<p>Hey guys (again)</p>
<p>I have some friends in older grades who say American Universities recommend/its better on the application to have 4 years of a foreign language (i.e. french or spanish). Is this true? Because if this wasn't the case, I'd drop the course for grade 11.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, and I appreciate the help.</p>
<p>i’m pretty sure 2 years is the standard/expected for most schools though some may want more. i don’t know if taking 2 years more would be any better but 2 is enough.</p>
<p>2 years is standard for most schools, but Penn does explicitly say that it recommends four years of a foreign language; personally, I don’t know anybody (except for engineering students who do not have a foreign language requirement, to my knowledge) who took fewer than three years of foreign language. Most took four (I took three, though… just couldn’t deal with a foreign language senior year of high school haha)</p>
<p>@UPennDream what system of education are you following?</p>
<p>Our school is one year ahead in for histories, math, and sciences. (took grade 9 science in grade 8, civics in grade 9, taking biology and chemistry in grade 10 currently). For languages, its just the same as any other school.</p>
<p>I’m probably going to take french now for four years ; ) thanks for the help.</p>