<p>So, I didn't know that I needed 3 years of a language (minimum) to be considered an aggressive applicant, (applying for NYU EDII), until this year, (my senior year).</p>
<p>I'm going to be taking all my classes at the university here where I live this year for dual accreditation and all the spanish classes are filled for this semester. I've taken 2 years already but I'm trying to figure out if it would be ok to take French 1 online as my 3rd year class... and possibly French 2 online next semester. Would that look alright or should my 3 years be of a consecutive language? <-- Which would mean I wait until the spring to take Spanish.</p>
<p>Yes. That’s generally the idea because after taking 3 years of 1 language, you should be proficient enough to be perceived as more well-rounded. </p>
<p>Taking two years of Spanish and one of French would be like taking one of Spanish, one of French and one of German. You’d have three years, but you’d barely be searching the surface of any of them. </p>
<p>My advice would be to somehow get the third year of Spanish in. Or even a semester to make it 2 1/2. It pays to show consistency with one language.</p>
<p>Did you look for Spanish 3 sections with space left or for spanish 2?
Note that 1 semester in college = 2 years in high school, so if you were to take Spanish at your university, you’d be taking Spanish 2 (102).
However completing Spanish 2 at the university would give you the equivalent of 3-4 years of HS Spanish, which you’d have completed in 2 years.
Look and see if there isn’t a Spanish 2 class that you could still take.
Most competitive applicants are likely to have 4 years, if not 5 years of language (AP) so getting a good grade in a university Spanish 2 would actually be good for your application. However be careful, the pace is brutal (2 years in 4 months = it’s 4 times faster than what you were used to and there’s a lot of work every night.)</p>
<p>^One semester in college equals one high school year not two. A Spanish 2 college semester would mean just completing through second high school year. You need the third college semester of Spanish to get to the equivalent of three high school years.</p>
<p>As to the original question, all language requirements or recommendations by colleges are stated in terms of reaching a level of a single foreign language and thus having two years of one language and two of another does not meet a requirement or recommendation of three or more unless there is a valid excuse, such as your high school discontinued a language after you did two years. Nevertheless, many colleges state courses needed as recommendations not absolute requirements and thus you can still apply without having all the recommended years of a language (NYU included). Not having it is a factor that can be considered against you but it does not mean you will be automatically rejected.</p>
<p>That depends on the high school and college. College language departments often have their own placement tests and procedures due to the variation between high schools in how quickly the language courses go at the high schools and colleges.</p>
<p>College Spanish 1 is equivalent to high school Spanish 1 and 2 HOWEVER, the admissions office won’t give you 2 high school years credit for it… only 1. College Spanish 2 is only equal to HS Spanish 3. College Spanish 3 equal to HS Spanish 4. At least that is the case with the California community college and State/University of California system. They tend to be pretty standard but really look into it.</p>
<p>Be careful with the online classes. Many colleges won’t accept them. I understand you are just looking to get high school language years up for admissions but it would be a shame to take College Spanish 2 online (for example) and then go to the university and find they won’t accept it and you must retake to meet their general ed requirement.</p>
<p>At the University I’m going to they offer Elementary Spanish 1, Elementary Spanish 2, and Intermediate Spanish 1. I heard that Elem Span 1 is equal to HS years 1 and 2, Elem Span 2 is equal to HS year 3, and Interm Span 1 is equal to a 4th year. So this is true?</p>
<p>In that case I can take Elem Span 2 this semester (in seat) (One seat opened up last night unexpectedly… So someone must have dropped the course!), and if a seat opens up for next semester, Interm Span 1 during the spring?</p>
<p>It really depends on your school. Mine made me take a placement test, and after four years of getting A’s in French, I placed into 102. (dreadful curriculum my high school teacher had. Barely learned a thing) </p>
<p>So, in my case, a semester of language equaled 4 years of high school. It really does depend on your school. </p>
<p>Why don’t you ask your high school Spanish teacher? They might be able to get an idea of what grammar concepts you’d learn in the third year and so what college class can provide those skills.</p>