MIT and Language

Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>What does MIT and that other nameless tech institute think about language courses? The only language course I have taken these two years in high school is Chinese 3-4 in freshman year, which is equivalent to two years of Chinese.</p>

<p>I could've continued taking Chinese 5-6 and Chinese Honors but I sacrificed the class spots for math and science classes because these were the primary subjects I found riveting. </p>

<p>So will MIT be too harsh in terms of admissions if I took only one year of language in high school?</p>

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<p>I doubt it. One of my good friend got in last year and hadn’t taken a single year of language. Perhaps you can self-study the language (with Rosetta Stone or find a free tutor exchange thing) if you’re really driven</p>