Bianca Brown. Long Island to Williams College: 2 Majors, 3 Continents and 4 Languages.

Episode summary introduction: Bianca grew up in Long Island, NY speaking no language other than English. She did not know how a second language could be acquired. Williams changed all that. Bianca Brown is a graduate of Williams College with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Asian Studies. In particular, we discuss the following with her: Why Williams? “Generalist” in High School Love for Languages Fulbright Grant Advice for Applicants Topics discussed in this episode: Introducing Bianca Brown [] Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [] Overall Impression of Williams [] Why Williams? [] Interests in High School [] Transition to Williams [] The Academics [] Brilliant Peers [] Highly Engaged Profs [] Dorms - Gold Standard [] Wholesome Campus Experience [] Summers - Perennial Language Scholarship Applicant [] Origins of the Love for Languages [] Fulbright Grant [] What would a Williams Redo look like? [] Advice to Aspiring Students [] Final Thought: Combo UG +Grad Program [] Our Guest: Bianca Brown is a graduate of Williams College with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Asian Studies. Bianca then went on to get a MSEd in Intercultural Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Memorable Quote: “ I didn’t know how my brain could rearrange itself to learn two different languages.” Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. To Make a List of Colleges to Explore Visit almamatters.io and signup. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.