I want to go to Cornell because they are one of the few universities in the US that offer Burmese language courses. In general, how are languages at Cornell? If anyone has taken Burmese and can offer opinions on it, that would be an added bonus, but I just want to generally know how the languages you’ve taken there are. Thank you 
Bump, anybody here?
Oh, we’re here. But the odds of you finding someone here who has taken Burmese at Cornell are likely between slim and none. You’d be better off contacting the Department of Asian Studies and see if they can put you in contact with a student.
As for other languages in general, the traffic here slows down during the summer, but I’m sure a parent or student will be by soon. Good luck.
I haven’t taken a language personally, but I know many of the obscure languages are taught through distance learning from Columbia and other schools with similar language programs. I don’t believe that Burmese is one of them but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was, I’d contact the Department of Asian Studies and ask them about the program yourself.
The difficulty of languages differs at Cornell. I took intro Italian and it was a breeze. My friend took intro Chinese and he had to spend at least 10hrs/wk just for an A-.
While I had maybe 30mins of online homework every day, he had to memorize poems, write journal entries, and prepare group projects.
While I can’t comment specifically on Burmese, it’ll probably be one of the harder languages because of it’s non-Latin script.
While true the Cornell offers many languages through distance education with Columbia or Yale, Burmese is offered on campus.
I think this comment is valid for pretty much all colleges.
Haha yeah I knew it was a pretty slim chance to get someone who’s actually taken Burmese at Cornell. I might contact SE Asian studies like suggested. Thank you for your responses about languages 
DS took foreign language and he was fine but it was not a cake walk. He commented that he liked the course, how it was done and what was expected of them. I think the other benefit of being at Cornell is - Cornell has larger % of international students. So, if you are learning a different language, you may actually get a chance to converse in that language. I know, most colleges have international students now - so no flames please! Cornell’s larger % for international students is something we had observed - that’s all. Overall, my student seems to be happy with what he learned and his conversation skills have impressed some natives from those countries! hope this helps.