<p>By the time I graduate I'll have taken 4 years of french and 3 years of spanish. Will this give me even the slightest boost at a top school?</p>
<p>Yes maybe for some schools</p>
<p>No, but it’s certainly commendable.</p>
<p>If nothing else it shows that you challenged yourself academically by taking two languages (assuming the rest of your schedule is strong) which schools will like.</p>
<p>Depends on what you mean by “top” school. Ivies are rarely decided on academics once you’re past a certain point. (Exceptions for those who are way, way out there.) But at a place like Middlebury, it might help due to their known emphasis on foreign languages. But you’ll still need to meet their standard admission requirements, it won’t make up for any deficits - it’s not that spectacular.</p>
<p>It is a good thing, but it may not really be very impressive as tri-lingual is a kind of common.</p>
<p>Depends on what school and how you include this in your application – for example, let’s say you are applying to Middlebury College (known for their languages) and you have an interest in working in the foreign service, heck yes, this would be a bump up. But if you are applying to UPenn as a math major, no, I don’t think taking two languages is going to be any actual “bump up.”</p>
<p>I plan to be a French major</p>
<p>Then how does that explain why you took 3 years of Spanish?</p>
<p>To challenge myself. I’m considering minoring in Spanish as well, possibly but unlikely double major.</p>