<p>How much will it hurt me if I only took 3 years of a language in HS (got to level 4 though because of middle school). I'm thinking of applying to trinity, and ditched language for a course I am considering majoring in.</p>
<p>Most likely you are going to change your major within the next 4 years</p>
<p>^I’ve heard that, which is one reason why I wanted to try out an ap econ course to see if I have any interest in it (I’m taking 6 classes- 4 APs this year) so its not like my schedule is easy, I dropped langague for an AP, will that hurt me?</p>
<p>I kinda doubt it</p>
<p>i didnt take any foreign language my senior year, all my classes except calc bc were easy as ****</p>
<p>If I’m correct, you’re going into your senior year right? Thus, you can always change one of your classes into the foreign language class, or try to take an additional class (don’t know if that’s possible at your high school)</p>
<p>You might change your mind about the major, and besides, having the course for the major you plan to apply for won’t help that much.</p>
<p>I think the foreign language is more important, because it shows that you have the dedication to commit yourself to studying something for four consecutive years. Also, studying languages is much easier at a younger age (in my opinion).</p>
<p>I only studied foreign language for the first 3 years of high school. However, I did get up to AP Spanish Language, and I decided to take AP Stats instead of AP Spanish Literature my senior year. The ironic thing is that I took Intro to Spanish Lit at Duke to fulfill my foreign language requirement.</p>
<p>So, if you’ve gotten to either an AP, IB, or an advanced level for the language (i.e. Spanish 3 or 4), I don’t think taking 3 years will harm you. Anyway, you are taking another advanced course (AP Econ) in place of it, so I don’t see why they would make an issue out of it.</p>
<p>…and hearing that very question asked…I’d drop that AP class and work to take that last year of the language. The colleges are saying that they want to see dedication to one subject going as far as you can. Years ago this may have not been the case but these days schools are looking at a couple major things:</p>
<p>1) Rigor of classes chosen and how well you did in them, and
2) Did you run as far as you could in one discipline to gain a form of ‘mastery’ there?</p>
<p>That’s why I think it’s going to look so much better at any competitive college if you attempt to run-out of that language. That’s what I’d do bro.</p>
<p>the kitesurfer.</p>