<p>You know the part on the application where it asks you what your talents are?</p>
<p>Well, what did you all who already applied put?</p>
<p>I’m not musically inclined, I’m not artistic, I’m not athletic, I can’t cook (nor would it particularly add to the community if I could)…</p>
<p>I’m thinking of putting something along the lines of being good at organizing events / bringing people together, but that sounds like such a cop out. Besides, though I love planning things, the truth is, I’m not really that good at it at all - i planned a christmas lunch for the senior citizens and high school students at my church, and 10 people showed up :(. I was one of them. The priest was another. My parents were 2 more. 5 of my catholic friends, and one senior woman. So, yeah, that was exciting…</p>
<p>Hm…I am the copyeditor for my school’s newspaper - think that counts as a talent?</p>
<p>I put that I am almost fluent in Spanish, and that I’m going to be certified as an EMT-Basic in January. I don’t think its a huge part of the application or their decision, they just are trying to get to know who you are. i think the organizing and bringing people together is a good idea, just be clever or creative when writing it.</p>
<p>hm, does knowing another language count? cause I do speak spanish, and I cna read and speak french (my writing is ok), and I’m trying now to learn german. (I want to study both languages and linguistics)</p>
<p>Also, how does admissions for the languages program differ from regular admissions? Is it done seperately, even though its still part of the college?</p>
<p>You have to apply to the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, which is a division of the college. However, if you are majoring in a language, you can’t go in undecided. You have to declare your major to apply. You also need a recommendation from a language teacher. I found out this week that I got in, and am majoring in Spanish.</p>
<p>For talents, I put a couple weird things, but also a few normal ones… like:
-I can accurately pronounce Middle English
-I can wiggle my ears
-I am very good at budgeting/scheduling my time
-I am fast at learning new languages (especially Romance languages)
-I am fairly good at playing the piano</p>
<p>…I think that’s about all I put. It may be kind of out of the norm, but obviously it worked!</p>
<p>I knew you had to apply to the Languages and Linguistics program, though I didn’t know you couldn’t be undecided. I’m pretty sure I want to major in Linguistics, but, just in case, how easy is it to switch? What about switching to a non-language major, though still one in the college (not like switching to SFS)? Or switching from another major to FLL? Also, is it more competitive? Less so? I am almost 100% sure I will be applying to the FLL regardless of the answers, but I’m curious nevertheless.</p>
- i planned a christmas lunch for the senior citizens and high school students at my church, and 10 people showed up :(. I was one of them. The priest was another. My parents were 2 more. 5 of my catholic friends, and one senior woman. So, yeah, that was exciting…</p>