<p>What is the ideal/minimum GPA to still be considered competitive? What do schools look for when picking students to complete Graduate work in a Romance type language at their school? What kind of courses should I take to help prepare? I heard sometimes you need to take a "third" language in its basic sequence...i.e German, Latin, etc? Is there a best study abroad location? Will graduate schools care if I got a C in calculus if I am a Spanish major? Please respond I am really anxious to know! Thank you!</p>
<p>also where are the best programs?</p>
<p>anyone PLease!?!</p>
<p>i figured id bump this one more time...PLEASE!</p>
<p>I think the University of Virginia has a good Spanish program and funds it pretty well even for students at the master's level. There are many other Spanish programs out there, though I wouldn't know which ones are the best. GPA's for people majoring in the romance languages are supposedly higher or expected to be higher than for some of the other fields (such as engineering). Strive for at least a 3.5 g.p.a., if possible.
A good website to find more Spanish programs is gradschools.com.</p>
<p>I briefly considered the idea of doing a master's degree in Spanish. I minored in it as an undergrad, but for people wanting to go on for a grad degree in a foreign language, a bachelor's degree in that language is generally required.</p>
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<p>For what in particular?</p>
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<p>I think they won't mind that much, and that other things will be far more important.</p>