Is taking a language class necessary ifnyou want to go to a pre-med school?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Right now, I'm in French 3.
I'm deciding whether I should to go to IB French I next school year.
I'm a sophomore in high school, by the way.
I'm kind of struggling a bit, but I can manage a B or an A- in the class.</p>

<p>My teacher just told me that if I have three years of a language and stop, colleges won't really take me, or it's really frowned upon. That makes me so worried. </p>

<p>I was going to stop French so I can take an Academy elective next year which is 'Exploring Health Science and Exploring the Language of Medicine'' which I think will be very beneficial for my future.</p>

<p>Any suggestions?</p>

<p>I also have another elective I could drop for the Academy elective, which is guitar, but I just enjoy it so much. Way more than French, but if it's necessary to drop that instead of French, so it helps my future, I may be willing to drop my guitar elective.</p>

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<p>Three years is good enough. I’ve taken three years of French (up till French 3), and from personal experience having more may help, but having 3 years will not hurt you in any way, especially since you’re doing pre-med. Take the elective; it’ll help you confirm if this is the right career choice for you.</p>

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<p>YOu should take an international language for pre-med, you never know who may be at seminars. French would be good.</p>

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<p>If you do stop it next year, be sure to take at least some foreign language in college; it always helps to be fluent in at least two languages, because you never know when you’ll end up needing it.</p>

<p>Plus, it gives your resume an incredible boost.</p>

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<p>All teachers would like to convince you that their class is important. It may or may not be true.</p>

<p>That said, fluency in a language does look good and can be very useful. IB French would be much more impressive to a college than any elective. Will colleges necessarily reject you without 4 years? No, not in most cases.</p>

<p>This is sort of case-specific, as some colleges do like to see certain amounts of courses, so you should ask admissions representatives at the colleges you are interested in.</p>

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<p>I’m bi-langual right now. I speak English and I’m pretty fluent in Tagalog, which was my first language. Since Tagalog isn’t TOO well known as Spanish or French, I feel like it won’t get recognized as much.</p>