<p>I'm a junior right now, and recently I learned that Harvard has a 4 year foreign language recommendation. For those who applied,
I took spanish for 2 years of middle school and 2 years of high school (for an aggregate 3 years). I already have a full schedule this year, but would you recommend that I take spanish outside of school to make up for that year missed, or is it better I focus on the other aspects of my application?</p>
<p>unless you proved early proficiency, the question would be why you didn’t pursue the language? Is this indicative of your overall academic initiative? Finishing a 4th year would remove any doubt.</p>
<p>Well, I decided to focus on a more scientific courseload junior year, so I stopped a language in order to make room for a 3rd science, but will this gap yearr reflect negatively?</p>
<p>The suggested requirement is not 4 consecutive years but 4 of same language to attain some level of proficiency in a language other than English.</p>