<p>I was looking at the Stanford website today and it says it "recommends" 3 years of foreign language.</p>
<p>However, what does this mean?</p>
<p>Is it 3 years or 3 years in high school (it was under the "recommended" classes for high school).</p>
<p>Because I took French I in 8th grade, French II in 9th, and French III in 10th grade. Then I quit French because I wanted to take 2 science classes (AP chem, AP Physics) because I want to be a scientist one day...</p>
<p>Will they count that as 3 years or just two years because I only took 2 in high school. On my transcript, all 3 credits will show up and it will say French-III under sophomore grades.</p>
<p>I was just curious because if they only count it as 2 years, wouldnt that be UNFAIR to someone that took 1 year in middle school. They would be punishing a person that took 8-10 grade and took something else they liked in 11-12th. But yet the person that started in 9th grade and ended up taking French III in 11th grade will "meet" the requirements but the former wont?</p>
<p>Does anybody know? Anybody familiar with this? Also has anybody gotten into Stanford with this dilema?</p>