<p>What is in the high school curriculum that causes foreign language beyond two years’ worth to be crowded out?</p>
<p>Wouldn’t a typical academic high school curriculum each year have:</p>
<p>1 Math
1 Science
1 English
1 History and/or Social Studies
1 Foreign Language
1 Physical Education
1 Elective or other requirements (typically one semester or one year high school requirements like art, health/sex/drugs, civics, etc. end up here some of the years)</p>
<p>Of course, students who finish the math or foreign language sequences before senior year would replace them with electives in senior year.</p>
<p>But it does not seem like a typical academic high school curriculum would be of any particular disadvantage in applying to universities intending to do a science or engineering major. Or are honors / AP / advanced versions of math and science courses only available to students in the special program, but not other students?</p>