<p>Has anyone got accepted with only 3 years?</p>
<p>4 is not a requirement. 3 IS though. It’s only a preference.</p>
<p>My school only offers 3 classes of French and 3 classes of Spanish.
So I’m going to try and take all the Spanish classes first, then work on the French ones.</p>
<p>They prefer that you take 4 years of the SAME foreign language just FYI</p>
<p>Well unfortunately I can’t, so I’ll just do the next best thing.</p>
<p>I already speak a foreign language fluently that is not offered in American schools anyway, so it’s all good.
I’m also going to try and learn Hindi through Rosetta Stone.</p>
<p>No college can <em>require</em> that you have so many years of a given class. It’s recommended, but not having it will not instantly disqualify you from the running. I only took 2 years of Spanish (and hated every moment of it) and got into Brown as well as numerous other schools that claim to have a <em>requirement</em> of 3. If your school doesn’t offer a course, no one will hold it against you. As long as you have a relatively full schedule every year and have taken sufficient classes in your intended major, you will be fine.</p>
<p>I (will) have three after this year. I don’t think the want four but it probably won’t hurt.</p>
<p>when they say four years of a language, does that equal four levels? because at my school, a full language course is one semester, so i’ve done french 1-4. </p>
<p>i’m so confused…</p>
<p>My S will be applying to Brown and here’s what he brings in foreign language (all Spanish):</p>
<p>K-5 Attended a language immersion elementary school and in 5th grade was in a student exchange program to Guadalajara, Mexico,</p>
<p>6-8 Two years of his social studies class in Spanish, one year of Spanish Humanities</p>
<p>9-12 9: Spanish III 10th: AP Spanish Language (5)</p>
<p>I think he will pass muster.</p>
<p>Brown wants you to take the most rigorous curriculum in your school. If that means taking four years of a foreign language, then it’s preferred that you take four years. </p>
<p>FindAPlace: Brown won’t see the K-8 foreign language study. Make sure the guidance counselor explains his schedule. I really don’t know what admissions thinks of a student who drops language after 10th grade, even if the 10th grade class was an AP. It would be a good question to ask an admissions rep.</p>
<p>ETA: Valkyrie: I am sure that there have been students accepted with 3 years of language. I wouldn’t be surprised if there have also been students denied because they only took 3 years. Depends on the rest of your schedule and the reasons for not taking the 4th year.</p>
<p>FWIW: Although I had 5.5 years of language and credit for 6.5, I only had 2.5 years of history and social sciences, which is generally seen as low. Brown will consider each case seperately - if you’re going to be a science major and you have many courses (and potentially many awards and much research) in sciences, it may (note may) make up for having fewer language courses. If your school offers enough for you to take 4 years, preferably in the same language, it would likely behoove you to think about what you’d get out of taking other courses instead of that 4th year.</p>
<p>fireandrain:</p>
<p>The GC is already on board and to make her life easier, she will be provided a short paragraph explaining S’s pre-high school language studies. Thanks for the tip, though.</p>
<p>fours years of a language, ftw!</p>
<p>Megabnx: You said you got into Brown with only two years of language, did your school offer more than that? If not, what else was positive about your app so that they would accept you? This would describe my case; I really hate taking language right now! I have two years on my transcript, I don’t want to take another one, but I want to go to Brown U.</p>
<p>ewf4ever, this thread is 3 1/2 years old, and Megabnx hasn’t been back here in that long, too.</p>
<p>I’m not Megabnx, but I also only took 2 years of a foreign language (my school offered Spanish, French, German, and Japanese; 4 years and AP where applicable). </p>
<p>And I can’t say what it was about my application that let that detail slide, but my best guess is that my Junior/Senior year, I took on other classes and responsibilities that I prioritized over continuing language classes (which in my opinion were taught at the pace of a snail).</p>
<p>My son only took two years of a foreign language and had no problem getting accepted. He is a computer science/applied concentrator, though. It might matter if you were strongly interested in fields like medieval French poetry or Greek and Roman classics.</p>
<p>Same with my son–only 2 years of Spanish in HS. For the 3rd year, he would had to have taken AP Spanish and instead decided to go with other APs that interested him more. So I think it was the rigor of his coursework that made up for only 2 years of language.</p>
<p>I have taken 2 years of spanish in high school. i am very good at spanish and am attempting the ap test sohpomore year. this means that i will only have two years of a course for foreign language plus the ap test score. If i get a good score on the ap exam, will brown or any other ivy leaugues consider that as the 3 year requirement met?</p>
<p>My son is an international student. While he studies in an English school, he has studied the local language as a second language. Would that be counted as a second language?</p>