<p>i want to major in japanese or east asian studies
as well as taking spanish italian and mandarin</p>
<p>what are great schools for foreign languages???</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>middlebury</p>
<p>You'll need to find a school that offers all these languages. Finding Japanese and Chinese in combination isn't very difficult. You'll find Spanish offered almost everywhere. Italian is not as common.</p>
<p>For Japanese and Chinese, most of the best programs are on the West Coast. That doesn't mean there aren't good programs on the East Coast, of course.</p>
<p>There was a post related to this subject a couple of month ago. Look for East Asian Studies.</p>
<p>have a look at Middlebury...well known for languages & just starting a masters program in Chinese.</p>
<p>sorry...
i forgot to say
b-sides middlebury
my stats arent good enough
i have 3.5uw...3.8w (huge upward trend)
and a 33 act</p>
<p>BIGTWIX-- don't count yourself out of Middlebury....your ACT is good...above 50% range of enrolled students last year (29-32 from <a href="http://www.middlebury.edu/admissions/applying/classprofile%5B/url%5D">http://www.middlebury.edu/admissions/applying/classprofile</a> ; 27-32 on CDS: <a href="http://www.middlebury.edu/NR/rdonlyres/F5D55D7F-AD70-45D3-8068-15E2E28D1B8E/0/CDS2005_2006.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.middlebury.edu/NR/rdonlyres/F5D55D7F-AD70-45D3-8068-15E2E28D1B8E/0/CDS2005_2006.pdf</a> ), and your upward trend is good....your absolute GPA will depend upon what kind of HS program you are coming from, rigor of clases taken, & so forth....so wouldn't say based upon your info provided thus far that you don't stand a chance.</p>
<p>FWIW, Oberlin has a good program in East Asian Studies, w/ Japanese & Mandarin, excellent instructors. Spanish lit classes reported quite good. Has Italian but don't know anything about it.</p>
<p>Wisconsin-largest number taught. Special summer programs.</p>
<p>take a look at Kalamazoo in Michigan, a small LAC that has a big emphasis on languages. Over 80% of their students spend a semester abroad.</p>
<p>Info on UW programs</p>
<p><a href="http://languageinstitute.wisc.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://languageinstitute.wisc.edu/</a></p>
<p>Wesleyan's East Asian Studies is excellent.</p>
<p>LACs</p>
<p>for Japanese
Middlebury
Wellesley
Gustavus Adolphus
Pomona</p>
<p>for "East Asian" Languages in general, including Mandarin, Japanese, Korean
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
SMITH COLLEGE
HAMILTON COLLEGE
WELLESLEY COLLEGE
WILLIAMS COLLEGE
POMONA COLLEGE
CARLETON COLLEGE
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE
COLGATE UNIVERSITY</p>
<p>"Southeast Asian" Languages include Filipino and Tagalog</p>
<p>Can't imagine you'll find a better Italian program than at Smith, which has both an Italian Lit and Language and an Italian Studies major, and the nation's oldest JYA program in Italy, having celebrated its 75th anniversary in Florence. (It is also the only one I think that requires fluency before you get there, and in which students have to take a pledge to use no English; all papers are written in Italian, and all classes are conducted in it.)</p>
<p>East Asian studies are also particularly strong.</p>
<p>Smith is a great option if BIGTWIX is a woman.</p>
<p>universities</p>
<p>Japanese
PURDUE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-SEATTLE CAMPUS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON</p>
<p>East Asian
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-SEATTLE CAMPUS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA</p>
<p>Wisconsin and several other major universities including Penn, Chicago, Indiana and UNC jointly run an all Italian taught program at the Univesity of Bologna.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eoverseas/bcsp.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/bcsp.html</a></p>
<p>well i could for get smith haha</p>
<p>ummm
yeah
im already going to apply to oberlin and colgate</p>
<p>my first choice school is nyu (they are supposed to have the Best study abroad programs)
and then colgate is my second choice</p>
<p>A lot of public universities have very extensive foreign language departments. When I was researching this last year, I found that some of the best language offerings were at Indiana U. & Ohio State U -- U. Wisconsin also had good offerings. My d. ended up applying to U of Washington as a safety, because it also had good language programs.</p>
<p>One advantage that the universities have with foreign language instruction is that they generally have graduate departments, and they usually have graduate students who are native speakers available as course lecturers or TA's. LAC's cannot possibly compete as to the number of languages offered or strength of a department -- when you hear that one LAC or another is good for languages, you should know that means "good for a small college". </p>
<p>Another good thing is that even at very large universities, language classes typically are quite small -- but that is definitely something to ask about. </p>
<p>Study abroad opportunities can also be very good and very affordable via a public university program, especially because private colleges often charge their students full tuition to study abroad in approved programs, even though the tuition for the overseas program may be far less expensive.</p>