<p>I rarely post in threads (though I do leech the information out of every thread I come across XD) but this one is just perfect! </p>
<p>History here, with an interest in International Relations.
Applied to UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI, UCSB, and UCSC</p>
<p>Do they take into account your pre-requisite/major GPA when coming to a decision?</p>
<p>they absolutelly take your pre req work for the major into consideration…get as much done as you can!!! comp lit major here…Arabic and french…My arabic is almost fluent in moroccan dialect, but my reading and formal grammar skills in the writen form are not so great…i am just starting french for the first time spring term. Hello summer school!!! lol…got to get those language skills up. I plan to be reading major works in both languages by the beginning of junior year. we’ll see. </p>
<p>japanese sounds like fun! My brother spent two years in japan and speaks/reads/writes fairly well but he switched to middle east sudies major sph. year. go figure.</p>
<p>how much japanese do you have?</p>
<p>love this thread! thanks for posting!
anyways. poli sci emp on international relation, considering maybe a double major in history as well.
soo excited to transfer :)</p>
<p>Is Arabic as hard to learn as they say it is?</p>
<p>I have 1 more prereq for Anthropology and 1 more for African-American Studies (minor) and 1 more for History (triple major).</p>
<p>Which anthropology pre-req?</p>
<p>Cultural anthro. I’m taking linguistics next semester, too which isn’t a prereq for the major, but is required if you want to learn a Native American language.</p>
<p>Sweet. I’m an anthro major, too. 
There are only the 3 pre-reqs and 1 other anthropology class offered at my school in the spring. Damn budget cuts! </p>
<p>Which school is your first choice?</p>
<p>Well naturally my 1st choice is UCLA, but I have my sight set on UCD. Those are the only 2 schools I’m interested cause they have Native American studies, too. UCR does as well, but that school and area suck. :)</p>
<p>What is your first choice?</p>
<p>Sarah1984, I’ve taken up to Japanese 4 (Intermediate II) along with a Conversation class and a History/Civilization class. But I’ve also been studying on my own, so I can converse and write at a middle school level.</p>
<p>I go back and forth between Berkeley and LA. UCSD would also be cool if I got into Thurgood Marshall college- they have a minor in public service! I def. want to have fun my last two years of college, so I’d choose UCLA or Cal over UCSD any day!</p>
<p>Snooks: Arabic is a difficult language in that it is only very distantly related to English. I have a passion for it which makes it easier…and I have to say that learning a dialect is MUCH easier than formal Arabic. Formal Arabic has case ending which you have to pronounce, so you need to be a grammar wiz. But with any language, be it a programming language, a spoken language, or any other…it just takes the willingness to memorize. This is the reason why my spoken is so much better than my written. I hate meorization…so learning spoken arabic was easy because I didn’t have to focus on memorizing…I had no books or anything…i just listened for patterns in sounds, then when I could distinguish words I started listening for patterns that seemed to denote other meanings…it was a matter of listening for patters…it was easy and fun. writen Arabic…man you just have to sit there with flashcards all day…that is all you can do :(</p>
<p>Cool, thanks for the info Sarah. I want to master Spanish down, then Portugese and an Indian language (Quechua, Choctaw).</p>
<p>Anyone want to be a teacher or professor?</p>
<p>Meeeeeeeeee.</p>
<p>K-12 or college?</p>
<p>I’m not certain yet. I’m thinking college, though.</p>
<p>I definitely am considering on becoming a professor at a four year university or possibly a community college. Law school was an option at first but after talking with some friends and relatives who attended and are working in the legal field, I don’t think it’s my cup of tea. I love seeing people learn and mentally mature throughout a period of time. Knowing that you played a part in that growth is a priceless feeling that many people won’t find working in other fields.</p>
<p>Econ @ UCSD, UCD, UCSB and Environmental Economics & Policy @ UCB</p>
<p>bump…</p>