<p>Does anyone know of a good way for searching for colleges with no requirement that you take a foreign language while there to get your degree? I'm interested in seeing which do not require it, but looking for it college by college is pretty laborious. Thanks.</p>
<p>no trying to be condescending, but that is a very stupid way of approaching your future. A language requirment is not a bad thing, it exposes you to a language that will allow you to communicate with ppl in the real world. Not everyone speaks English. It is a highly valuable commodity to speak a foreign lanague such as Spanish with a level of proficiency. At Cornell, we have not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 semesters of a language requirement. However, if ur starting from scratch, u have 2 years of that language. If you take a placement test like I had done, you will probably have just 1 semester or 1 year as long as you have a good high school background.</p>
<p>BTW, ur question</p>
<p>wash u = no language requ</p>
<p>Penn has no requirement to take a language while here........meet the requirement and you are done.</p>
<p>Few people are required to take it at Berkeley, as most do it beforehand. Also, I think Vassar has the same set of rules, although it may not even require it, and Brown has an open curriculum. Check the open curriculum and nearly such schools and then see if any have language requirements. That'd be a good way to start, although I agree with bball87 in that learning foreign languages generall is a good thing.</p>
<p>You have to have it in every school at UT...except Business. Go figure.</p>
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<p>Don't forget that this is the OP question.</p>
<p>The best foreign language to learn has to be Spanish, unless you don't plan on living in the United States, and need a language used in the far east or Europe.</p>
<p>You mean you wouldn't recommend Punjabi or Arabic? Gee how thoughtful of you to recommend Spanish..........that I could learn from reading the signs at my fast food restaurant or the post office or TV.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm sure you could learn it by comparing it to English, but learning a language (to get by), and actually speaking a language are two completely different things. To speak a language, you have to be able to think in the language...something very difficult to learn at your local McDonalds.</p>
<p>I don't know where you live but where I live Spanish is a living language.</p>
<p>Spanish is a living language out west too....I live where Mexico once existed! I am fluent in Spanish and English</p>
<p>So why would you then use your high cost tuition dollars to learn Spanish? Because it is easy? Take it a free course in the community........not too many Mandarin or Arabic of those now are there?</p>
<p>I CLEPed spanish, cost me $50.00. I have plenty of friends who speak Mandarin, and so I'll translate Spanish for them, and they'll translate Mandarin for me...guess who translates the most?</p>
<p>You of course........to justify your statement. I understand but right now you are in school and not working so things will change.</p>
<p>I'm working/going to school (very busy life style) and have used Spanish plenty, even just to have a casual conversation with the night cleaning ladies. My evaluation as to why Spanish is the best language to learn is based on the fact that it's quite possibly the most common language, other than English, Americans will need to use/understand in their everyday lives. Ofcourse, maybe everybody is already fluent in Spanish, and i'm just living in a bubble...I'll accept that if you can prove it</p>
<p>count me out........you win. You work harder, are smarter and more industrious.........you win.</p>
<p>No, you win! </p>
<p>LOL, I didn't know it was a battle/game...??</p>
<p>circuitous argument doesn't turn me on....sorry.</p>
<p>If you take 4 or 5 years in high school, most colleges will count that for the language requirement.</p>
<p>Back to the OP's question...
First, I disagree with bbl87. There is nothing wrong with picking one variable that, assuming all things being equal, might be a deal maker or a deal breaker in choosing a college. In fact, the lack of a language requirement is one plus that that drew me to Vassar many years ago, and drew my s. to Rice (which has no language requirement, though rumor has it this might change at some future point.. possibly..). It wasn't by any means a "stupid" way of planning for the future. It was one variable in the equation. Why is it any different than wanting a big school or a small school or an urban or rural, a school with or without a greek system, or what have you?</p>
<p>I agree that knowing a language is not a bad thing. I had studied 2 languages for a combined 8 years. I had enough. Didn't want any more. And didn't want to have to "prove" my proficiency (though I did take the AP exam). My s. took the minimum language requirement in HS. He much preferred to take what he loved-- mostly science and math, but also fun classes like video and comparative religions. Now, as a sophomore, he has travelled with a volunteer organization to South America and is considereing taking Spanish. If he had been "required" to take a language, or show a proficiency, he'd probably have finished up with his previously studied language (German) and would not have considered taking Spanish. I am thrilled that he is "choosing" to take a language, not being "required" to. Please, bbl87, be a bit more open minded.</p>
<p><strong>edit</strong> BTW, my younger s. will only consider schools in warm weather. Not what I'd prefer, but he has the right to choose whatever criteria he wants. No different than the desire to avoid a language requirement.</p>