4 yrs of language needed?

<p>for top colleges that "recommend" 4 years of a language.... would it be horrible to only take 3 years? i'm terrible at french and i really wanna drop ap french senior year, to take another ap course. is this something colleges would look down upon?</p>

<p>ah yes i have this same question! i skipped into ap french but i want to drop it next year.</p>

<p>i'm curious as well</p>

<p>bump
plz!!</p>

<p>Yeah, what if you're at the fourth year level but haven't taken four years...</p>

<p>I think they are understanding. Remember it is "recommended" not required. As for myself, my school only went to French 3 (Thank God!) but I also took a year of Latin. I would have done another year of latin but my school no longer offered it so I didnt.</p>

<p>I have known a number of kids (including my own) with 3 years of foreign language get into top schools that recommended 4 years. You probably don't want to have many other weaknesses in your app, though.</p>