<p>The college process was so interesting to me that I now am volunteering in the high school career center. Yesterday the counselor asked me to conduct a search for schools that have no foreign language requirement for admissions. She has many students asking for this information. In my initial research, I found schools that have "recommended" but not "required" FL credits for admission as well as "no FL required." If you have experience with admissions given these parameters and any school recommendations, I would appreciate hearing from you. Also, if you can help me with other sources of information-books, websites, etc.-I would like that too.</p>
<p>I have no idea, but I think it would be great to post any schools that you have found that do not require a foreign language. I would think that some colleges would wave that requirement with certain documented disabilities, but that is really a guess, rather than factual information.</p>
<p>One way to explore this information, I would think, would be to call some schools that offer extensive services to students with disabilities, and ask for the director of that office. They should be able to tell you whether they wave those requirements at their school, and can possibly direct you somewhere that would have a list of such schools. Come to think of it, why not start by calling Landmark College (I think that is the name of it)?</p>
<p>Virginiamom, </p>
<pre><code> Some schools will allow a student to enroll on a provisional basis and they will be give a foreign language defiency if they took hardly any foreign language in high school- or no foreign language at all! You should look into schools that have that kinda thing going on.
Also, some schools will give a total foreign language waiver! Or they will make a student take sign language instead of Spanish or whathaveyou.
That is all I know.
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<p>virginiamom, Have you gotten anywhere with this list? If you have found some colleges, could you please list them? Thanks.</p>
<p>My process for generating the list is very slow. I am using two different books to create lists and then verifying the information on a particular school's website. Today I worked on it some more and unfortunately left the list at the school. I will get it tomorrow and start posting some names. At the moment I have schools in PA, OH, and VA. As merlinjones posts, some schools will waive the FL requirement if you can verify that FL classes would create an undue burden on a high school student or admit on a provisional basis with the FL credits to be met in college. Some schools list FL as "recommended" but not "required" for admission.</p>
<p>Thanks for getting back. Are you also looking at which schools require foreign language for admission, but do not require foreign language to graduate, once admitted. I am interested in that information. I also know that some schools will require foreign language to graduate with certain degrees (ie:international business major), but do not require it for other degrees (ie:engineering major).</p>
<p>I have sorted my lists by state. They are in no particular order. PLEASE use this list only as a starting point-I could not verify from each college their actual requirements. Not everything is posted online. I recommend calling a school to verify all of this information. I used print resources and school website if that information was available. This is not an all-inclusive list-I had to limit my list to schools in which our students might show interest. I was not looking for schools that would waive FL for graduation but where I have noted some of those schools.</p>
<p>PENNSYLVANIA</p>
<p>No FL required or recommended for Admission: Bloomsburg Univ. of PA, Waynesboro College, West Chester University</p>
<p>FL recommended but not required for Admission: Drexel U. (1 FL recommended), Seton Hill (1), Kutztown U (2), Mercyhurst College (2), Clarion U (no FL required; completion of 2 yrs strongly recommended)</p>
<p>FL required for Admission, High School waivers accepted for FL: Washington & Jefferson College, Dickinson, Leigh, St. Joseph's Univ., Temple U. </p>
<p>FL requirement for graduation waived: St. Joseph's Univ.</p>
<p>OHIO</p>
<p>Bowling Green State: 2 FL required, HS waivers accepted for FL and math
Kent State: 2 FL recommended, HS waivers accepted for FL
Miami Univ: 2 FL recommended; if not met prior to admission, required to complete once enrolled
Oberlin: 3 FL recommended
Ohio State-Columbus: 3 FL recommended; consideration given where FL affected HS performance
Ohio State-Athens: 2 FL recommended; students with academic deficiencies can be admitted
Univ. of Toledo: 2 FL recommended; not part of Academic core requirements
Xavier Univ: 2 FL recommended; FL curriculum requirement for graduation waived
College of Wooster: 2 FL required; Admission requirements that may be waived for LD students include FL.</p>
<p>NORTH CAROLINA</p>
<p>No FL required or recommended for Admission: Appalachian State, Gardner-Webb.</p>
