Nearly 70% of computer science majors had at least one job offer before they graduated from college last year, according to data gathered by the National Association for Colleges and Employers (NACE), which surveyed nearly 10,000 college seniors who were set to earn bachelorâs degrees in the spring of last year.
Believe it or not, being bilingual makes you smarter and greatly improves your cognitive skills. Along with excellent puzzle skills, some of the other benefits from being bilingual include improved memory, improved decision making skills, better multitasking skills and a better focus on tasks. These benefits alone make it worth your while to learn another language or more.
She came to the program fully expecting to study the extent to which her bilingual brain was adapted to succeed. âI had the impression that thereâs a really strong effect of bilingualism on executive function,â de Bruin told me recently. Then, she carried out her first study.