<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>so I'm kind of conflicted at the moment. I was recently accepted to both University of Southern California and The George Washington University in Washington D.C. for East Asian Languages. Each school has a different title for the major and offer different courses. I.E. USC is East Asian Languages and Cultures whereas GWU has East Asian Languages and Literatures. GWU offers courses in literature in Chinese, Japanese and Korean my main languages of interest, while USC offers advanced level courses as well as a Masters and Doctorate program that GWU doesn't have. So which one is better for East Asian Languages? I'm so confused, someone please help.</p>
<p>How advanced in your language study are you? Are you just wanting to start Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, or have you achieved near fluency in any of the three languages?</p>
<p>I’m already pretty proficient/fluent in Japanese and I’ve taken up to Chinese and Korean 4 so I would say I’m looking to take more advanced courses as well as study abroad in either USC or GWU.</p>
<p>I haven’t been to DC in twenty years, but I don’t remember a substantial Chinese/Japanese/Korean community there. Maybe things have changed.</p>
<p>In LA, there’s a huge East Asian community, and you’ll certainly have a chance to go off-campus and practice what you learn.</p>
<p>That’s true. I do remember seeing online that DC has a Chinatown but LA is known for its Asian communities. The decision is even harder because both of them have really amazing study abroad programs too :/</p>
<p>Besides the “extracurricular practice” opportunities in the various locations, also take a look at the course catalogs to see what kind of language, culture, and literature offerings there are at each school.</p>
<p>Well I did some digging and found that USC does have some high level literature courses which I hadn’t found previously. Originally I thought that GWU was the only one that had them. But it’s still a tough decision.</p>