<p>If I am looking to major in Math/Science fields how important is it to have done a significant amount of foreign languages. I did up to French III at the end of my sophomore year and as a junior next year I instead want to do research in Computer Science.</p>
<p>The other courses I will be taking are:</p>
<p>AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP US
AP English
Honors Acting
Independent Research (Computer Science)</p>
<p>the fact that you're taking acting over a foreign language isn't great, and it'll definitely hurt you, but if you show passion for something else maye you'll be ok? foreign language is pretty important.</p>
<p>you basically need 4 years to be considered. Sure there are exceptions, but it is quite important.</p>
<p>Its just recommended. A few people from our school have got into Princeton with only 3 years.</p>
<p>Will it really hurt? I opted not to take Spanish because the teachers tend to be pretty bad I wanted a 2nd math (Linear Algebra).</p>
<p>I think it is more important to show a demonstrated passion in your field of interest than to take another year of the foreign language. My son will be attending Princeton in September, and he went up to Spanish III for the same reason another poster mentioned-the teachers were horrendous. Good luck</p>
<p>Don't listen to 1MX -- I only took two years of a foreign language in high school because they stopped working with my schedule. Sure, I kind of regret it, but I don't think it actually affected my admission much. The only thing that you'll want to consider is that if you don't "pass" the AP or SAT II French, you'll have to take more French (or another foreign language) in college to satisfy your language requirement. Since I quit Japanese after sophomore year of high school, I remembered next to nothing of it by freshman year of college and started German from scratch.</p>
<p>(Of course, if you already know another non-English language fluently already, you can just pass out using that.)</p>
<p>would having 4 yrs of one language w/ AP and 2 yrs of another provide any kind of admissions advantage?</p>
<p>When you guys say that one needs 4 years of a language, does that mean that one needs to take a language all for years in high school, or just advance to the IV level?
I'll have reached IV by junior year, so would it be detrimental to drop that and add a course like AP Bio or AP Euro instead, one that I'd be a lot more interested in taking and would have an easier time with?
Why do colleges place so much emphasis on learning a foreign language?</p>