Only two years of French (possibly a third)

Applying to College
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<p>Going into Junior year, I had a choice of either honors math or French III. I choose the honors math. Unfortunately, the same scenario might happen senior year when I may have to choose between honors/ap class (don't know which subject yet) and French IIIH (basically French IV because honors classes in French are the same as one French above it). </p>

<p>I may have to take a regular French class and drop Chem II H or hope that their is now scheduling conflicts. Looking back at this year, I should have opted for essentially skipping to French IV, which most likely would not have caused a severe schedule conflict </p>

<p>So how does choosing honors math over French effect me for college admission and what should I do if this happens next year?</p>

<p>PS-I am thinking of taking the SAT II for French to show my proficiently for it. Could I self-study over the summer for it anyhow?</p>

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<p>Well, some schools require 3 years I believe. But alot of them look for 3 or 4 years of a langauge. So there you’d be at a disadvantage, but two years certaintly isn;t nothing.</p>

<p>IDK how you’d look if you took a test to prove proficiency though…rosetta stone might help.</p>

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<p>Thanks a bunch!</p>

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<p>I took two years of spanish in highschool. spanish 1 freshman year and spanish 2 senior year :). so yeah i made it clear to my college a foreign language wasn’t my thing. they weren’t to upset i guess, but i do have to take more language in college. the only college where i couldn’t apply because of the language thing was brown, but that wasn’t too heartbreaking. you should be fine</p>

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<p>Did you look into a local CC? Where I live it is not too late to sign up for the second summer session.</p>

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<p>CRAP-Brown’s actually my first choice.</p>

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<p>Most schools want 3 years of a language. Some you can get away with 2, but that’s pretty uncommon I think.</p>

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<p>You need to look at Brown’s web site to see what their requirements are for language.</p>

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<p>Chem is evil! Drop it1</p>

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<p>I was bored and this was the first webpage I came back from my walk to, so I did your research for you</p>

<p>*Foreign Language at least 3 years, preferably 4 years of a single language… Ideally, Brown undergraduates will have studied at least one foreign language for four years (or the equivalent) *</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help all :)</p>

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<p>Go out of your way to take it at a cc, at a summer program or online if you have to if you’re aiming for highly competitive schools. Most of your competition will have 4 or more years.</p>