<p>I'm planning on taking three years of French and two of Latin. Do colleges see this as equivalent to five years of the same language?</p>
<p>No, because it's not five years of the same language. You'll obviously be better at a language if you take it for that kind of extended period.
That's not to say that a combination of languages isn't valuable in its own right (I take French and Latin too-- didn't realize it was such a common combination, but it's great, isn't it?), but it's not the /same/.</p>
<p>I realize it's not the same, because you don't learn either language in so much depth. But I've heard that some colleges recommend four years of a foreign language - would this count?</p>
<p>Yes, it would count, but I would think seeing 4 years of one language is better.</p>
<p>It's definitely not the same... man, I didn't know anything when I was done with third-level Spanish. It's probably still all right, unless your college is really picky, but continuing with French would probably be better.</p>