MR. ROGERS: Amy. Hi. Take a seat. Have you chosen a college yet? You Know the deadline for the application is next month.
AMY: l know. lt’s a nightmare! lt’s such a big decision and if I choose the wrong subject… MR. RODERS: Don’t worry. Let’s talk through your options. Did you read the prospectuses I gave you?
AMY: Yes but there are so many choices. I was thinking about applying to business school and then training as an accountant after l graduate from college. Where’s best?
MR.ROGERS: Well, there’s Columbia in New York. lt has an excellent program and it offers really good scholarships, so you’d only have to pay tuition fees. I also know the course tutor there. You could e-mail him, he’s someone who you’d really like.
AMY: thanks.
MR.ROGERS: So What do your parents think?
AMY: They want me to earn a degree in something that’s vocational, so they like the idea of business school, but they’d like me to study somewhere closer to home—in California.
MR.ROGERS: OK, well, there’s Stanford. It has an excellent reputation, but you’d have to take an entrance exam and there’s a lot of competition for places. Would you like to study business administration with another subject?
AMY: Well, l’d like to do something that uses my language skills too. l don’t want to spend my life in front of a computer screen—l’d like to travel as well.
MR.ROGERS: What languages have you studied?
AMY: German for eight years. l always get top grades at school.
MR.ROGERS: Why don’t you choose a college where you can study business administration and German. You can spend a year studying in Germany and also improve your career opportunities.
MAY: OK, that’s sounds like a great idea. Which college would you recommend?
MR ROGERS: Well…