<p>Hey, so I'm little confused on the language requirements some schools have. I was specifically looking at Brown University and it said that the foreign language requirement was 3 years. I took Spanish starting 7th grade in middle school until sophmore year in high school. The two years I took it in middle school counted as 1 credit total and each year in high school was one credit, for a total of 3 credits. So does this allow me to meet the language requirements or do all three years have to be taken in high school?</p>
<p>You got one high school credit for middle school right? Then you should be alright :)</p>
<p>Was the middle school Spanish factored into your high school GPA? I would email/call the university to check up on this. I know that math classes I took in middle school count as high school credit (as in I did not have to retake a class like Algebra I again in high school) but do not count toward my graduation requirements. You should look on your transcripts to see how your high school credits break down (i.e. how many credits you have in each subject area). If it says you have 3 to count toward foreign language, you will probably be fine!</p>
<p>According to this:</p>
<p>[Brown</a> Admission: Q&A](<a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)</p>
<p>They have a recommended list of high school courses (including a preference for four years of a foreign language), although they are not hard requirements. It would be surprising if they did not look at the fact that you completed the third level of a foreign language, even if you had only two years of it in high school. If you think about it, they have probably seen plenty of applicants who are heritage speakers of some foreign language and just took the third or fourth level (without taking the first or second level that would be pointless for them) of their foreign language, or taken none at all but aced the AP and SAT Subject tests in the language to “prove” their proficiency in the language.</p>
<p>Language requirements or recommendations for all universities refer to the high school course level of a language that you need to reach (like Spanish 3 or Spanish 4) rather than the number of years you actually have to take language in high school.</p>
<p>Thank you! Now I’m not as worried!</p>