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!