Didn't take a lot of foreign courses?

<p>I was reading some Ivy schools' websites and they are say 3-4 years of a foreign language was strongly recommended. I only took a french course in grade 9 and got like a 78 only so i stopped taking french. Do u think its going to affect me much, the lack of foreign language courses? I'm planning to major in economics so i don't see why it would be a big deal.</p>

<p>Ivy league schools WILL care that you never took more than one year of a foreign language. The exception to this would be if you have other classes you prioritized higher for a reason (like interest in science - not a low grade).</p>

<p>This will give you an idea of why selective colleges would like students to have 3-4 years of a FL, no matter what their intended course of study:</p>

<p>[Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: Preparing for College](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/preparing/index.html#language]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/preparing/index.html#language)</p>

<p>For your question, what was your highest level of FL completed? It is not the number of years in HS that you took FL, but rather the level you reached. These are recommendations, so you could likely get by with 3 yrs of FL, but only 2 would likely put you at a disadvantage unless there was something else that was very compelling in your application.</p>

<p>x-posted w/Erin’s Dad</p>

<p>well technically Eng is my second language, i just found it too overwhelming to learn a third one. I wonder if Admin will care since my Eng is amazing and my mother language is also amazing (does that count as 2 languages?).</p>

<p>Are you applying as an international from a country whose native tongue is not English. If that is the case the rules are different because for those applicants English is the foreign language. If not, have you taken and scored high on an SAT II in the other language because they will often consider that in lieu of language in high school.</p>

<p>If you made a 78 in a French I class I don’t think your chances at an ivy are great.</p>

<p>well aiginqinf, that was in grade 9, and every other course is high.
I thought college don’t like you to take a SAT subject test in your mother language. Should i do it anyways to show i’m fluent in 2 languages?</p>

<p>i live in Canada by the way so the official lang is english.</p>

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<p>If you’re good at English and good at your mother tongue, you should have such a big problem with learning another language. What’s your mother language?</p>

<p>Now, the grading scale in Canada is different so a 78 there isn’t quite so bad there as it is here but still, at least on CC, most people getting into US Ivy’s have very high averages in the 90’s+high SAT scores+Good EC’s. </p>

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<p>You should go ahead and take the SAT subject test in your mother tongue to show you know it and to possibly test out, but they would really like you to do decently in another language.</p>

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<p>Unlike Canadian schools, US schools look at your entire transcript… except for a few which exclude 9th grade grades.</p>

<p>In your case it is not an issue of whether they like or dislike someone taking the SAT II in your native tongue as one of your usual SAT IIs. You have a transcript deficiency in not having the recommended years in a foreign language and need a way to possibly make up for it as part of your application materials and the SAT II in a language provides that possbility. Even that may not be enough, but it is better than submitting an application which would show nothing but the abscence of a foreign language except one year of French which you did not do well in.</p>

<p>does college admin consider each applicant’s background when they are looking at the courses he took. If college wants its student to be proficient at 2 languages, i am and i can prove it in SAT 2. But i just didn’t take any courses.</p>

<p>my interest is in economics so i don’t know how big is the role of language for that major. I took about 6 maths and 6 sciences so i don’t know if that will help.</p>

<p>What’s your first language?</p>