<p>How important is the third year of a language? Due to major schedule conflicts there was no way I could take my third year of French... should I make a big effort to take it senior year or just take it if it works out or not worry about it at all?</p>
<p>Research the colleges you are interested. I think Cornell requires 3yrs of foreign language in arts/science dept. Some requires 2 years. Ask your counselor.</p>
<p>Be careful about skipping that, depending on how competitive the colleges you are applying to are. You may find that at selective schools, the minimum will not be enough.</p>
<p>If you have demonstrated a high level of competency (ap tests or sat subject tests) in the language, you should be fine</p>
<p>You do want to checkout the schools you are interested in. Some would require more than 2 years of world language. Other would recommend 3 or even 4 years of it. You don’t want to be surprised in senior year when you are filling up the applications.</p>
<p>High school classes help the student to complete whatever the graduation requirements are of each university. Become familiar with each university’s online undergraduate catalog. Are you likely to apply to a university’s College of Arts and Sciences? or Engineering? or something else? Each college within a university is likely to have a different requirement for foreign language to graduate from university. Are you willing to take foreign language in college if you haven’t taken enough years in high school? This is why it’s not an easy answer. A university’s College of Arts and Sciences is usually the most popular, largest, and the College which receives the most applications from high school students. A Bachelor of Arts Degree from a College of Arts and Sciences usually requires the college student to complete 2 yrs of a foreign language at the collegiate level ~ an equivalent of 3 years of high school ~ or demonstration of competence such as a qualifying AP score. Again, this is why it’s complicated. If you never want to take foreign language again and aren’t particularly competent, one strategy would be to look for a College within a university that does not require foreign language for graduation.</p>
<p>Thank you. I am completely willing to take it in college. The real issue is that we only have one French teacher and her French 3 class is usually the same period as my Virtual Enterprise class which I really enjoy so I guess I will look more into each college’s requirements and then make a decision on what is best.</p>
<p>You can always take it in Summer or at a local community college. You may or may not have the chance to make it up in college if it is their admission requirement or criteria.</p>
<p>You can explain the limitation. But the ideal kid with a schedule issue is prioritizing a high level math class. How does virtual enterprise compare? Does it make absolute sense for your potential major?</p>