<p>Will Harvard like it if I only took 3 years of a foriegn language.</p>
<p>Instead of taking the IB foriegn language in junior and senior years I want to take AP stats and AP bio</p>
<p>If Im going into something math/science related, which is the better option.</p>
<p>2 years of an IB language or 2 AP classes instead dealing with math/science</p>
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There is no single academic path we expect all students to follow, but the strongest applicants take the most rigorous secondary school curricula available to them. An ideal four-year preparatory program includes four years of English, with extensive practice in writing; four years of math; four years of science: biology, chemistry, physics, and an advanced course in one of these subjects; three years of history, including American and European history; and four years of one foreign language.
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from <a href="http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/faq/admissions/high_school/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/faq/admissions/high_school/index.html</a></p>
<p>Seems pretty clear to me.</p>
<p>All of Harvard's secondary curriculum recommendations are just that, recommendations. None are strict requirements. But, yes, challenge yourself by what you do in high school.</p>
<p>you are never going to get a clear cut answear on these subject matters...</p>
<p>i have no idea really but i think that if you're proficient in another language and do really well on a standardized test they'd be ok if you dedicated more time to your area of interest. take a subject test in that language and do well. (again this is all speculation and i know nothing about this)
what a harvard rep did tell me is not to submit a subject test in your native language if its not english, especially if you get less than 800 on it</p>
<p>OTOH if you get 600+ on a SAT2 language or a 5 on the AP or a 7 on the IB exam, you can place out of Harvard's language requirement I should think nearly anyone could get at least a 600 in their native language. (You can also wait till you are there and take a language placement exam.)</p>
<p>ive only taken the spanish one, but if all sat2 language tests are similar in difficulty, any native speaker should get close to 800. im not submiting my score bc the only thing it proves really is that i can read third grade level sentences in my own language, plus they told me i shouldn't have taken it. if you know the basics of another language you should do fine on a test like that.</p>