Well, from my philosophic perspective, classicists are pampered somewhat. They seem to get quite a lot of classes, with small sections of translation to do for each. The classicists I know claim to have as much contact-time as natscis, but I find that hard to believe. In conclusion, I don't really know, but you get more classes etc. than other arts students (perhaps not linguists)... oh yeah, and you get more classes...