<p>Is it still worth applying?</p>
<p>anyone?</p>
<p>i have 2 foreign languages credits and a school im looking at requires 3</p>
<p>I really dont understand the whole language BS. Knowing any other language besides your countries native one is pretty meaningless. 99% of jobs arnt going to be required to know another language.</p>
<p>yeah it seems a bit pointless</p>
<p>I'd still apply. Usually those sorts of things are recommended not required, even if they say required. And once you're in, you can sometimes substitute some other subject for actual foreignn languages to meet a foreign language requirement (depends on the college). </p>
<p>I was convinced I couldn't learn a foreign language, and back when I was applying, I scoured the country looking for decent schools that didn't require liberal arts majors to study a foreign language. All I came up with were Boston College and Bates. Now I see Boston College requires liberal arts majors to study a foreign language. Don't know about Bates. After graduating from the Defense Language Institute for Russian, and learning Spanish on my own while living in Spain, I agree with you that in most cases, foreign languages are a waste of time.</p>
<p>If you have a good reason, I'd still apply and explain it in the additional information section.</p>
<p>For example, I'm in a magnet program that takes up one of my elective hours. Because music is important to me (which is reflected in my ECs) I chose to continue in band, rather than take a foreign language. I did take 2 semesters of French at the local CC this spring & summer. I'm going to talk about why I made that decision, and hopefully they'll give me some leeway.</p>
<p>Don't worry about this. Or, if you can't stop worrying ;), call the specific schools and ask.</p>
<p>My step-grandson also was one year short of the "required/recommended" high school foreign language preparation. We spoke with the admissions office and they stated that even the "required" preparation is really "preferred/recommended", not strictly required in every case.</p>
<p>He was accepted to both schools to which he applied. At my suggestion, he stated in his application that he would be willing to make up the missing preparation by taking summer school after acceptance, but they didn't ask him to.</p>
<p>If you had schedule problems, you can explain that although it still might hurt you, but if you just didn't feel like taking it, then you will get looked at as not having the most rigorous curriculum.</p>
<p>i<code>m new to this website and dont really know how to use it , lol but i just wanted to know if i can still apply to west virginia university even though i dont have 2 credits in a foreign language and thats a requirement , i</code>m a senior in high school so i cant take two language classes so would be application be denied since i do not meet those requirements?</p>
<p>If it is a hard requirement (as is often the case at state universities), then you need to fulfill the requirement. You may want to ask if there are alternative ways of meeting the requirement, such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>College courses (e.g. a semester course in college may be worth a year or more of high school course).</li>
<li>SAT subject, AP, or other language testing to indicate proficiency if you have ability in another language that you do not have high school course work for (e.g. native or heritage language known by immigrants or first generation Americans).</li>
</ul>
<p>It may be a negative in your application, but I’d definitely still apply. If there is a reason you only have two years of language, you can write a letter to admissions and explain the reason (particularly if you used the slot to take extra courses in an area of interest like science, literature etc.). But if you meet all the other requirements for admission, this is something that can be waived.</p>