Do colleges like seeing multiple languages?

Applying to College
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For the languages I am proficient in on college applications, I plan to say that I am proficient in two. English, of course, is my first language, and is the language I speak at home. Also, I have been learning Spanish for four or five years now in school, and have become proficient in reading, writing, and speaking Spanish. I am in the process of self-studying Esperanto.

Will colleges like to see that I am proficient in two languages (or three, depending on how quickly I get good at Esperanto)? Or will they be more dismissive of the Spanish since I studied it only in school? Would they not like Esperanto because it’s an invented language and is fairly easy for English-speakers to learn?

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Colleges will like it if you are fluent in them. I am fluent in four (hopefully five by next year), and I’m sure they found it cool.

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Most colleges expect some level of foreign language. If you have taken beyond the minimum they will appreciate that. Self-studying Esperanto could be an interesting essay topic, not much else.

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They’ll probably be as underwhelmed as if u had spent the time learning something as useful as Middle Earth Elvish.

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@Erin’s Dad and @GMTplus7
Yeah… I kind of figured it wouldn’t be too impressive. Thanks for confirming that.