<p>how many years of languages are colleges looking for? i have taken 2 years of spanish in high school and my teacher keeps saying i wont get into a good 4 year university without 3 years of a language. Is this true?</p>
<p>Depends on how you define “good.” Top colleges usually require four years of one language.</p>
<p>There are plenty of perfectly fine colleges that you don’t NEED more than 2 years of a foreign language for. But 3 years is definitely going to look better, and like the guy above said the top schools would much prefer to see 4 years.</p>
<p>It depends on the school and what the rest of your application looks like. There’s no pat answer, either pro or con.</p>
<p>At top schools (whatever your definition is) most of your competition will have four years of one language. More language makes you more competitive. Can you get in without it? Many posters on here will tell you that you can.</p>
<p>Yes, four years is ideal for a top notch college, but I have also heard that colleges are more concerned with the level you reach rather than the actual number of years you take the language. At the high school by mine, IB/AP Spanish are the highest classes you can take and my friend took both the IB and AP test her junior year, so she didn’t have any another class to take, so she just didn’t take a language her senior year.</p>
<p>As the billionth person to say it, I’d stick with it. Most likely, you’re either going to be in level IV H or V AP at the end of senior year, right? Aim for Bs as your minimum acceptable grade, get some tutoring help from teachers… If you try your best, they’ll see that. I worked my butt of in Geometry, and my teacher rounded me to an A, even if I was at an 88 or whatever (slightly below the required rounding of 89.5.) I spent nearly every morning before school to get extra help, so in that case, it was deserved.</p>
<p>Hard work pays off, both in grades and for college applications! 8)</p>