Pitt vs. Temple - International Business/Foreign Language

hanselparent
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:35:33 +0000

I have the same dilema!!! I still can’t even choose my language though, or my double major…I think global studies is interesting but it seems vague…I was thinking global health (To prepare towards organizations such as WHO) but then I read that is a vague major and that grad schools favor math and science specific majors. This is so confusing. I am taking Spanish and French as a HS student but I love Japanese and portuguese too and I can’t pick which one to study. Spanish seems easier to pick up so I was thinking of majoring in Japanese…but I love how most schools have a Spanish/Portuguese major /Minor thing going on. But then I think, why not Chinese/Japanese, but then I remember that I have never even studied those or know if I like them and that I was thinking og grad school in europe which seems pointless if I study Chinese/Japanese.

What is you major/minor?

I am changing what I want every day

Temple has a latin American studies semester where you take all you classed in spanish and recieve a certificate at the end of the semester (offered spring semester and during spring break you take a 2 weeks trip to Mexico) they told me that it is usually only allowed for sophomores and up

But pitt has a languga e lab and “mesas de conversacion” and a porutugese club…which is great, and thier chinese programs’ students won first place in a chinese compeititon which is amazing…I love both.

Pitt’s asian langugaes is respected
Temle has many certificate programs for langugaes which is great if you can’t fit ina minor and you still want to speak the language…

Please fill us in on what you are going to do!!!
What are you doin gover summer? Are you thinking of volunteering/studying abroad?
What languages can you speak/study? What do you want to study?

I am an out-of-state so I really am considering Temple due to money…I got $7500 for Temple