<p>How important is it to take a fourth science if I am planning on taking a foreign language instead? I would have to drop either French or Spanish to take science next year; as my school does not have good AP Chem or AP Bio teachers, I do not want to take another science. My passion is for foreign languages, and I have already taken high level science courses. So far I have taken Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, and I am currently taking AP Physics B. I have As in all these courses. I REALLY want to go to Brown and study Cognitive Science or Linguistics with a concentration in Neurolinguistics or Psycholinguistics. My scores, ECs, and courses are excellent otherwise, giving me a fair enough chance to get into Brown.</p>
<p>Speaking purely from experience, I consider myself a language person as well and hate the sciences; this year, my senior year, I’m taking two languages-honors chinese and ap french- at the expense of physics, which a lot of seniors take. I got into Cornell ED, in part because I showed my love of languages.</p>
<p>Thank you for your input and congratulations on getting into Cornell! I would still appreciate more viewpoints from others and/or elaboration from you, ds143. How did you show your love of languages?</p>
<p>I took 7 years of language (5 of Latin, 2 of Greek) in high school, but only 3 years of science - intro biology and physics up to and beyond the AP C exams. I never took any chemistry and I still got accepted. So obviously you don’t <em>need</em> 4 years. The top candidates will have taken a variety of courses at the highest possible levels and gotten good grades and shown a passion for something. You’ve shown a passion for languages and can pursue it. While AP Bio or Chem would hardly hurt, I don’t see a year of language over a 4th year of science hurting you too much if at all. I’m of course no admissions officer, however.</p>
<p>You’ve taken three lab sciences, which is what is most important.</p>