<p>You want to take the most rigorous course load available at your high school – and that’s true for all areas of study.</p>
<p>For Harvard, taking just 1 year of a foreign language and 1 year of history will put you at a disadvantage in light of Harvard’s advice to high school student’s.</p>
<p>Harvard: [Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: Preparing for College](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/preparing/index.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/preparing/index.html)</p>
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<li>the study of English for four years: close and extensive reading of the classics of the world’s literature</li>
<li>four years of a single foreign language;</li>
<li>the study of history for at least two, and preferably three years: American History, European History, and one additional advanced history course;</li>
<li>the study of mathematics for four years, including the particular topics described;</li>
<li>the study of science for four years: Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, and preferably one of these at an advanced level</li>
<li>frequent practice in the writing of expository prose.</li>
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