<p>I am currently an new international sophmore at a boarding school, I am wondering if I should take a foreign laguage class here, because the best colleges require applicants to take at least 3 years foreign language. But I only have 5 periods everyday, if I replace one class by a foreign language course I will miss the chance to take at least 2 AP classes. By the way, is there anyone going to Harvard without taking an foreign language course besides English and theirs' mother language?</p>
<p>I am currently an new international sophmore at a boarding school, I am wondering if I should take a foreign laguage class here, because the best colleges require applicants to take at least 3 years foreign language. But I only have 5 periods everyday, if I replace one class by a foreign language course I will miss the chance to take at least 2 AP classes. By the way, is there anyone going to Williams without taking an foreign language course besides English and theirs' mother language</p>
<p>taking a language in high school is recommended but not required. In your case, I'd say take what you're interested in and passionate about. If that's your AP classes, then take them. If that's a language, then take that. But don't do either just because that's what you think you have to do to get into college. If you're really concerned about it when you start applying for schools in a couple of years, you can ask one of your recommenders to address the lack of time to take all the courses you wanted to in their letter.</p>