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So about 1.5 weeks ago, I submitted my application to Penn's post bacc program and about a week ago, they acknowledged receipt of all my materials. Today, I got an email from LPS (the school that runs Penn's post bacc program) called "LPS Goes Green," informing me that their Summer 2010 Course guide would be arriving in mailbox and that it would be the last paper version of the Course as the Fall guide would be available come March 15 in a highly interactive online form. Now, I know in all likelihood this is just a standard email sent to anyone who has ever had anything to do with LPS (including post bacc applicants), but part of me hopes this may perhaps be a positive indication of my application's status. If anyone else is applying to Penn's program and has received this email just let me know so that I can do away with any delusional thought about the email as a possible positive. Anyways, apologies for my neurotic worry-worting.

Thanks for the help! Do you guys know anything about Columbia's MA program?

Thanks for your responses, guys. Blu, in response to your post, I was wondering if you might be able to enumerate the benefits of attending a masters program (as opposed to a post-bac like Penn and UCLA) other than cost. Will getting a masters make my PhD application look better? Will it save me some time in the PhD program? What is the time commitment for master's degree? Also what schools have strong MA programs where I might be able to get funding?

Hey all, I graduated from Dartmouth College this past June with a degree in Classics and Economics and was wondering what my chances are at getting into a good post-bac, which I hopefully use as a springboard to a good PhD program. Here are my qualifications Major: Classics (Ancient History) with honors and Economics GPA: 3.81 Classics GPA: 3.89 Language Experience: 4 years of Latin in high school (won the school Latin prize), 5 on both APs (gave me two college reading level credits), 750 on the SAT II, 2 "semesters" (I'm equating semester with trimester at Dartmouth) of college Latin (Vergil, Literature of the Republic), 3 years as an intro Latin TA and tutor after the fact, 2 full "semesters" of Greek (basic grammar completed) and 3/4 of semester of reading (New Testament) Non-language Courses: Constantine the Great, Etruscan/Early Roman Archaeology, Greek and Roman Law, Roman Republican History, History of Ancient Rome (while studying abroad in Italy), Archaeology of Ancient Rome (while studying abroad in Italy), Independent Study on Alaric, Methodology of Ancient History, Greek History, Roman Numismatics Thesis: Completed a whole-year senior thesis (~100 pp.) with honors on Marcus Claudius Marcellus (of spolia opima and 2nd Punic war) Extra: Served as a research assistant for Classics professor for three years, helping him edit his articles and books, conducted research for that same professor on the depiction of the ancient world in video game and presented the paper with him at the 2008 APA meeting in Chicago (the paper will hopefully be published soon), studied abroad in Italy for a "semester", currently employed in financial services Interests: Roman Militarism and Warfare in the Mid-Republic Thanks in advance!