<p>So this is my current situation. I'm in the medical academy at my school, and we have to take a health related class every year in order to graduate from it. This year, I had 1 open spot, and 2 choices. Health Science II, or Spanish III. I love medicine, and I want to major in some sort of science in college, so hence, I chose HSII. </p>
<p>Now, I'm worried that not taking 3 or 4 consecutive years of a language might come back to haunt me when I apply for colleges. Some of the colleges that I want to go to are Washington University-St. Louis, NYU, UF, Duke, Cornell, etc...</p>
<p>Also, I'm taking Chinese 1 online, and probably Chinese II. IDK, if that helps my situation at all.</p>
<p>It seems like most top colleges want at the very minimum three years of one language. I opted out of Spanish 4, though I have an excuse because of graduation requirements being what they are at my school, and even that is worrying me because it seems like a lot of schools prefer four years. With that said I don't think not taking 4 years is going to necessarily keep you out of these schools as long as you are replacing those years with hard classes related to something you really want to pursue in college.</p>
<p>Will you be a Junior this year or a senior? If junior, then take Spanish III senior year, and no worries. Otherwise, maybe mention this circumstance on your applications...also, having two years of spanish AND two of chinese probably will help</p>