Foreign Language Questions

<p>She should take Italian because that’s the one she knows best. She might take another (extra) SAT2 in case she doesn’t like the score. Keep in mind that good scores in languages are less certain than other fields because the data is muddied by native speakers. Her lack of Latin will put her a bit behind other concentrators with better backgrounds, but it’s not impossible. So few high schools offer Latin, I’m sure she will not be the only classics major with a skimpy background. If she wants to play catchup she might find summer programs/courses. I took a look at Harvard’s Classics requirements - it didn’t look to me like she’d be in trouble there at all:[FAS</a> Handbook for Students: Chapter 3: Fields of Concentration](<a href=“http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter3/cl.html]FAS”>http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter3/cl.html)</p>