<p>Look at the time required for studying a language, and also think about studying a language that has no overlap with the English and Spanish you know. I do not know how Stanford teaches languages, but at DD’s school, the first two years of her language require a five-credit class each semester. That class has two hours of lecture and five hours of recitation. It really locks up the schedule.</p>
<p>Another option is to take the language in the summer. Numerous colleges and universities across the country offer summer immersion programs. Chinese is very popular. If you take a summer course at a different university, the credits probably will transfer, but not the GPA. Soooo, you learn the language, but it does not affect your GPA.</p>