Through 2023, Calder Classics alums have enrolled in the 83 top colleges and universities listed below. Read what they say about how their participation in Calder Classics programs helped with their college entrance and experience : 

“I’m an alum of Calder Classics and now a senior at Harvard College studying Developmental and Regenerative Biology and Classics and pursuing medicine after graduation. My journey towards medicine was and continues to be indelibly shaped by my study of Classics, which began with my Calder Classics program almost six years ago…” M.M., Harvard

“I am an alum of Calder Classics in Florence and I returned later as a chaperone. I attribute my decision to pursue a degree in Classical Civilization to the experience I had with Calder in Florence where I learned how the study of Classics isn’t just words in a textbook but can be immersive with references throughout society. The friends you make in Calder Classics programs not only share your interests but make the trip a life-long memory that you’ll talk about forever.” M.H., NYU

“I’m an alum of Calder Classics Florence, Rome, and Tuscany programs. I’m a sophomore Classics and Religion major at UChicago studying Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit. The Calder travel programs motivated me to keep studying ancient literature by letting me connect texts with tangible places and art. (I also met my best friend in college through the Tuscany program!) E.C., UChicago

“I’m an alum of Calder’s Latin & Greek programs. I returned as a chaperone/assistant teacher. Attending my first Calder Classics class “Latin and Volcanoes” was such a wonderful dive into the overlap between Science and Classics. Calder Classics inspired me to continue studying both disciplines in college! After graduating with degrees in Ancient Greek and Biology I am now a science researcher but I owe so much to the skills I learned through Classics for building me up as a researcher.” A.F., Stanford

Colleges listed by # of Calder Calder Students Enrolled

University of Chicago 21

Brown University  19

Harvard College  18

Princeton University  18

Columbia University  17

Yale University  17

Georgetown University  10

Northwestern University  8

New York University  7

University of Pennsylvania  7

Bryn Mawr College  6

Cornell University  6

Pomona College  6

Stanford University  6

Tufts University  6

USC  6

Yale University   6

Duke University  4

Johns Hopkins University  4

Saint Johns College  4

University of Vermont  4

Vassar College  4

Wesleyan University  4

Williams College  4

Boston College  3

Bucknell University  3

Dartmouth College  3

Emory University  3

Middlebury College  3

Oberlin College  3

Rice University  3

Tulane University  3

Wellesley College  3

Whitman College  3

Amherst College  2

Bowdoin College  2

Brandeis University  2

Drake University  2

Hamilton College  2

John Hopkins University  2

McGill University  2

Smith College  2

St. Joseph College Brooklyn  2

Swarthmore  2

Trinity College Hartford  2

University College London  2

University of St. Andrews  2

Washington & Lee  2

William & Mary  2

Babson College  1

Bard College  1

Boston University  1

Canisius College  1

Claremont McKenna College  1

Colgate University  1

College of Wooster 1

Denison University  1

Denver University  1

Florida State University  1

Fordham University  1

George Washington University  1

Illinois Inst of Technology College of Architecture  1

Kenyon College  1

MIT  1

Mount Holyoke College  1

Notre Dame  1

Parsons School of Design  1

Princeton University   1

Rutgers University  1

Saint Andrews University, Scotland  1

St. Olaf College  1

The New School  1

Trinity College Dublin  1

UCLA  1

Universidad del Cine - Buenos Aires  1

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   1

University of Michigan  1

University of New Hampshire  1

University of North Carolina  1

University of Redlands  1

Vanderbilt  1