<p>Ah, I had meant to respond to this sooner, but it slipped my mind.</p>
<p>I took 3 different languages in each of my freshman spring, sophomore fall, and sophomore spring, when the relative difficulty of my other courses was low (at least, as low as courses like CS32 and CS157 can be; I admittedly couldn’t always make my language classes my priorities). Since 2 of the 4 languages I formally studied were dead, this wasn’t too overwhelming, though going from German exams to Italian quizzes with only 10 minutes in between was somewhat rough freshman year. These often tested the same things, but the words and grammar I needed were different.</p>
<p>I took German for 2 years (through 400), Italian for 1 year (through 200), Latin into the graduate level, and Greek up to the highest undergraduate level. I made the mistake of dropping German for linguistics junior year (really disliked the intro linguistics course), but 500 and above would not have been particularly relevant to me - I needed German, Italian, and French for reading research for Classics, not because of a particular desire to learn about the cultures.</p>
<p>I was able to be successful because I placed getting all my work done as my highest priority while taking 3 languages, to the detriment of everything else (including social life and sleep). I had little trouble the first two years because my high school background prepared me incredibly well to do just that (though it wasn’t incredibly enjoyable). It would not have been feasible to continue that into my junior and senior years when coursework got harder in my other concentration (math-computer science) and as I added multiple jobs. I did take 5 classes most semesters, but one would argue that I’ve missed out on much of the Brown experience as a result. I’d say one really needs to think twice before trying something like what I did. One of my other language-CS friends with a similar background (same high school) is still struggling to decide if the massive amounts of time required is worth a double concentration with numerous language courses on the side. He seems to be leaning away from it at the moment.</p>