<p>I'm going into my senior year with a 3.5 GPA and mostly B+ grades in my major classes.
I spent my sophomore year studying French in Quebec, but I don't have native fluency.
I also don't have a strong relationship with any of my professors.</p>
<p>My interest/strengths are in literature but my main concern is being able to have a career in the long run... As far as graduate school, I have been thinking of Monterey Institute of International Studies, and apparently McGill has a good French literature program, however I have absolutely no idea whether I have any chance to get into a grad program at all, let alone any of the schools I'm looking at. I am almost afraid to ask my advisor for fear of her saying that my GPA is too low and there is no possibility. I haven't done anything outstanding in my undergraduate years.</p>
<p>The only worthwhile thing I can think of is to teach French at the university level, which ultimately means a PhD, I'm just not sure if that's a practical idea for me. It worries me that my French is not totally impeccable by now.</p>
<p>Take a couple years and move to France, Belgium, Quebec, basically anywhere France in spoken, and gain total fluency. Then you will be looking at applying to Masters schools because your GPA, while good, is on the low side for French Literature PhD programs.</p>
<p>Move abroad or to Quebec. From there you can see what you can really do with your French. You’ll improve your fluency (even though you MIGHT work in an English-speaking environment like English-teaching or wherever your English will be an asset just to make money). From there, you can try your French in a French-speaking job and see where it goes.</p>
<p>You could consider applying for one of those teaching fellowships in France and spend a year teaching.</p>
<p>Start forming strong relationships with your professors this year as you take their seminars.</p>
<p>You may want to think about using your graduate degree to teach French at secondary level as there is demand for foreign language teachers (although there is a preference for Spanish). You may be able to teach AP French after your first year if there aren’t too many French teachers at the school.</p>
<p>There is so much you can do with French as not everyone can get a job and say that they can speak French for the company.</p>