I'm a first-year A-level student (applying to university in approximately 7 months) studying both German and French for A-level and wanting to study languages at university in the UK.
From the courses I've looked at the Idea of continuing to study one of my current languages and taking on a second one ab initio appeals to me the most, but I'm struggling to think of what combination I want to apply for.
Between German and French I have no preference, and I love both languages and could easily see myself living with either culture (or both over the course of my life) when I hopefully get the chance to move abroad to Europe at some point after university.
The only thing that tips me slightly towards German is that it's less commonly applied for, and could give me a better chance of getting an offer from certain prestigious universities (I'm hoping to apply to Cambridge)
Then for the ab initio language, the two that I'm mainly considering are Russian and Portuguese. I think both of the languages sound and look beautiful, and would be things I would love to learn.
I'm not put off by the obviously harder time I would have learning Russian, and this would probably be my choice over Portuguese as it stands because I'd be really interested to learn a language that's very different from the ones I've already had a fair amount of experience with, along with the famously rich literary and artistic culture associated with the language (although I'm sure that Portuguese also has some wonderful things to study).
Apparently, when applying for two languages, you should have a reason why you've chosen to combine those two specifically, which is something else to think about (I'm not sure that my current reasoning of "German gives me a higher chance of acceptance and Russian looks really cool" would stand well in a famously tough Cambridge interview, but additionally, I do think that it would be good to find my own burning cause to strive for two specific languages in combination).
Essentially what I'm asking is if anybody has university experience studying any combination from these four languages, and also if people have advice for further reading into each so that I can make an informed decision myself having dipped a little into each
Any help is much appreciated :)
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