<p>I know a lot of students that do both Arabic and a western language, especially if they already have a background in the language. I think that background makes it a bit easier. I would imagine it would be pretty difficult to try to pick up two languages from scratch at the same time, especially if one was Arabic.</p>
<p>im with ethanrt, except that i am deciding between a chinese/arabic double major and a chinese(FLL)/Finance(MSB) double major. ive already studied chinese and arabic to some degree so hopefully i will be able to skip some of the early levels. im not too concerned about double majoring in chinese and arabic because im used to multi tasking with languages--i studied french spanish and chinese simultaneously all throughout highschool, and more recently i added in arabic</p>
<p>rballard- can u double major in chinese and finance? i didnt think it was possible to double major between 2 different schools(college and msb or sfs)</p>
<p>Are there alot of students that grew up in Arabic speaking households that do Arabic at GTown for an easy A, if so do they get the easy A?</p>
<p>at most universities they highly discourage you from studying your native language as if it were a second language just to get easy grades , and why would you? if you are accepted to a place like georgetown you should take every opportunitiy and maximize your experience in my opinion</p>
<p>1) helps gpa for grad school
2)Most people that grow up in arabic speaking households here in the US are not very strong in writing or reading Arabic and often have difficulty speaking classical arabic. IT IS NOT THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE.</p>
<p>But is it common and do they get the A?</p>
<p>It does happen, but it doesn't mean they necessarily get the A without any effort, and from what I've heard, they don't throw off the curve too much, professors tend to have different expectations of native vs. nonnative speakers. It happens a lot more with languages like Chinese (they just started offering an advanced beginner's class for people who grew up speaking it at home but have never really been taught how to write it), Korean, and less "popular" languages like Farsi and Hindi. </p>
<p>And yes, students in the FLL are the only students that can take on a major or minor from the MSB.</p>
<p>To clear something up: I found out on a recent "accepted students chat" that they actually don't even LET you take both Chinese and Arabic at Georgetown. So if I go there I'll have to choose... bah.</p>
<p>Are there language tables/something similar at Georgetown?</p>
<p>Language tables? Most if not all language departments have at least weekly "chats" or "coffee hour" meetups, where you can go and practice that language, but I have no idea if that's what you're asking about...</p>