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Anonymous wrote:Friend's DD has been looking for work for two years after graduating from W&M with International Relations/Arabic major, FYI. Maybe because she's a she? Don't know, but I'd pick another language.

it is such a crap shoot - i'm a poster who posted a huge post in the "18-34 year olds living at home" thread in off-topic. She could easily have been picked up by cia or state with better timing.

Did she write the FSO test?

I know 'more schooling' is not the best advice but if she's a strong student, getting a bigger brand name and access to jobs could help - sais/georgetown/ksg/fletcher/columbia/ksg

shouldn't she get a real job rather than expecting to live of the taxpayer? who goes to school with the expectation of working for government?

I would love for you to walk into OHB and say that in front of the north wall.

Let me guess, you are a tea-bagger who is the first to slap on those ridiculous support our troops ribbon on the back of your suburban but like rick perry can't wait to gut government because those leeching civil servants.

Many people go to school, and top schools at that, with the goal of working at state, treasury, the ic, dod, etc.

+10000

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Friend's DD has been looking for work for two years after graduating from W&M with International Relations/Arabic major, FYI. Maybe because she's a she? Don't know, but I'd pick another language.

it is such a crap shoot - i'm a poster who posted a huge post in the "18-34 year olds living at home" thread in off-topic. She could easily have been picked up by cia or state with better timing.

Did she write the FSO test?

I know 'more schooling' is not the best advice but if she's a strong student, getting a bigger brand name and access to jobs could help - sais/georgetown/ksg/fletcher/columbia/ksg

shouldn't she get a real job rather than expecting to live of the taxpayer? who goes to school with the expectation of working for government?

I would love for you to walk into OHB and say that in front of the north wall.

Let me guess, you are a tea-bagger who is the first to slap on those ridiculous support our troops ribbon on the back of your suburban but like rick perry can't wait to gut government because those leeching civil servants.

Many people go to school, and top schools at that, with the goal of working at state, treasury, the ic, dod, etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Friend's DD has been looking for work for two years after graduating from W&M with International Relations/Arabic major, FYI. Maybe because she's a she? Don't know, but I'd pick another language.

it is such a crap shoot - i'm a poster who posted a huge post in the "18-34 year olds living at home" thread in off-topic. She could easily have been picked up by cia or state with better timing.

Did she write the FSO test?

I know 'more schooling' is not the best advice but if she's a strong student, getting a bigger brand name and access to jobs could help - sais/georgetown/ksg/fletcher/columbia/ksg

shouldn't she get a real job rather than expecting to live of the taxpayer? who goes to school with the expectation of working for government?

Anonymous wrote:Friend's DD has been looking for work for two years after graduating from W&M with International Relations/Arabic major, FYI. Maybe because she's a she? Don't know, but I'd pick another language.

it is such a crap shoot - i'm a poster who posted a huge post in the "18-34 year olds living at home" thread in off-topic. She could easily have been picked up by cia or state with better timing.

Did she write the FSO test?

I know 'more schooling' is not the best advice but if she's a strong student, getting a bigger brand name and access to jobs could help - sais/georgetown/ksg/fletcher/columbia/ksg

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown for Arab studies. They will definitely have language classes available or you can take classes at the Middle East Institute.

You can do summer intensives at Middlebury in Chinese (or Arabic at California location):
http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/apply/fees

+1 @ california location. My nephews is taking Arabic studies there and it's an amazing program. Cant think of the name of the school off the top of my head though.

Anonymous wrote:Friend's DD has been looking for work for two years after graduating from W&M with International Relations/Arabic major, FYI. Maybe because she's a she? Don't know, but I'd pick another language.

Arabic is a hot language to learn these days. Lots of jobs available in the state department available. Perhaps your friends DD is not very resourceful and needs to start networking to find a job.

OP, I would recommend an intensive summer Arabic program. There are many very good ones, Georgetown being one of them. Do a google search and you will find them.

Friend's DD has been looking for work for two years after graduating from W&M with International Relations/Arabic major, FYI. Maybe because she's a she? Don't know, but I'd pick another language.

Anonymous wrote:What undergraduate schools have strong programs in either Arabic or Chinese?

Bryn Mawr has a strong East Asian studies department and close relationships with several schools in China for study abroad. They offer Arabic as well.

http://www.brynmawr.edu/eastasian/

Georgetown for Arab studies. They will definitely have language classes available or you can take classes at the Middle East Institute.

You can do summer intensives at Middlebury in Chinese (or Arabic at California location):
http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/apply/fees

Agree about Georgetown. Also look at Berkeley.

Princeton has a very strong Near Eastern Studies/Arabic program
Harvard strong in Chinese/Far Eastern Studies

Smaller liberal arts colleges can struggle to provide sufficiently advanced language classes simply in terms of how to possibly cover all languages with classes covering beginning to fluency. Middlebury, because of running the summer language program and the Monterey institute, is perhaps an exception, but even there some semesters can be a struggle to find/get into the right level class.

Anonymous wrote:Middlebury has Chinese housing where you sign a pledge to speak nothing but the language you study.

http://www.thebestcolleges.org/10-most-innovative-colleges-for-foreign-language-study/

*Chinese language housing*

Middlebury has Chinese housing where you sign a pledge to speak nothing but the language you study.

http://www.thebestcolleges.org/10-most-innovative-colleges-for-foreign-language-study/

i have heard middlebury is excellent for languages.

i have heard that georgetown SFS really forces you to gain a strong grasp of those languages.

If you are interested in british programs then SOAS.

If you really want to master the subjects you need to do study abroad (or live in the country afterwards for some time ) or be surounded by native speakers - going out to berkeley or ucla or stanford would really help for mandarin that is.

What undergraduate schools have strong programs in either Arabic or Chinese?