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<p>Hi!!
I'm a High school junior going to senior. </p>

<p>I'm acadmically strong in languages (Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Taiwanese fluent-listen, read and write; 2 years of French and Latin). Also, I have fairly competent in math and science (AMC 12 -112 score, AIME quialifier, AP Calc 5, AP Bio 5, AP Psych 5).</p>

<p>I've been considering UC Berkeley, Harvard, UCSD, UCLA, NYU and Standford...
But their programs, as noted in the magazine "America's Best Colleges" 2005 edition , does not seem to be strong on both of science and language.</p>

<p>Is there any college with both strong languages and science, particularly in the East coast, that might suit me?</p>

<p>Thanks!!</p>

<p>(here is a little more about myself if you are interested: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=200110%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=200110&lt;/a> )</p>

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<p>try tufts?</p>

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<p>ok.. let me check it out right now... i never heard of it; I have been in the US for 2 years only~ ^^"</p>

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<p>try georgetown too</p>

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<p>are you a georgetown alumni?</p>

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<p>I suggest you do a bit more research yourself before posting. Harvard, UC Berkeley, UCLA, NYU, and Stanford are very strong in almost any field. I suggest that you decide exactly what you want in a college (size, location, urban/rural, etc.) and then get a reliable college book. The Fiske Guide is a good place to start.</p>

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<p>Well I guess it depends on what your main subject is gonna be. I'm thinking it would make more sense to have the science be the major and possibly the languages as a minor because it would be weird to major in like Spanish and then minor in engineering. On the other hand, if you majored in engineering and minored in Spanish you would be an excellent translator for very technical engineering projects.</p>

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<p>The Ivies are generally strong in sciences and languages. UVA, Duke, Johns Hopkins</p>

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<p>Check out the following schools:</p>

<p>Columbia University
Cornell University
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>

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<p>your consistent umich trolling is hilarious</p>

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<p>Why am I trolling? According to the most recent Science rankings, Michigan is ranked as follows:</p>

<p>Environmental Engineering: #2
Industrial Engineering: #2
Aerospace Engineering: #3
Materials Sciences: #3
Mechanical Engineering: #3
Nuclear Engineering: #4
Electrical Engineering: #5
Geology: #5
Computer Engineering: #6
Engineering (Overall): #6
Engineering Physics: #6
Mathematics: #7
Biomedical Engineering: #8
Civil Engineering: #8
Chemical Engineering: #10
Biology: #12
Physics: #13
Computer Science: #15
Chemistry: #17</p>

<p>Very few universities are ranked that high is the sciences. </p>

<p>As for languages, Michigan has top ranked departments in most Latin (especially French and Spanish), Semetic (Arabic in particular), Slavic (Russian is exceptional strong) and Asian languages (Chienese and Japanese both excellent). With the exception of German, which Michigan is also highly reguarded, Michigan's language departments are generally considered among the very best.</p>

<p>Furthermore, Ann Arbor/the University of Michigan are a great setting for an undergraduate education.</p>

<p>I'd say that listing Michigan among the better options for a student interested in double majoring in a Science and a Foreign Language is perfectly legitimate. Why do you think I am trolling?</p>

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<p>Anyway...</p>

<p>For languages+science, you're going to want to look at:</p>

<p>Tufts
G-Town
Columbia
Middlebury</p>

<p>It's just a tough combo, really.</p>

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<p>WHoaaa!! THANKS for such variety!! yeap with my science/ language combo it is hard to decide where to go...</p>

<p>Thank you all again for your advices!!</p>

<p>I guess i'm going to major in either bio or math or engineering, and minor in a language... </p>

<p>But is there anyway to minor many languages at the same time?</p>

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<p>You might be able to double minor, but it would be hard to do more than that. As long as you speak the language fluently you can put it on your resume.</p>