<p>Student has a chance at Oxford College of Emory, although the offerings in IS/ IR are limited until one gets to Emory Main. Good financial aid, and the political science professors are almost universally loved. One of my Oxford classmates is currently working in the CDC on an international access to surgery, especially in Pakistan.</p>
<p>I’d also like to point out that this student falls in the mid 50% for the hyper competitive Claremont McKenna College, which is obviously worth applying to as it has great FA, an outstanding MUN, excellent offerings in Arabic and IR. </p>
<p>When I lived in Montana, one of my roommates was an international graduate student who taught Arabic to MSU students (although she was getting her graduate degree in an unrelated field). She stated that after two years of study, the students typically studied abroad in some Arabic speaking country for a semester or year, after which they gained a decent level of fluency. Obviously it would be far more ideal if a student were able to take multiple courses on Arabic literature/ culture of Arabic speaking countries, but the MSU students did make due with the limited offerings. </p>
<p>Other possibilities:
Bard College
Gettysburg College (not sure about the financial aid)
University of San Francisco (no major/ minor in arabic although does offer courses for the first 1.5 years, after which it is expected the student will study abroad)
Dickinson College
Bucknell
Occidental College
Brandeis (not a LAC but I think this student has a shot)
Smith College (if female)
Mount Holoyoke (if female)
Barnard (if female)</p>
<p>Would this student be open to medium sized universities such as SMU or the Catholic University of America? I can think of five right off the bat which would love to have said student, and have rich offerings in Arabic.</p>
<p>You might also want to search for colleges offering Arabic via the [North</a> American LCTL Course Listings](<a href=“http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/db/index.php]North”>The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA): Less Commonly Taught Languages) and then compare offerings so as to eliminate the ones with only a few courses. </p>