<p>I just read all the threads about colleges requiring 3/4 years of a foreign language in high school as part of the admissions requirements, and I'm completely freaking out right now. </p>
<p>I'm going to be in IB Spanish V, Latin III, and IB French IV next year, but I'll have only *taken * 2 years of each (by the end of the year-senior). So would it be okay for me to take an SAT II in one of the languages to demonstrate proficiency to satisfy the requirement? Or should I drop either Latin or French and taken an additional Spanish class, maybe an AP class?</p>
<p>i doubt they’d be stringent on what the 3/4 years of foreign language means. right now that you have the time, before school starts in the fall, call all your prospective schools and ask.
i’m frankly more impressed by your ability to take 3 different languages and not get confused or go crazy than taking one language for 3 years.</p>
<p>I’m having the same worry. I’ve taken up to French 3 but French 1 was taken in middle school, so I’ve technically only taken 2 years in high school. The middle school course shows up on my transcript and will be counted for UCs but I’m not sure for privates…</p>
<p>Thanks! I completely blanked out on what to do when I read the threads-I’ll definitely contact them.</p>
<p>And do you think taking 3 foreign languages and being bilingual in 2 other languages would be a major bonus if I’m applying to a college like Harvard-or would it be more of the same?</p>
<p>Does IＢfrench 5 mean that it’s the fifth level? if each level normally takes a year, but you tested out of it or something, you’ll be fine. Testing into a language because your a native speaker (chinese guy skipping to mandarin 4 would qualify for 4 years of foreign language) counts.</p>
<p>to hmmmmmmmm: that should count. because it was a high school level course in middle school. it’s like taking community college classes while in middle school. it still counts.</p>
<p>The fact that you will haven taken 12 semesters in 3 different languages, and are at the 5th, 3rd, and 4th level in those languages, is fantastic. I’m sure this will be looked upon favorably by almost all colleges. You should certainly verify that this will meet the criteria for the specific colleges you are applying to, but I would guess most will consider your language coursework as superior to most other applicants (assuming you’re getting respectable grades). Don’t sweat it!</p>
<p>Most colleges that require language require two or less years of language. Most of your very high ranks want 3 (or 4) but usually state it not as a requirement but as a recommendation.</p>
<p>In any event, in all cases in which a college says it wants two, or three, or four years of language, whether required or recommended, it means they want completion of that high school level of a single language not that you actually need to take that many years in high school. Example: complete first two years of French in middle school and third year in high school = meeting any three year requirement or recommendation stated by a college. For OP, it means that if you complete Spanish V, you will be considered as having completed 5 years of that language in relation to meeting any requirement or recommendation. In fact, I assume you took Spanish 4, and, if so, you are already done meeting any 4 year requirement or recommendation.</p>
<p>yes, a middle school a-g course will count. But, even if you forget to put it on your app, you will be assumed to have credit for it once you put down that you completed French II+ on your UC application.</p>