<p>FL required for Admission, HS waivers accepted for FL: Guilford, High Point</p>
<p>FL curriculum waiver for graduation: Guildford, High Point, NC State (2 FL required for admission)</p>
<p>GEORGIA</p>
<p>FL required for admission, HS waivers accepted for FL: GA Tech (2), GA Southern (2), Kennesaw State (2), Mercer Univ. (2, course substitution for FL possible)</p>
<p>FL curriculum waiver for graduation: GA Tech, GA Southern, Mercer Univ.</p>
<p>VIRGINIA</p>
<p>No FL required for admission: Roanoke College</p>
<p>FL recommended for admission: Ferrum (2), Univ. of Mary Washington (4), Marymount (3), Radford (3-4), Randolph-Macon College (2, students with a documented LD that specifies difficulty with FL may be allowed to substitute other clases for the FL requirement), VCU (None, 2 yrs FL strongly recommended)</p>
<p>FL required for Admission, accomodations: George Mason (2 required, 3 recommended, FL curriculum waiver for graduation), Longwood (2 FL required, HS waivers accepted for FL; FL curriculum waiver for graduation)</p>
<p>Did you know that sign language courses are an acceptable substitue for foreign language requirements? Many Jr. colleges offer courses with certification at the end. Additionally the student can use their certification to work with hearing impaired kids and make a pretty darn good salary. I have a friend who did this and she earned $22 an hour teaching swimming. It had the added benefit of making her realize that her own learning challenges were not so bad. Many kids with LD's find sign language to be far easier to learn than foreign language.</p>
<p>Today was a real eye opener for me. My child, who is a high school Junior, has a documented LD and his SL has been waived throughout is school career. He has 2 yrs of Sign Language which we decided to take in high school. We just got home from a tour of Univ. of Delaware where we were informed that he would not meet their admission requirements. Now I have to call the admissions depts. of all the colleges/universities he is interested in attending and find out if he is in trouble. When he was waived I never knew that this would be an issue. I assumed (stupidly) that this would suffice for higher education as well. No guidance counselor ever told us otherwise. Now does he have to scramble and take a language during the summer in order to make admissions requirements??</p>
<p>Long Island Mom,</p>
<p>how did your son make out with his applications -</p>
<p>"Many kids with LD's find sign language to be far easier to learn than foreign language."</p>
<p>I've never studied ASL or another visual language, so I can't speak from direct experience but I would just about bet that this is due to
1) the methodology used to teach the language in the classroom
and
2) the means used to assess the students' developing fluency in the language</p>
<p>Some colleges will accept ASL to satisfy foreign language requirements, others will not. </p>
<p>Also, the info regarding specific college foreign lang policies is incompleter and/or out of date. Roanoke, for example, may not require FL for admission, but it does require FL to graduate AND ASL as an alternative may be available to only those enrolled in the schools extra-fee LD program. Likewise, I believe High Point required 1 year of FL study for graduation. </p>
<p>Also, precisely what constitutes a valid waiver can vary greatly from school to school. Most colleges require at least a language based LD diagnosis, thus, if your child's high school was generous and granted FL exemption in the absence of a FL related diagnosis, that waiver may not entitle your child to ANY FL accommodation in college.</p>
<p>Finally, please remeber that colleges almost uniformly refuse to make any determination regarding accommodatins (course substitutions, waivers, etc.) until after a student is enrolled.</p>
<p>Some schools are indeed more flexible than others - - but I don't think there is any basis to say that generally schools resolve the FL or any other LD issue on a case by case basis. Sadly, many schools state formally that they do not permit such substitutions. </p>
<p>In the absence of an official policy prohibiting substitutions, there may be some wiggle room. But I think the real problem remains that in most cases you can't even have a conversation with the disability office untill after enrolllment, which may be too late if the school is unwilling to grant some accommodation (and your student is, therefore, unable to satisfy a grad req, gened or distrib req).</p>
<p>well Randolph Macon says on its website it requires atleast 2 years of a foreign language. and mostly all the schools you have mentioned EXCEPT Roanoke U require the minimum of two years… please tell me your info is accurate it would help me a lot. thanks</p>
<p>@virginia mom. It’s Ohio University- Athens not Ohio State. that is a completely different college. just saying…</p>
<p>The earlier posts are over 2yrs old, so the info may indeed be outdated.</p>