<p>I took my foreign language classes during freshman and senior year. Since they don't look at those years, will they know I fulfilled the requirements and everything?</p>
<p>They don’t look at it in terms of grades. They will still monitor what classes you took freshman and senior year so yes, they will know you took two years of foreign language. It is possible to get in with only two years of foreign language, but I think three is desirable if possible.</p>
<p>The whole notion of “looking only at your junior and senior year” is misguided. They can see all of your classes, but they tend to focus on those years because that’s when students typically take more specialized advanced classes. They’re not interested in freshman biology as they are to AP psychology.</p>
<p>Short answer is they will still see every class that shows up on your high school transcript.</p>
<p>^I don’t think so. If it’s not a UC requirement it’s not on the app, and they don’t see the transcript until after you’ve committed to go to the school.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks, guys! Also, would it make much of a difference if I took two years of Spanish and one year of French instead of three years of Spanish?</p>
<p>Also, don’t most students take AP mostly junior and senior year? I was one of the only sophomores at my school allowed to take an AP class; most are required by the school to take them only junior and senior year.</p>
<p>Yeah, a lot of people take AP courses senior year. That’s why they often look at the rigor of your senior year courses.</p>
<p>As for 2 years with one language plus 1 year of another versus 3 years of the same language. 3 years with one language is always better. I’m not even sure if they care about that extra year you French. They might even just ignore it and look at the two years of Spanish you took.</p>
<p>Thanks! 
Well, the thing is…I can decide to take Spanish 3 next semester or French 1. I’ve realized that I won’t probably be using Spanish much in my life; on the other hand, I think pursuing French is more practical for me personally because I want to visit France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, etc much more than I plan to visit Mexico, Spain, etc. So that’s why I’m wondering what I should do next semester - take Spanish 3 because it looks better or take French 1 because I want to.</p>
<p>I know this thread is a little old but…</p>
<p>I knew someone who took two years of spanish and then switched to french in her junior year and got into UCLA. My mom is a college counselor and I asked her about it. She said they don’t even look really at what language it is, as long as it is two years. </p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>^Nice! Thanks a lot; that just confirms my decision to take French 1/2 next semester. :)</p>
<p>i only took 2 years of spanish and got in… its not that big of a deal, you don’t need to take french for the 3rd year since they probably won’t see it as a 3rd year language really… if you want just take something more interesting to you or another ap class to boost the gpa…</p>
<p>Just remember that UCLA has a foreign language requirement though so if you don’t pass an AP test (not sure about the subject test) in foreign language or UCLA’s foreign language placement test, then you will be required to take 1 year of a foreign language at UCLA unless this changes in the near future.</p>