<p>So, I am looking for schools that will give me a great education in the world language area. However, I am a bit biased towards big-city schools...I don't want to live in some hick-town in Nowheresville, USA. I am hoping to major in French, Spanish, or Italian (I have studied all three but I need to pick just 2 to double major with...)</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Well, I know you won't like the smallness, but Middlebury in Vermont has a good language program; it's pretty close to Montr</p>
<p>Go to a school on the French/Italian or the French/Spanish border. Guaranteed to be better than any North American school. GUARANTEED.</p>
<p>My thoughts exactly. There is <em>NO</em> better way to learn a language than to actually live in the country in which the language you wish to learn is spoken. I live in Germany now, and let me tell you, it is very helpful to be able to speak the language in my everyday life.</p>
<p>While I totally agree that living in the actual country is the best way (I am applying to go to La Sorbonne after my undergrad), my parents don't want me living in a foreign country for four years when I'm so young, still. </p>
<p>Does anyone know of any US schools that would be good? I've been told Georgetown and U of Chicago are good for linguistics...how true is this?</p>
<p>Hmm, maybe it is worth convincing them. There are many international schools around Europe.</p>
<p>Just in response to your last comment, ny_lubber, be aware that the study of languages is NOT the same as linguistics. While many people who are interested in one are also interested in the other (myself included), many who want to study languages do not like linguistics, and looking for schools strong in ling will not necessarily be the best for learning languages.</p>
<p>Sorry if you knew this and are also interested in linguistics, it's just that your post did not indicate as much, so I didn't want you to accidentally look into the wrong thing.</p>
<p>Yes, I am well aware that studying a language and linguistics are not the same thing. I would not look into what I want to do with the rest of my life without thoroughly researching it. But thanks for trying to clarify it...much appreciated!</p>
<p>No prob! And glad I didn't offend. You just learn to look for that mistake when you're a potential linguistics major and about half the people you talk to think that means you want to learn to speak a bunch of languages...sigh.</p>
<p>SAT 75th, total grads, foreign language grads, proportion
sorted by the NUMBER of foreign language graduates, not the proportion</p>
<p>UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-SEATTLE CAMPUS 1310 7194 315 0.04
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 1320 6829 312 0.05
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 1340 8917 245 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 1390 6336 239 0.04
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1280 8288 204 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY 1450 6650 179 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER 1280 5196 175 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES 1280 6049 170 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES 1410 7026 170 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR 1390 5923 145 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA 1300 4564 144 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 1320 5769 139 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK 1370 5959 139 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 1360 8574 135 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS 1280 5608 134 0.02
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 1240 7783 126 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-MAIN CAMPUS 1430 3207 121 0.04
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 1470 1670 120 0.07
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK 1310 5734 116 0.02
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON 1220 6172 111 0.02
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1290 9134 109 0.01
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN 1410 6763 106 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS 1330 3861 97 0.03
BROWN UNIVERSITY 1520 1490 93 0.06
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 1410 4492 91 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE 1310 4633 86 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 1240 4015 86 0.02
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1240 4035 84 0.02
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS 1520 1634 78 0.05
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1440 4344 77 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 1530 1014 72 0.07
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1560 1804 72 0.04
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 1550 1064 63 0.06
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 1300 3020 61 0.02
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1510 2797 60 0.02</p>