<p>I've taken three consecutive years of spanish, but my senior year, I decided to take physics as opposed to spanish. How much will this hurt my application?</p>
<p>I went on collegeboard and it showed that Upenn recommends four years of a foreign language.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was actually wondering this too? I can’t imagine that every single student accepted to Penn had four years of a language? Maybe I’m wrong.</p>
<p>Yeah, same. Actually, i took three years of Latin, and then my teacher retired so nobody really knew if we were going to have latin anymore or not…so i just signed up for another elective.</p>
<p>I took Spanish but I hated it so I only took three years of it. I’d like to know too…</p>
<p>If your grades were good in the 3 years you stayed in it and it does not look like you bailed out for an easy class (say, aerobics) then I don’t think it would matter over much…but I am not sure.
We were told to stick out 3 years of Latin to get in Honor’s Latin then to move to another challenging elective or AP Latin. So, 4 years or 3 and a non cake walk class. That was in regard to Chapel Hill and I imagine it would be the same for U of Penn?
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<p>I simply did not have room in my schedule with 5 AP classes to take French IV. Hopefully it won’t hurt too much.</p>
<p>My son was in the same position and is now a sophomore at Penn.
It probably means, however, that you will have to take one semester of a foreign language if you end up attending here.</p>
<p>Okay, so from what I’m hearing, it generally doesn’t affect the application process too much? Honestly, I don’t mind taking a semester of foreign language in college, seeing as our school doesn’t offer the AP class for the foreign language anyways.</p>
<p>You can always self-study it even if your school doesn’t have “AP” Latin.
It might be a little tough though since self-teaching isn’t that easy.</p>
<p>Yeah it’s not a big deal. I took dropped Spanish after sophomore year and still got in. Those are all “suggestions” or “recommendations” to prepare you for Penn, but nothing as small as that will ever make or break you; the admissions process is holistic. When it comes to curriculum, top schools want to see that you have challenged yourself as much as possible.</p>