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[katetherobot]

Hello! I'm hoping you all can help me find a few good schools to look into. I definitely want to go to a predominantly female college for grad school (co-ed is fine, but all-ladies is preferred!) and I'm not sure where to start. Some facts

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[cupcakeromance]

Have you looked at Mills College? The undergrad program is women only, and the graduate program admits some (but few) men.

It fits some of your requirements. Lots of lesbians, smack next to San Francisco and Berkeley (meaning, great music scene), big focuses on literature and women's studies, not in the Southwest- but in the West, and you'll definitely be accepted with the GPA you have now.

[nagasasu]

+1

[katetherobot]

Thanks, I'll definitely look into Mills!

[imyourbob]

Things have probably changed since I finished my BA there, but when I was there, there was no classics program at all, and no women's studies graduate program.

That said, my time at Mills was pretty much the best four years of my life!

[ls56]

1) All grad schools are co-ed, as required by law. 2) a 3.5 is awesome.

3) And in all honesty and good intent, would heartily suggest that you really think over your need for grad school right now. Humanities programs are shrinking because of lack of funding, tenure for professors is disappearing, and very few programs offer teaching assistanceships for their grad students anymore because of both of the above. To get in to a PhD program you need to know exactly what you're studying (What's your thesis question?) and why you want to go in to your field besides "it's fun."

I bookmarked these when I was thinking about grad school:
We Need to Acknowledge the Realities of Employment in the Humanities chronicle.com/article/We-Need-to-Acknowledge-the/64885/

Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don't Go chronicle.com/article/Graduate-School-in-the/44846

Also, I recommend the book Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D.. It's filled with valuable advice for people going to or thinking

[katetherobot]

1. Thanks, I've been worried about my gpa (I guess I assume that everyone thinks anything below a 4.0 is worthless!), so I'm glad you say it's awesome.
2. Thanks for your advice! I'll definitely check out those links, because I really know very little about continuing my education at the moment and I realize that it's not necessarily a direction that everyone should take and I've been wanting to do more reading. I guess my reason for going on to grad school (beyond the fact that I think it will be super fun!) is that I honestly can't imagine myself doing anything else with my life besides staying in academia and studying. I would be absolutely miserable doing anything else, no matter how lucrative or successful. I just hope I can beat the odds and make it work.
As for what's my thesis question, I don't know yet. I can pretty easily narrow it down to "women's studies and the ancient world," but nothing more specific than that. Thanks for giving me things to think about!

[lepisostidae]

Gently seconded. Even if you're incredibly passionate about your field, it sounds like you're not quite ready for grad school yet. I'd really recommend thinking about taking a year or two after graduation to beef up your resume/application with a job that pertains to your field, so you can make contacts and learn more.

Just some small points, not to be discouraging:

1. Remember that you're applying to an advisor, not a program! Some schools have great reputations (for good reason) but for a PhD program, your experience is going to largely be determined by your advisor. And in all honesty, that's who will admit you - decisions about applicants these days boil down to whether an advisor will take them, not whether they can get into a program. When you do choose to apply, you want to get in contact with people you'd like to work with long before application season. Talk about your research interests and experience. Applying to grad school isn't really like applying to undergrad