“Being multilingual will be a huge asset for me in the future. I hope to be a doctor that addresses the needs of marginalized communities in urban settings.”
Siam Muquit, SB '21, Chemical Biology Major, Spanish Minor.
"The benefit of language is so clear--how it opens up new doors. You can imagine yourself in places you couldn't have imagined before."
Charles Huang, SB '11
“Learning Japanese alongside bio engineering gives me greater ability to work and collaborate with other engineering teams abroad.”
Andres Alvarado, SB '20, Bioengineering major, Japanese minor.
“Want to connect with people in another language? See the world through another lens? Fall in love with a culture full of rhythm and dance, struggle and celebration? Take Portuguese!”
Theo St. Francis, Class of 2023, Aeronautics and Astronautics Major, Portuguese Concentrator
“A wide range of study is critical to being able to address the societal problems and inequalities that our generation has been tasked with working on.”
Alex Evenchik, SB '21, Materials Science and Engineering major, Chinese and Biology minors.
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