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Dear Ms. Post,
I am currently a sophomore at a top 20 university, and have a rather specific question to ask you about class selection. I took French in high school for 3 years, and was getting to be semi-fluent, but when I came to college, I decided on a whim to drop French and start taking German. Now as a sophomore, I can pick French back up by minoring in both German and French and be quadrilingual (I’m fluent in Chinese), or simply major in German and be trilingual and go beyond dabble. Which one would you think would be the more favorable route, aside from my personal preference, to be minoring and quadrilingual, or be majoring and tri-lingual?

Would you please also give some insight into your pre-admission program?

Thank you very much for your time,

Sincerely,
Michelle

I will actually be majoring in business, specifically Finance and International Business. If I do major in German, then that will be a second major. My concern with minoring in both German and French is that would “minors” in a language be considered merely a dabbling level?

P.S. If I were to sign up for a pre-admission action plan, then which category of service would I be subscribing to?

Thank you again,

Michelle

Michelle,

If you can double major and do it well- that is what I recommend. A language major coupled with International Business & Finance creates a solid and well rounded academic profile. Again, I stress the importance of your academic performance if you do choose to double major.

In terms of two language minors, it would be better to focus on one in depth.

Sincerely,
Renee

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Thank you for your inquiry. It is best to include the incident in your application. Rest assured it will not negatively impact your application.

Best of luck,
Renee

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