<p>Can i still get accepted to colleges that require 3 years of Spanish but i have only taken 2 years? Is it possible to make up for the required class during college or do you guys know any other exceptions? </p>
<p>I was thinking of UW-Madison or Northeastern University but they both require 3 years of Spanish. Help? Thank you!</p>
<p>Do the schools say required or reccommended for admission? Usually “required” means that it is necessary.</p>
<p>Only if your guidance counselor certifies that your school only offers 2 years or that you were supposed to take it but your schedule was screwed up by the administration/the computer in a way that couldn’t be fixed. If you don’t have the three because you made bad scheduling choices, that won’t fly.
However what they mean by “3 years” is “achieving a level of proficiency comparable to Language3”. So, if you took Middle School Spanish 1 and 2, then started in Spanish 2 as a freshman, then took Spanish 3 as a sophomore, if you show Spanish 3 you have a bare minimum.
Keep in mind that selective schools like to see English, Math, Social Science, Science, and Language all 4 years (with some substitutions allowed like an art for a science or a language unit, if you’re good at it).</p>
<p>At certain colleges and for some majors, taking 3 full years of the same fl in hs will satisfy that major’s fl requirement.
Again, it depends on the major and college, but it is a way to not take any fl in college.</p>
<p>UW-Madison doesn’t require 3 years of a language, or at least their website doesn’t say they do. They actually are somewhat vague on what is required but they do note that most successful applicants have studied 3-4 years of a single language. With 2 then you are going to be at a disadvantage; how much, nobody can really say.</p>
<p>On collegeboard, it says that UW-Madison requires 3 years of foreign language though?</p>
<p>Sportygirl97, instead of asking us to speculate, call the admissions office at Madison and ask.</p>
<p>I would recommend talking to someone in the admissions office, but many schools are willing to be flexible on this requirement. Having already taken 2 years will definitely work in your favor.</p>
<p>I live in Wisconsin and our counselors basically assume everyone in our school wants to go to Madison, so all grad requirements, recommendations, and general counseling are geared towards the “ultimate goal” of being accepted to Madison. That being said, Madison requires 2 years of any language. They highly recommend 3-4, but only require 2. I’m not sure why it would say they require 3 on collegeboard, but I’m 100% positive they only require 2 so you’re good :)</p>
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Good point. Why check to see what UW-Madison admissions says on their website when you can look at collegeboard?</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>