<p>Is it better to take one language and be fluent, or take two and be just alright at both?</p>
<p>German, Java, C++, Python, Prolog, and Math. ;)</p>
<p>Fifteen-year-olds don't think about majors? Is that what you meant, blairt? I don't think that's quite the case. I've been thinking about mine for years, and I'm not yet fifteen.</p>
<p>BlairT -- I said 'a great many people" which you turned into 'most people.' I'm in a tough profession -- see id name -- and many of my fellows chose this profession when they were children...even younger than fifteen. Scientists also will frequently confess that they chose their professions when their interest was sparked by a book or an experience that they met with when quite young as do doctors, lawyers, musicians, pastors, etc., etc. A great many people do change majors, careers, points of view as they move through life. A great many do not. You are probably better off assuming that you will indeed become the thing you dream of than guessing that life will change your mind for you. (That's what 'rents are for.)</p>
<p>What language you choose should reflect more than the glory of your transcript. Colleges are looking for 'passion', elusive thing that it is. To use a wild example, if your passion is Egyptology, the fact that you've pursued Arabic will prove that your passion extends into every facet of your scholastic career, rather than taking Japanese 'cause it looks good on paper.</p>