<p>I'm just worried about my Foreign Language requirements.
The story is, I took French 1 in middle school and then in my freshman year I took French 2.
I decided to double up in French my sophomore year, so I took French 3 and 4.
I decided to just end French since French 5 sometimes doesn't exist, pending on the number of students that sign up for the class, so I took no other foreign language in my junior year. My senior schedule doesn't have any foreign language classes either!
Basically, I technically have only 2 years (freshmen + sophomore) of French in my HS career, but 3 credits of it.</p>
<p>I just assumed they meant credits. Under the "Scheduling Tips for 4 Year College Bound Students" in my HS Course of Studies, it says it's required to have 3 CREDITS of the same International Language. However, on some college websites, they require 2-4 YEARS. I know it may not matter that I only have 2, but 3 is always strongly recommended. </p>
<p>I think they mean credits in your case. Like, you took 2 years of french in one year so I think colleges would still consider that as if you took 2 separate years.</p>
<p>Yes, all admissions requirements are listed by credits. My school district has a mandatory eighth grade foreign language requirement, so most people will finish their fourth credit by junior year. I checked with my GC and asked visiting adcoms, and everyone has confirmed that “years” means credits.</p>
<p>Language requirements are all a bit murky. I’ve looking into a bit because my child’s situation is a bit unusual as well - my child will have only 2 years + one semester in a single language, and one semester in another language. Basically, college adcoms know that the interface between middle school and high school isn’t perfect, that students move between systems and can have problems when the new school’s set of languages doesn’t match the old one, etc. etc. Basically, what most colleges want to see is a degree of commitment and competence. They don’t want to see French 1, Spanish 1, German 1. If you are applying to a school that has a heavy requirement, be sure to address the issue in your application, and then you should be fine.</p>
<p>When colleges speak of years of a single language required or recommended they mean to reach that high school level of a language not that you must take language that many years in high school. In other words, if you complete French 4, even if you do so in sophomore year, you are deemed to have met any recommendation of four years of a single language.</p>
Phew, haha</p>