<p>Will only three years really affect my application at top 20 schools?</p>
<p>I don’t think any school requires four years, or very few. Three is great, although if you want to continue with the language continue taking classes, even if it is outside of school.</p>
<p>Do a Search for ‘foreign language’ or take a look at the most recent few pages of this forum and you will find many threads asking this question. Here is an example:</p>
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