<p>How many years of language should I take in high school to get into a good college. I plan on going to Spanish 3. Help!</p>
<p>It depends on what college you are trying to go to. I would suggest at least four if you are trying to go to Ivies and other competitive schools. (Wow, I responded within one minute…I need to take a break haha)</p>
<p>Uh, you should try for all four years unless it is for a very good reason.</p>
<p>For example: I am only going to be taking 3 years of latin in high school, but that is because of a scheduling conflict between my sciences and latin because my school won’t be offering AP Chem my senior year, and I am taking it this year. But, I am going to be taking Latin 3 over the summer and continuing Latin 4 my senior year.</p>
<p>So if you can either skip a level of Spanish and still end up where you normally would be with 4 years of language and get a recommendation from one of your really good spanish teachers, you should be fine.</p>
<p>Thanks for replying, so does that mean I should go to spanish 4. I am a freshman, and i took spanish 1 in middle school, so i need to take spanishe 2 freshman, spanish 3 sophomore, and spanish 4 junior, right? I also plan to study chinese at home and hopefully pass the test so i don’t have to have language in college. I am chinese and am able to listen and speak fluently, but i am still a work in progress in writing and reading.</p>
<p>^Do they not offer Chinese at your school? That would be nice if they did. Regardless, that seems to be what most people do, and sometimes they continue up to 5. If you’re taking the Chinese test though, and you successfully pass it, I would say four should be enough:) Don’t worry too much. I found 2 and 3 to be tolerable. You don’t(at least at my school) even have to speak in complete Spanish until 4 so I wouldn’t worry. I’m sure you will do fine!</p>
<p>i heard some people say 3, they said they did, and they both went to harvard. also, they do have chinese at my school, but it only goes up to chinese 1. :P</p>
<p>Haha, well I guess there is no point in taking it. That’s unusual. Maybe the other people had good ecs? The majority of people who will be applying to Harvard will have around four to five years of a language. I would take it just in case:)</p>
<p>ok, so for a good school, not quite ivy league, i need 4 years under my belt?</p>
<p>I would suggest it:) Believe me though, so far, for the past three years, Spanish hasn’t been too bad. I suggest that you practice and make flash cards, and you will be fine!</p>
<p>thanks, can you look at my newest post, i need help, please reply, just click on new posts, it should be there</p>
<p>How many high schools actually offer Chinese? I imagine only the few in very heavily Chinese areas (and where I live is 12% Asian, most of them being Chinese and we don’t have Chinese in our high schools, so it’d have to be more than that).</p>
<p>You should be fine if you max out the language courses offered in 1 language. I doubt you need to start a new language if you’ve taken an AP in one language or gone as far as they have.</p>