Foreign language: quality over quantity?

Applying to College
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<p>Do you think it's actually worse for my chances that I speak English and Spanish fluently, intermediate Japanese, and beginner French instead of, say, 3 languages fluently? </p>

<p>I'm learning Japanese on my own, and since my English teacher kindly kicked me out of her class (because she says I won't learn anything new from her class, Advanced English) I've been taking French since I started my senior year, and I'm going to take it next semester as well. </p>

<p>Does it make me look like I'm just learning a bunch of languages superficially? I would've taken 2 years of French, but I changed schools, and at my old one there was only English.</p>

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<p>I am in the same situation in that I moved schools and had to switch from AP Latin to beginner Spanish because my school didn’t offer Latin. Colleges do prefer 4 years of one language, but they will see that you changed schools and are aware of the classes offered at your school, so don’t worry. Fluency in 2 languages and studying 2 more is very impressive!</p>