Second Language

If you are not otherwise qualified, a second language isn't going to put you into medical school. Spanish is useful but the majority of medical students are fine without it and get in without it. It's your overall competitiveness that is going to get you into medical school and not being able to speak a second language. If you attend a university where mastery of a foreign language is required for graduation, then Spanish is useful but don't enroll in a Spanish course because you believe it will confer some advantage in application to medical school. Useful but not necessary by any stretch of the imagination unless you are going offshore. source

Firefly, I said those are the only two statements I need to know. I can see where the food and drink are, the other two I have to ask for! source

Never learned anything other than English and I butcher it pretty good most of the time. The kids toke French in HS because it was required, but can't read or understand any of it 4 years later. Many places will either require or give preference to those that speak Spanish. source

I am really trying hard to learn how to speak fluent spanish. I wanted to see if anyone else is trying hard to be fluent or already is in another language. source

Usually the reasons for choosing a languages is because of the skill-set of developers and available libraries and tools. In other words all things are never equal, if they were then the language itself would be more of a preference and would be chosen for its expressive ability in the application domain. source