<p>Studying Latin makes studying other languages easier, and might help with the SAT. However, it is a dead language even when my mother took 6 years of it like 30 years ago. German seems to be a preferred language of Math and Science. Many websites and journals are written in German. Also would be great to study there.</p>
<p>That leaves Spanish and French, and honestly personal factors may be involved. Since I live some thrity minutes from the mexican border, I chose Spanish. Might be useful for a career later on (I hope to learn chinese or hindi eventually). French allows for some amazing study opportunities later in life. Since I have been batting around the idea of working with the Peace Corps, I may wind up learning French anyway since it is a language many of the people you work with speak.</p>
<p>What is your definition of overkill in this case?
As a language itself, German is most intruiging to me. Lets say if I picked German as my language that I would be studying in school, I could possibly self-study French or Latin? Also, in what other advantages does each language have, and possibly unique to that language?</p>
<p>It looks like I'm going to go for German... is it a good choice?
Other than mathematical and scientifical research journals/texts, etc., Where else can it be applied, other than Germany itself?</p>
<p>For clarification, if you take a semester course that's at a university, and four units, that counts as a year, correct? Like, I'll be taking Spanish III at a university this fall, and that counts as a year?</p>
<p>I'm taking both French and Spanish, and am at the same level in both. Next year (junior) it's possible that I'll be taking an IB French course, and would be unable to continue Spanish for that year. However, the next year I'd probably take Spanish IV and V at a university, as well as continuing. I would also be living in Vietnam for that one year, and probably learning some Vietnamese. Would that hurt me?</p>