<p>I have two options. </p>
<p>1) A week-long Model United Nations summer program at Harvard, coupled with two months of volunteering at the local public library on a daily basis, probably around 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week. </p>
<p>2) A two month intensive Arabic course, 6 days a week, 8 hours a day. You are supposed to become completely fluent in the language by the end of the course. </p>
<p>I’m a rising Junior, if that helps.</p>
<p>1st option…unless you have an unflagging love for the Arabic language.</p>
<p>My Father speaks fluent Arabic, he wants me to learn it because of how “relevant” Arabic is on the world stage nowadays. But I’m really not too excited about the prospect of learning Arabic at such an intense level.</p>
<p>Both sound great, but you already seem drawn to A.</p>
<p>I really think that the Model UN program you mentioned seems pretty promising, and you could learn a lot through it. Also volunteering is very important as it teaches work ethic, and looks good on a resume. You could always study Arabic on the side at a lighter pace.</p>
<p>I bet they all have high GPA’s though so you know they will be smart.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m pretty much leaning towards A but my Dad seems to have his heart set on me becoming a fluent Arabic scholar. But I agree, the UN program is probably a bit more promising.</p>
<p>@Rusty84 - Sounds like my type of place. :P</p>
<p>Cynicism is only endearing in small dosages.</p>
<p>6 days a week, 8 hours a day, for 2 months, learning something you don’t even care about? Yeahhh, I’d do Option 1.</p>
<p>Whew, you better get into whatever school you want with a summer like that! Lol I was disappointed about having to take PE online this summer…</p>
<p>I love when people criticize others for being “try-hards”, as if having a good work ethic was something bad.</p>
<p>I would LOVE the opportunity for Option 2. Then again, I also love languages.</p>
<p>If you don’t care, Option 1. Can’t do something for so long and intensively that you don’t care about!</p>
<p>Build up those volunteer hours; number 1 is a better choice in my opinion. I’m gonna break some news to you: Arabic is not a prevalent language in the Western world at this time. Unless you aspire to be in the military at some point, learning Arabic cannot be as helpful as your father is making it seem.</p>
<p>^I don’t know about politics and things like that but America:Spanish::London:Arabic</p>
<p>it sounds like you’ve made up you’re mind as to where you want to go, but you’re just worried about your dad. why don’t you talk to him? like someone else mentioned, you can study arabic on the side at a slower pace</p>
<p>Becoming fluent in a language is awesome!</p>
<p>1st option and take application of mathematics in theoretical neural networks at your local university.</p>