<p>Does anyone have a list of colleges that do not require foreign language for admissions?</p>
<p>I think that you need take a few years of it. Don’t most high schools require it?</p>
<p>I expect that most/all selective schools require some language study in middle school + high school. The minimum requirements vary, but the recommendation is often 4 years of one language.</p>
<p>That said, you don’t necessarily have to take language courses in high school. If English is a second language for you then your native language often counts. If you’ve taken a foreign language in middle school, and your high school placed you into level 3, then you meet the requirements of colleges/universities that require 2 years of language (such as the UC universities), or if you place into level 4, then you meet the requirements of colleges/universities that require a minimum of 3 years of language.</p>
<p>Try, with your colleges of choice, to google “<college name=”“> admission subject requirements”, for specific data about that college.</college></p>
<p>Does your HS not require it for graduation?</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the OP but at my High School it’s not required. Foreign languages fall under applied communications (or something like that) along with Forensics, Debate, Newspaper and various other things. Therefore people can graduate without any Foreign Language classes.</p>
<p>Foreign language is not required at my high school either. I don’t think it’s odd at all for a HS (especially public) to not require it.</p>
<p>OP, if you don’t have foreign language, look at liberal arts colleges since they tend to have no “required” courses for admission. Especially some of the less selective ones probably wouldn’t care as much as say…a big state school.</p>
<p>Dropped Spanish sophomore year, and I’ve been kicking myself for it ever since…</p>
<p>Colleges rarely have hard requirements. Even if they say that some amount of foreign language study is required, you should apply anyway. Colleges often make exceptions for students then want.</p>
<p>Cgarcia is right, but do keep in mind that the student who does meet all their requirements looks better. So you’d have to do a lot more work trying to make up for not taking a foreign language than just taking it in the first place.</p>
<p>If you read the college and university websites you will probably read “recommended” rather than “required” when foreign languages are discussed. That is because there are many students who don’t take foreign languages because they aren’t offered, or because they aren’t required for HS graduation in their school district. For example, in the state of Maryland, public school graduates can choose between taking two years of foreign languages (not necessarily the same language both years), two years of advanced tech. ed., or a two year career ed. program.</p>
<p>I would like to know if anyone is aware if there any colleges that don’t require 2 levels of foreign language. My son graduates in '11 but hasn’t been successful in Spanish 2. He really doesn’t want to take spanish 2 at his high school because of the teacher. He tried to do spanish 2 but wasn’t successful. I would like to know does he have a possibility of attending a NC college/university without this requirement. He has completed all requirements for high school except for his senior year classes such as English 12, Pre-Cal, Physics. So far his grades are pretty ok, he has maintained a 3.0-3.3 per semester I think his overall GPA is 3.0 or higher. I need some feedback about how to approach this issue. </p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>ramsmom,</p>
<p>You should read the websites of each NC college/university to see what is specifically stated about admission requirements. They might have different policies about this. You also should make an appointment with his guidance counselor to talk about where your son should apply. The counselor has experience with many different students and probably has dealt with your situation before.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>