<p>im from South Korea and i've been stay in U.S.A since 2004.</p>
<p>Im going to be senior next school year. </p>
<p>and I only took 1 year class of Latin from my previous high school.</p>
<p>And now I am very very nervious b/c of Foreign laguage course. </p>
<p>some of my friend told me that most colleges require 2 years worth of foreign laguage class.</p>
<p>Of course i talked about this with my Principal. But she told me that i do not have to take another foregin lang class b/c I can already speak and write in Korean.. </p>
<p>It depends on to which schools you’re applying. UCs (UC Berkeley, UCLA, USCD, etc.) require 2 years. Each private school has its own requirements as well. If you speak Korean well, you’d have to pick up a form that allows you get credits for the 2nd year of Foreign Language. If not, take it during your senior year.</p>
<p>It really depends on the school, like yummymango says. I’ve known students to have luck with University of Illinois-Chicago, for example, if they speak a second language but have not had a formal class in it. The best thing to do would be to check with the schools you plan to apply to.</p>
<p>You need to read the websites for each college and university that you are interested in. Often the wording is “recommended” rather than “required”. Some colleges and universities will waive the foreign language requirement for admission because you are a native speaker of another language. Some will waive the foreign language requirement for graduation for the same reason. Again, you will have to check this out for each individual college/university that you look at. If there is an SAT II, CLEP, or AP exam for your first language, find out if the college/university will consider a certain score on that exam instead of a course grade in a foreign language.</p>
<p>Most universities require at least 2 years, though if you get accepted without the requirement they may require you to take the language classes as their student.</p>
<p>Check with any particular college on its site, particularly the international student section of its site because you cannot rely on the section on the site that applies to US citizens. For internationals whose native language is not English, most colleges do not require a foreign language even though they normally require it for US students. Instead, they require the international student to have had English (in other words, English is their foreign language requirement).</p>