<p>Very few schools ‘require’ 3 years of a foreign language - most ‘prefer’ or ‘recommend’ it. Check the schools’ web-sites carefully. Questions like ‘you mean mean what you say on your website?’ are not likely to be appreciated. </p>
<p>It is not unreasonable to explain that you were faced with doing a 3d year of your current language on-line or starting another language from scratch and decided not to do either. Most school will accept that if you are otherwise a very strong applicant. </p>
<p>Be aware, however, that many schools will require that you take a foreign language if you are unable to test out of it. This might mean that you have to spend valuable time at college learning a language.</p>