<p>What are the language requirements at Tufts? I've taken 4 years of Latin, but I never took any of the AP or SAT II exams (school does not prepare well for those sorts of exams). I do not want to take any more foreign language courses, but I've heard that Tufts requires you to have 6 credits or something like that. Can those be fulfilled with Classics courses (Ancient History of Greece, etc.) or do they have to be strictly foreign languages? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>You have to take either 6 language courses, or 3 language courses (in one area) and 3 culture courses (which must be in one area). The languages can be tested out of when you take the language placement exams. Most people usually test into their respective languages and then continue from there. It's really not that bad.</p>
<p>courses or credits...if it's courses, it seems a bit excessive...the problem is, even after 4 yrs. of latin, i have really not been prepared well for college latin...how hard would you consider the language classes to be at tufts?</p>
<p>I know nothing about Latin classes at Tufts but I do know that the requirement is 6 courses not credits. So that's 6 semesters. From what I've heard, most people test out of 2-3 courses so that means that you might have to take one more semester of Latin and then take 3 culture courses (which are easy and fun). You might be lucky and test out of all 3 though and then all you'll have to do is the culture courses. Don't worry too much; it's hard to tell how good you are with languages and often people are a lot better than they suspect.</p>
<p>Yea it's 6 semesters. A lot of people travel abroad junior year, and you can fulfill your requirements easily in another country...</p>
<p>languages are good fun. except its a shame that you took latin in high school, like i did. latin was a total waste of time, in my opinion. haha. i wish i had taken a useful language like japanese, chinese, or spanish. grrrrr.</p>
<p>i can't wait to go to tufts and learn some languages because a person who can speak more than one language definitely has a large advantage in terms of job hiring than most others.... that is, if you can speak to foreigners, more employers would want to hire you. language is a key part of going to college, i'm glad that Tufts knows this.</p>
<p>i myself am going to tufts next year..., coming from Hawaii, where there are many languages spoken other than English (mainly chinese, japanese, korean... and the european languages of tourists...) learning languages would be very handy.</p>
<p>hey zante, have you decided where you are going?</p>
<p>Yes, I will be attending Princeton.</p>