<p>Hello.</p>
<p>I want to apply to Princeton SCEA, however I only have 2 years of foreign language. I can potentially double up in language over my senior year to get a total of 4 years worth of language credits before I graduate High School, but my language teacher (who is the only teacher of said language in my school) hates me, and I can not possibly stand an entire year of that...</p>
<p>So. If I apply to Princeton at all next year, it will only be with 2 years of language. Will my chances of being accepted be significantly lowered? If so, that would be very disappointing, as Princeton is my dream school...</p>
<p>Do you think Princeton would be fine with me taking the language through a different means? Maybe through an online provider over the school year?</p>
<p>I myself have no issue with the language, however the teacher at my school just does not like me :|</p>
<p>Yes, you can do online, summer, etc. Those are all acceptable alternatives.</p>
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That naïveté will do more damage to your application than having only 2 years of a foreign language.</p>
<p>True, true. But I could argue that my school schedule was filled up with Math and Science (because it was), and I was forced to take it out of school or not at all ;)</p>
<p>I had two years, I got in. That excuse will only be beneficial if those are core math/science classes. If you have all sorts of elective STEM but no foreign language then you would be potentially hurting yourself, as top colleges tend to discourage academic specialization to the point of core subject exclusion.</p>
<p>I plan to take 4 years of language, 2 through my school, 2 online. </p>
<p>I could say that I really liked the STEM fields, and that if I took the Language courses in school I would not be able to take the magnificent STEM courses I love so much. Therefore I was forced to take my language online, so no harm done, and I could also take my beloved STEM courses without sacrificing anything but my free time.</p>
<p>However, I have a question. Would more elective STEM help me at all? </p>
<p>I plan to take some senior/grad level mathematics courses at my local university over my senior year such as: Partial Differential Equations I&II, Ordinary Differential Equations (I really LOVE differential equations (I used to write essays about them for summer programs lol (Though i got rejected by most 
))), and Complex Analysis (These all classified as either senior or grad level at my local university (ODE is senior, rest are grad), but i don’t know what Princeton will think of them),
and I also plan to take some senior level physical chemistry courses in Thermodynamics and Kinetics, and Quantum Dynamics and Spectroscopy.</p>
<p>Would these help me? I plan to apply with an engineering focus. And yes, I know my limits. I have taken much tougher course-loads than this (3 AP Humanities classes, and 1 AP English class in 1 semester, with no science to buffer the pain lol (I also really love Buffers, and i wrote an essay about those once for a summer program))
(Even if it does not help, i’ll still take these cause I really love STEM, but I’m just wondering for the sake of wondering)</p>
<p>I have all of my core class requirements complete (obviously my stem requirements are fulfilled lol), except for the Foreign language (which ill do online) and my Senior AP English class (which i’m taking in school).</p>
<p>Yes, taking these advanced science/math classes will help you get into Princeton.
Register right now with FLVS or any other virtual school of your choice and take Level III of your foreign language (I do mean “now” so that you can complete it in the next month, which would allow you to start Level IV in August or September). Plan to take the SAT Subject in it as a third subject to demonstrate you’ve got the proficiency they want. I assume you already took Math2 and Physics (as an 8th grader :p) so you may even only have to take that one subject in October. </p>
<p>Note that you would likely qualify for the accelerated math track at Northwestern.</p>
<p>This isn’t necessarily correct, I was just accepted with only 2 years of a foreign language (that is, up to Latin II). I guess anecdotal references aren’t the best, but don’t think of it as something that will kill your application. People get in without taking any languages, or very little of a language.</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind Princeton has a language requirement where you must become proficient to earn your diploma. It may be hard to satisfy without much language background.</p>