<p>So next year I'll be headed off to Stanford. During highschool I've studied Japanese and German and love both languages. My SAT 2 Japanese score will allow me to place out of beginner Japanese classes (my proficiency level is probably upper-intermediate/early advanced). And this year I'm taking the German AP and I'm pretty sure I'm capable of pulling off a 4 if I study hard enough and Stanford will allow me to skip out of beginner German classes as well with an AP score of 4. My Japanese proficiency is higher than my German proficiency though (by how much I'm not so sure, the two languages are hard to compare).
So, basically I'll be entering college with the ability to start right off the bat taking higher level courses in two different languages. Now, the problem is, will I be able to fit both languages into my schedule and/or will it be too much work? If I do take two languages would I have to forego the opportunity of taking other interesting elective classes? I don't intend to be a language major (although I am considering International Relations which does incorporate a good deal of language study, but that's just one of several possible majors running through my mind. Others include physics, econ and psych which are all completely random, I know. I'm pretty much undecided...)
So basically what all this comes down to is will I have to ultimately wind up dropping a language? Because if I do, it'll be a really difficult decision for me to make.</p>
<p>Every college has its own policies regarding course requirements and electives. Since you are asking specifically about Stanford, you should post this question in the Stanford forum. I think you might get more – and certainly more pertinent – responses there.</p>
<p>^yeah, I posted this thread in both sub-forums because I figured that I’d get different types of answers in both and any input is useful.</p>