<p>When colleges say the reccomend a student take 4 years of a foreign language, is that 4 years in high school, or to level 4? </p>
<p>I took Spanish I in 8th grade, so it's not on my high school transcript but I will have completed Spanish IV by the end of this year (junior). So is that 4 or years or 3? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I'd call it four in terms of what that recommendation for 4 years of language is getting at.</p>
<p>They always mean completing the fourth level of a language, which, depending on applicant, may or may not mean taking language all four years of high school.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure schools just want to see you take the most of your school's Spanish program. If it ends at a fourth level, that's fine, but if it continues onward, schools will like to see you take advantage of that.</p>