<p>on the brown supplement, i’m not quite sure what to put under academic interests/anticipated degree. i am interested in urban education and languages. in terms of urban education, i am into volunteering and educating people in my neighborhood, that kind of thing. should i check off education or urban studies for urban education? and for languages, im not really sure. im taking both spanish and french, which i will want to continue in college and hopefully study abroad. im not sure about ‘linguistics’ but that sounds more of the study of the forms of languages and not what i intend on doing. any opinions? also, opinions from brown students or alumni who have majored in either or both are welcome.</p>
<p>Don’t over-analyze this. Since you don’t apply to be accepted into a specific program, this is just to give admissions a hint as to what your academic interests are. </p>
<p>“Education” is for someone who is thinking of becoming a teacher. “Urban studies” is the “understanding of the social, economic, demographic, and political consequences of urban development.” Linguistics is not the right thing to put down if you want to study languages.</p>
<p>Doesn’t really matter what you put and doesn’t influence admissions decision.
Should match your extracurriculars/essays/genuine interests though.</p>