<p>Hi im a sophomore and im going through forecasting for next year at my school. I have a question regarding what classes to take.</p>
<p>My school requires two consecutive years of language and i will have fufilled that by the end of this year. Im facing a few dilemmas in deciding whether I should take another year.</p>
<p>I know most of the competitive schools im thinking about going to recommend or require three years of language but would they understand if I didn't do the last year in exchange for a class (journalism) I love and might want to pursue a career in?</p>
<p>My second question is this: does it look bad if I change out my language? I've taken French but would really like to switch to Latin because I don't like and am not very good at French.</p>
<p>Colleges won’t reject you just because you switched from French to Latin. Take the classes that you can get good grades in: your GPA is much more important than which particular language you take.</p>
<p>Selective colleges recommend that you focus on core courses. These include foreign language. They often expect (and sometimes require) 3 years of the same language, and some recommend 4 years of the same language. The point of the 4 years/same language is that at this level you’re likely to begin to read and appreciate the literature in that language.</p>
<p>So the short answer to your question is “it depends”. And if you’re thinking of selective colleges then trading a third year of french for journalism (which they would view as an elective) is not the best approach. Switching languages before getting to a level of proficiency (typical of 3-4 years) is also not the best approach.</p>