gato Posted June 9, 2009 at 02:22 AM Report Posted June 9, 2009 at 02:22 AM I would just encourage to take some courses in areas that you are weaker in, like economics. That's the idea of undergrad and liberal arts education. It'll make you more prepared in case you choose not to go the grad school route. Quote
OneEye Posted June 9, 2009 at 01:30 PM Author Report Posted June 9, 2009 at 01:30 PM I should have mentioned that. I will be taking economics, math, science, literature, stats, and government courses. Keep in mind, I've done the whole undergrad thing once before, including the general studies portion. I took plenty of business, art history, world history, and other courses in addition to my music courses. It was a pretty good liberal arts education. It's just that Texas has different requirements than the college I went to before, so I'll still have to take a decent amount of core courses. By the time I'm done, I will have 7 years of full time undergrad work under my belt, so I think it's safe to say I'll be pretty well rounded. Besides that, I'm a pretty avid reader and I have a big collection of books on a wide variety of topics (many of which I haven't read, to be honest), so I'm fairly widely read compared to most my age. I've probably gotten more of an education from reading at home than from any amount of school. It's pretty sad that some of my friends with BA's from well-known state universities can't even have a conversation with me about anything other than basketball, and even then they talk like morons. Anyway, that's off topic. I guess I'm kind of wondering why you seem to be recommending not to take Japanese at all during undergrad. I will have to at some point or another, whether it's now or in three years during grad school. The more of my language requirements I can get out of the way during undergrad, the more I'll be able to just focus on my classes and research during grad school. Quote
gato Posted June 9, 2009 at 01:45 PM Report Posted June 9, 2009 at 01:45 PM Not saying that you shouldn't take Japanese in undergrad. But I do think you should wait until your Chinese is good enough to read a book and watch a movie without subtitles. Spending energy on another language before you've become good enough on the first will slow you down from becoming proficient in the first, I think. Quote
OneEye Posted June 9, 2009 at 09:12 PM Author Report Posted June 9, 2009 at 09:12 PM Ah. Gotcha. I guess I was reading you wrong then. :mr green: Quote
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