Second Language Major or Double Minor for IB?

BPKO43
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:06:37 +0000

The end goal is fluency, so if you can minor in two and perhaps spend time abroad in both so you can speak both well, that would be great. But devoting yourself to one is the better option if you would have to compromise your knowledge of one to learn two.

Of course, now that I look, the ones you’re thinking of in addition to spanish are closely related, so go for the double minor if you’ll have a chance to immerse yourself at some point in college.

Of note–speaking a second language will not have huge benefit in being recruited at first; you should study the languages to enjoy and master them, not in hopes of a better payoff. The payoff will come, but I think it’ll more likely be in the form of an opportunity down the road.