there are quite a lot of funded MA programs in Ontario now: off the top of my head I can think of UWO, Queen's, Brock, and I think UWaterloo now has one too. There's been a big push toward graduate expansion in ON so UofT is not the only choice (although it's still the top ranked one).

Hi Lucan, FWIW, I seem to remember that Rutgers participates in a consortium/exchange that allows students to take courses at other schools in the area (e.g. Princeton, NYU, Columbia), which might help you to build contacts and expose you to other scholars than those just at Rutgers. And isn't Matthew Fox (who's just published a new translation of your namesake) there? If you like the school and think you would have someone there to guide you through a dissertation, I see no reason not to take a fully-funded PhD offer now. Sometimes a smaller program can work out better in the end when it comes to placement -- Princeton/Harvard may have name caché, but they also have 4-5 students to get jobs for each year, which makes it hard to stand out. Can you ask Rutgers about their success rate for PhD grads? But I agree, check with your professors for advice. Good luck (and congrats!) Ogulnia

They are doing some great things in Ancient History at UCSB: http://www.classics.ucsb.edu/graduate_program.php

Yay, Latinist! That will be awesome if they do have two new profs for you to work with.

In my (somewhat limited) experience, it is best to let them approach you. But if you are really sure that you want the answer, I don't think it would be rude to ask one of the profs who wrote letters for you and who also happens to be on the adcom.

I don't know anything about Fordham, but I've heard good things about Western Ontario. A friend of mine went there for an MA a couple of years ago and says tht the program is expanding, maybe getting a PHD in a year or two. You gotta like languages, though, since that's mostly what they do there.