<p>hey folks,</p>
<p>I’m a junior right now, I’m considering dropping French cause a) i dont like it b) I know that I’ll get a B or less for the year, and if I try harder it’ll take away from studying for more importatn classes, SAT, etc. I already took 3 years of French, and I was just wondering if any of you guys know how much emphasis Penn puts on a foreign language, since they have a FL requirement.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I was kind of the same way with Spanish in my HS. I didn't like it and dropped it my last semester of senior year. Now I am starting Korean and it is really cool and I actually enjoy it. </p>
<p>At Penn you have to meet a foreign language requirement which means you either test out of your foreign language, take a placement test and go into your tested level and complete up to the requirement, or you start a new language and after you complete the fourth semester of that language your done.</p>
<p>thanks kevin,
But I was wondering more on how much, or little, of an impact this would have for them not to see another year of foreign language.</p>
<p>Penn claims to emphasize foreign language in their view books and they give the impression that foreighn language is important. They even recommend that students applying to Arts and Sciences take a foreign language Subject Test. However, in order to exempt out of their foreiign language requirement, you only need a score of 650 on the foreign language Subject Test. What a joke! They can't be serious. Try getting into Penn iwth a 650 on each section of your SAT I...HAh!
I think what Penn says and what they mean are very different.</p>
<p>Almost everyone who applies will have 4 years or more of a language coming out of HS. I've had upper level Latin classes with freshmen who had come in with German or French AP/SATII credit in addition. </p>
<p>If the rest of your app. is strong, why risk something that might flag you as less diligent than everyone else?</p>
<p>That's true WilliamC, but I took French for three years, and I'm already bilingual, so would it really have that much of an effect if I dropped it and took another honors or AP class?</p>
<p>So that would be 3 languages - French, English, + your native/parent's language?</p>
<p>You're golden! Don't be afraid to emphasize that fact in your essay!</p>