I wasn't thinking of Arabic when I said Egyptian...I actually didn't realize that Arabic was the language there...admittedly very foolish of me.
The only reason I didn't list Arabic as one of the more viable options was because I am more interested in either working for a private institution...
f95toli:
That makes a lot of sense. I may never even put the language to great use even if I work in that country, given that most scientists know English.
I guess I should just focus on picking a language that could be useful, i.e. not something bizarre like Egyptian.
German, French, and...
Just to simplify the original post a bit--
My question comes down to this: if you were a physics major and you HAD to learn a foreign language given the requirements in my post above (i.e. French, German, Chinese, and Spanish would take half the time to do relative to any other language)...
I will be entering University next month as a new freshman. Through AP testing, I already have 19 credits going in. For this reason, I no longer have to take some of the courses I was scheduled to take first semester. I am thinking of filling the open spaces with Psych 101 (social sciences...
If anyone has advice as to which of these institutions I should enroll at please inform me!
Some things to consider:
I got into a Mathematical Scholars Program at Bucknell (note: I plan on majoring in both Physics and Mathematics. sidenote: A professor at Rutgers told me not to do this...