<p>Double majors at Reed are EXTREMELY difficult and kind of rare there.
You see, as the admissions guy giving our presentation said, you have to graduate Reed twice. Of course once is after your senior year, but another is after your junior year…
After your junior year, you have to take an exam called the “Qual” that gets you into senior year in your major/thesis field. The length depends on the subject (like I heard the math one is you have to solve 6 majorly hard problems out of 10 in three hours), but they’re all obviously difficult. So, you have to take two of those if you want to double major. Then, during your senior year, you have to write a thesis paper. These tend to take all year and involve a hugely substantial amount of work. You need to write two to graduate with a double major. But, it’s definitely not unheard of, and I’m considering double-majoring in French and linguistics myself!
Well, the best preparation advice I can give you for the AP French exam is take the AP class…obviously. Only in the class can you get actual feedback for your essays/speaking. Plus no answer key replaces a teacher; he/she can answer any questions you have about the listening among answer other possibly obscure questions you might have. I mean, I personally didn’t study for the exam outside of my AP class, and I think I did fine…
Haha I know how it is with the other side of the country…Connecticut here. But, if anything, that’ll show more your commitment to the college if you manage the trek out there!</p>