<p>i am fluent in chinese and took ap chinese (5) and sat ii chinese (790)..but b/c my school only offers spanish, i decided not to take it, and my school is counting me being bilingual as my foreign credits..
will colleges that require 2-3 yrs of foreign language understand that? or will they still want me to learn another language??
i am a junior next year, so i don't have much time to start learning a new language..</p>
<p>Which colleges are you applying to?</p>
<p>You should have taken Spanish earlier. Colleges don't require 2-3 years of world language so that they have bilingual students. You could contact the schools and explain that you thought that you met the required years of world language because your school gave you credit for being bilingual. Heck, lots and lots of people at my school are billingual, and they had to take another language for at least two years.</p>
<p>i am thinking of applying to college of william and mary, vanderbilt, williams, davidson,princeton, and yale...</p>
<p>You should really take a foreign language class. It shows so much more effort if you can learn another language, rather than just growing up speaking one.</p>
<p>Well, then you should just take 2 years of Spanish.</p>
<p>You should take a class. In the U.S., many of the top students are either bilingual to begin with, or have taken 2 foreign languages. Just being bilingual doesn't satisfy the requirement at most schools, and I doubt it satisfies the admission requirements.</p>
<p>Have you considered taking a language at a community college? 2 years of college-level language will probably look just as good as 3 of high school-level language. That would also give you the option of taking some in the summer.</p>
<p>great, i have been led to believe for the past years that i was fine just being bilingual...:(..
my local community college does not offer classes in latin/greek (that is what i am thinking of studying)...
does anyone know any online courses, college-level or high school??</p>
<p>You still have time to get your 2 year requirement in. If you want to study Latin or Greek I suggest you ask if you can do it through an independent study. Usually in order to do this you must have a faculty adviser that is knowledgeable about the subject and able to give you worthy assignments and assessments. If not, there is nothing wrong with taking Spanish. You may actually benefit more by taking Spanish since it is a very useful language to know in America. </p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that a lot of universities have foreign language or cultural study requirements in order to graduate. Mine did. To top it off, you could only fulfill that requirement with 2 semesters of intermediate or advance courses (200 level or above) or by studying abroad. That may be one of the reasons the requirement exists at the high school level as well (ie because you would have to have sufficient training in the language to test into the intermediate or advanced courses).</p>
<p>k i moved from Canada in the beginning of junior year.
i am going to be a senior in september
i took french in canada ever since 4th grade of elementary school all the way to 10th grade every single year
after i moved here, i decided that i would take ap chinese, which i got a 5 on
now i hear that colleges are requiring 3 years of foreign language but or the same language.
now i am in trouble. i am beginning my senior year, i dont have time to take an other language but my french in canada is decent compared to people who only took it in high school in US.
what should i do would college understand it or would they say PHAIL.</p>
<p>i am in the similar situation...
my foreign language requirements are met at my school b/c i am bilingual
but I would like to self-study latin to show I am motivated...
and maybe try to take the sat ii or AP's,
is that possible as a junior to take those tests this year or my senior year??</p>