<p>if a student has taken 4-5 years of foreign language in high school, does he/she still have to take foreign language in college? I know colleges have distinct requirements, but does anyone know the answer for the following colleges?</p>
<p>duke
rice
wash in st. L
cornell
JHU
U of Mich
brown
UCs</p>
<p>Georgetown SFS requires each student to pass a one-hour oral examination with two professors in order to graduate. This examaination is given apart from required language course work and/or AP/IB credit.
A failing examination grade resullts in no degree being awarded even if all other course work is completed.</p>
<p>I don't see where the OP asked about Georgetown, but anyways.</p>
<p>The only way I could see you getting out of most of the language requirements is taking the AP tests and getting some credit. That will leave you with some time to explore other courses.</p>
<p>tae, there are two separate issues here: getting in and what you need to graduate. Most selective colleges recommend 3-4 years of one language as an admissions guideline. This is a guideline only, not a hard and fast rule, but most of the competition will be fluent in at least one foreign language so it's a plus.</p>
<p>After matriculation, the language requirements are very specific by college. Some require demonstrated proficiency, some don't have any language requirement. For those that require demonstrated proficiency some will use your AP or IB scores, some will administer their own test to determine your placement. You will have to contact the individual college to find out their requirements.</p>
<p>Among those you've listed, the only one I can speak for is Brown. Brown has no distribution or core requirements whatsoever except those connected to your major. So, assuming that you're not going to major in Spanish, you would not need to take any foreign language at Brown.</p>
<p>Just look at the web sites of the colleges that interest you -- they will deal you what the degree requirements are.</p>