<p>i don't know anything about transfers, but for me...i took french for three years in hs, didn't take ap, and came out knowing about three words of the language (my teacher was horrible) and i got in. granted, i now have to take a year of foreign language, so maybe for transfers they just recommend that you have the foreign language requirement out of the way? the professor may have been referring to stanford's language requirement for graduating...just a possibility</p>