<p>I don’t have much familiarity with Emory’s Chinese program, but Emory’s German program expects that students will be able to read old German novels and write papers on them by their third semester. It’s also very common for students enrolled in the German program to study abroad at the end of their sophomore year.</p>
<p>Before you sign up for classes, you meet one on one with your adviser (my meeting took about 40 minutes) who might be more knowledgeable regarding the various pros and cons of the languages. I’m not sure if class search is open for freshmen, but if it is, go to your OPUS and click on search for classes. That should give you a list of the various courses that are still open, and might help you both in planning your schedule and seeing which classes you can take.</p>