<p>dude, I seriously think you're screwed. You NEED a foreign language!</p>
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Well if your screenname is supposed to be French, then it's obvious you haven't taken any foreign languages yet. Lebelle is almost equivalent to calling yourself a pretty man, (pretty ironic given this thread topic) it should be LA belle.
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<p>Le bel would be masculine for "the beautiful." Le belle isn't anything.</p>
<p>lol, it'd be le beax. unless you're talking about Le bel imper or Le bel hopital, or some other vowel'd, manly, noun.</p>
<p>i hate french. but i'm taking ap. ecks dee.</p>
<p>Don't mind them. </p>
<p>Maybe if you take 2 languages at a community college for 2 years, that would be equal to 4 years of a foreign language?</p>
<p>Yes, but it depends. for uc's for example, you need three years in the same language. If you're bold enough you can jump into French 3 (don't do it unless you know French) and that will give you "credit" for Fr 1 and 2. Because Chinese AP was introduced this year, a lot of the Chinese people I know will be getting over 5 years of language credit total. Same for Japanese AP too I guess.</p>
<p>Do most schools accept Latin as a foreign language?</p>
<p>Yes (10 characters)</p>
<p>In my state you need at least 2 years of language to meet high school graduation requirements anyways...</p>
<p>But here's a question...
what if I have 4 years of language but only 2 are during grades 9-12? Will colleges only see it as 2 years? Or will they recognize that during 9-10th grade I took Spanish 3 and Spanish 4?</p>
<p>I think they'll think of it as 4 as long as you could have taken those classes during 4 years.</p>
<p>Haha! How could you not know that you had to take foreign language? You didn't notice your friends taking it and saying, wow I should be taking this too? Idiot.</p>
<p>What an a$$.</p>
<p>Talk to the admissions counselors at all the schools you are applying to and explain the situation. Also, a letter from your guidance counselor may help with explaining your lack of language (and the community college classes will probably take care of it - take at least through french 2)</p>
<p>Enn: Hey its not my fault that she wasn't smart/responsible enough to figure out that she had to take foreign languages to get into college...</p>
<p>Yes, but obviously she realizes it's a mistake now and it's no use rubbing it in her face and basically calling her an idiot. Not everyone's thought about college since freshman year.</p>
<p>I didn't think about it till junior year, yet I still took the classes.</p>
<p>Yay, go you. =]</p>
<p>I don't know about your school, but mine handed out a nice sheet that said that two years of language was the requirement. Even before that, I thought it would be useful to learn another language as many European languages can help your English vocabulary. Plus you can understand some expressions and figures of speech in English that come from French or Latin. So don't be calling someone an ass for chiding someone on not taking any classes from a very broad field.</p>
<p>Take language this year and then take an intensive foreign language at a college this summer. This should place you into 4th yr language for senior year. 3 yrs isn't phenomenal, but with an explanation from your counselor it will at least prevent it from being a huge problem for you.</p>
<p>With permission from the school you might be able to take the language solely at the college (particularly if the language is not offered by your high school). 2 yrs of college foreign language is often seen as equivalent to four years, so this might be an even better route.</p>
<p>In any case, include a note from your counselor explaining why you didn't start language until junior year.</p>
<p>I thought that Cambridge and Oxford did not normally admit students from abroad. I always had the impression that foreign students typically study there as graduates.</p>
<p>You lack of foreign language doesn't help, and I would advise you to take as much as you can now, BUT, I'd hope that admissions officers evaluate every application and every person individually. If you are strong in other areas, and you impress admissions officers with passion about your education and the world around you, then, you should at least have a shot. I think it's ridiculous that people are telling you that you're screwed because of one thing you are lacking. Yes, your application will have a slight weakness compared to other applicants, but if you have strengths that can tip you over the edge, there is no reason that you don't at least have a chance at getting into some top colleges. Admissions officers are not robots. They happen to be humans too, contrary to popular belief. If someone is really rejected solely because of not having taken a foreign language, without all of the very positive aspects of his/her application being taken into consideration, then I think our colleges really need to change their admission standards.</p>