About Classics
Classics opens up the life of the mind and spirit like no other academic subject. In the Department of Classics at Notre Dame, you can study the structure of language and the history of culture with faculty who are not only leaders in their fields, but also generous with their time. Our students receive personalized academic advising and instruction.
Graduates of our Early Christian Studies program have been accepted into the finest doctoral programs in the nation. Our undergraduates receive the finest training available in the humanities as they study the philosophical and religious traditions that form the foundation of western society and Catholicism.
Students who major or double-major in Classics have a better success rate getting into medical school than do students who concentrate solely in biology, microbiology, and other branches of science.
As The Princeton Review states:
“We can’t overestimate the value of a Classics major. Check this out: according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, students who major or double-major in Classics have a better success rate getting into medical school than do students who concentrate solely in biology, microbiology, and other branches of science. Crazy, huh? Furthermore, according to Harvard Magazine, Classics majors (and math majors) have the highest success rates of any majors in law school. Believe it or not: political science, economics, and pre-law majors lag fairly far behind. Even furthermore, Classics majors consistently have some of the highest scores on GREs of all undergraduates… Ultimately, though, Classics majors get on well in life because they develop intellectual rigor, communication skills, analytical skills, the ability to handle complex information, and, above all, a breadth of view which few other disciplines can provide.”
(http://princetonreview.com/college/research/majors/)
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