3 Years of Foreign Language?

So I’ve been taking French for 2 years. It’s an easy A but we don’t learn anything and I absolutely hate it. I know it’s 3 years recommended for a UC but I really do not want to do it. Instead, I replaced the 3rd year of French with AP psychology. Would doing that affect my chances of admissions into a UC a lot?

Yes.

Your way out is to take the sat subject test and do very well.

Yes. Bad move.

(and if you don’t do very well, to take French 3)
In addition, remember you’ll have a language requirement in college too, so the further you go in high school the less you take in college.