I took Spanish my Freshmen and Sophomore year, in order to meet my school’s graduation requirement of two years, and have stopped taking Spanish. Since the counselors at my school are not the greatest, they never advised me to take a third year and my parents both transferred into four year universities from community colleges, so they didn’t have the knowledge of college admission requirements. Long story short, I’m going into my senior year next year with only two years of foreign language under my belt and an already full schedule. Up until this year, I had no idea what colleges I was even interested in, so now that I’m looking, I’ve found that some of the schools I’ve been looking at require three years of a foreign language or a letter explaining why their requirement wasn’t reached (which I really don’t believe will help me because I took Culinary Arts my Junior year instead of Spanish III). I’m really worried now that my chances are going to be ruined for getting into some of the more selective schools that I like all because I never knew that three years of foreign language was a requirement at some schools. I don’t know what to do in this situation and am simply looking for advice. Thank you so much!
Check with your guidance counselor ASAP to see if there are anyways for you to get that third Spanish credit: summer school, online class, class at local community colleges, etc. If none are available, then you would have to see if your GC would write that letter explaining why you don’t have three Spanish credits. You can also call/email the office of admissions, explain your situation, and see if they offer any advice.
Can you take Spanish 3 next year?
That’s stupid. I’m in a similar situation… Not sure why colleges like foreign language… Like as if Spanish will help you ever (literally you could talk to your gardener and that’s it, yayyy)
What is your schedule for next year?
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Ummh, excuse you. Look it’s one thing to not like learning a language, but was this comment necessary? Pretty racist.
^^ Languages are a useful tool to learn
I’m in a similar situation myself, as our school’s schedule only allows two years of a language (5 periods, classes that last all year). My Advisory teacher says to just hope we can get an interview and explain the situation. I’ve been going to my top choices and getting in interviews with admissions officers to sort of establish this this year, so hopefully it might occur to them next year?
Most colleges do not REQUIRE 3 years of a foreign language – rather, it is recommended.
It is not the end of the world if you didn’t take Spanish 3 – as long as you challenged yourself in other subjects while doing well 
Hope that helped!