<p>Not absolutely required.</p>
<p>But it’s definitely going to be a mark against your app without them.</p>
<p>You should be up to language level 4, whether you took the actual classes in middle school or high school is mostly irrelevant.</p>
<p>My 1st daughter took 3 years and got accepted. My 2nd daughter took 4 years and got waitlisted.</p>