Foreign language classes requirements for applying WES

<p>Hi</p>

<p>I am going to be a senior and i am intereseted in Wesleyan University.</p>

<p>However, I noticed that they recommend FOUR years of foreign language classes.</p>

<p>I took three years, but I did not put any language class for this year, because i </p>

<p>needed to make up my lacking ap classes.</p>

<p>Is there anyone who did not take four years of foreign languages but got in?</p>

<p>I’ll be a frosh this fall, and I only took three years of foreign language in high school. However, three years is all that my school offered, and the three years I took were my sophomore, junior and senior years–not freshman, sophomore and junior years. </p>

<p>In this case, I think it might be a good idea to trade an AP class for a fourth year of foreign language, since your three years otherwise won’t include senior year. That’s just my opinion, of course. There are many, many more factors in the admission process.</p>

<p>hey i am an incoming freshman and i only took 2 years of a language in high school (fresh/soph), although they were levels 2 & 3. honestly, don’t let that deter you from applying. i had other things that i put as a priority before my language classes and since there only so many classes in a day, I had to cut the class after sophomore year.</p>

<p>I only took three years - levels 1 2 and 3. My classes focused around math and science though. I also only took 4 AP’s throughout my high school career, three of which were during senior year. Don’t worry about it.</p>

<p>I’m freaking out about this too. Although English is my third language and in addition to three years of French my freshman, sophomore and junior year I have taken two years of Chinese(8th and 10th grade) and two years of Latin and I can read and write in Arabic although I can’t speak it fluently at all I still feel like I should take the fourth year of French. The only thing is, in order to take it I have to give up my lunch period and I won’t have any study halls during the day and its my senior year. But whatever, I guess if I get into Wesleyan its worth it.</p>

<p>On a related note, I’ve taken Spanish 2, 3, 4 in 9-11 grade and will be in AP Spanish this year. Do you think that being in AP Spanish mean I’m fluent enough to say I’m proficient in Spanish as a second language? Would that be something that could be looked into if I put it on the application?</p>

<p>Jimbonium, ARE you fluent in Spanish? </p>

<p>If you went to a Spanish-speaking country, could you converse easily, discuss anything that you wished and interact without any difficulty?</p>

<p>If the answer to this question is no, then you are not fluent.</p>

<p>Well, I have had conversations in Spanish with people who can’t speak any English, so I suppose so, albeit I’ve gotten a bit rusty over the Summer. I suppose it’s something I can verify with a teacher</p>