<p>Just curious if it looks bad to switch languages? I took Spanish my first two years of high school but couldn't fit it in, so was thinking of taking Portuguese 1 and 2 at the University this summer. Does anybody know if this would count as 4 years of foreign language, or just two (since I only will have had two years in each language?) thanks in advance!:)</p>
<p>btw, I'm aiming for engineering schools like Olin and MIT.</p>
<p>Just be sure to make it clear that scheduling conflicts, not incompetance were to blame, plus engineering schools shouldn't care TOO much, and continuing classes in other languages shows that you aren't going to let **** like scheduling get in your way</p>
<p>No, it doesnt "look bad", but it only counts as two years of modern language. BUT, olin and MIT only require two years of a modern foreign language, so this does not matter. However, for many other schools, three or four years of the same modern foreign language is required, I would advise staying with Spanish, or else completing Portuguese 1,2,3 and maybe 4</p>
<p>Try to get at least 3 years of the same foreign language. It looks best to get at least 4 though. </p>
<p>It doesn't count as 4 years if you do different languages.</p>
<p>hmm, I might be able to take Portuguese 3 in the fall. I'll have to see though, its so hard to schedule everything:( I really enjoy science and math more, but portuguese sounded exiciting. Decisions, decisions, decisions...Anybody else have any input? </p>
<p>P.S. thanks for the replies!</p>
<p>portuguese won't be much better than spanish; they share a lot of similarities, especially grammaticaly.</p>
<p>Portuguese is basically a well developed dialect of Spanish. I'm in Spanish 7/AP Spanish lit and can read Portuguese pretty well because of the similarities. I plan on learning it as I've been told by all my Spanish teachers that they picked it up decently in only a year...</p>
<p>Could you not take Spanish 3 and 4 this summer instead?</p>