<p>Sorry. I lied. But I really do need your help and advice.</p>
<p>I am currently a junior.</p>
<p>My schedule is so messed up that I cannot take Spanish this year without dropping one or two trimesters of my AP classes. :/</p>
<p>But most universities seem to want me to have taken 4 or 3 years of foreign language before graduation.</p>
<p>I only have 2 so far( freshman year, and sophomore year)</p>
<p>So here are my questions..</p>
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<li><p>If I take one year of foreign language next year(senior year), would college admission officers reject me because I haven't taken 3 years of foreign language by the time they get my application??</p></li>
<li><p>Must I take 3 years of foreign language to get into good colleges?</p></li>
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<p>For example, Columbia(not that I can get into, just example^^) wants a future applicant to have 4 years of foreign language education prior to attending Columbia.
So If somebody takes 3 years of Spanish, and apply to Columbia, would admission officers say "oh, rejected, rejected, no 4 years of Spanish :P!"</p>
<p>Ah.. I am so worried. Please help me..</p>
<p>You do need 3 years for many good schools. It’s ok if the 3rd year is during senior year.</p>
<p>You could take a language course at a local college or community college, either during the year or over the summer.</p>
<p>I don’t get what the current trend is with lying in your subject line just to draw people in. Most people who are willing to help on the forum are just as willing to help “Help me, I don’t know what to do!” as “Panic!” (Actually the “PANIC” subject lines just make me roll my eyes. Honestly, guys, it’s just college, not life and death.)</p>
<p>Most colleges will have wanted you to take at least 3 years of foreign language, preferably of the same language. I don’t think Columbia will reject an otherwise outstanding candidate offhand just because they haven’t taken 4 years of language; universities understand that high schools (especially smaller ones) might have schedules that cause conflict between a requirement for a student and a desire.</p>
<p>But colleges can see your classes in progress on your transcript, usually, or you are required to report them on the application. If you take one year next year, then you will have 3 years before you attend, and that will be noted.</p>