<p>Hello everyone. I have been looking up colleges recently. Many colleges require/recommend that you take a foreign language. I have a question: would Latin be considered a foreign language?</p>
<p>Thank you very much.</p>
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<p>Yes it is.</p>
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<p>Definitely. (I’m in A.P. Latin).</p>
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<p>Thank you very much for answering my question. I have another concern: would Latin be considered as important as modern languages like French, German, Spanish, etc? Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>In my experience, many colleges are impressed to see Latin on a student’s transcript as it is a fairly rare subject for high school students to take on nowadays. </p>
<p>Latin is technically a dead language, but many modern languages are heavily based on Latin. Knowing Latin roots can be helpful in building English vocabulary (and it really helps on the grammar/vocab sections of the SAT!) Many doctors and lawyers also find it useful to study Latin. Most Latin classes also cover the culture/history/mythology of ancient Rome, which, IMHO, is really important.</p>
<p>So, basically…colleges will definitely not look at Latin as an “inferior” language choice. If anything, they will probably give you props for it :)</p>
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<p>Agree with Rose. I’m in Latin III right now (the one that used to be AP until this year) and taking AP Vergil next year, and they definitely look favorably on Latin. Everyone takes Spanish! I’d say the the things that beat out Latin would be Arabic and Mandarin Chinese.</p>
<p>I think Latin looks really good because it gives you a better understanding of the English language with roots and stuff.</p>
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<p>Defo! And Latin’s the best. It’s required at my school for three years and some professors I’ve talked were like “That’s awesome!” I didn’t go on into AP because I wanted to get started on French, but it was really enjoyable. To me, only chemistry homework can compare with translation for fun level. <— Yes, I am that boring.</p>
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<p>Technically Latin is NOT a dead language, it never died. Latin has continued to be used in some form since the development of the language. Due to the fact that the Roman Catholic Church still releases documents in Latin the language is technically still evolving. Latin is also still the official language of Vatican City (a country -well technically it’s a sovereign city state). As such it is not classified as a dead language.</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p>To answer the OP’s question, yes latin is considered a foreign language and is highly regarded by college admission officers since so few high school students acutally study the language today.
Futhermore, I would like to echo Chaser’s comments on latin’s current status. Latin is not at all a dead language. The Holy See still maintains Latin as its official language and is thus shared by the citizens of that sovreign nation. The Vatican even has an ATM on its territory in Latin, proving that the language evolves and is adapting to societal changes.
After studying Latin for 12 years and having people constantly tell you that its a dead language, it starts to get on your nerves. Then again maybe Im just that nerdy.</p>
<p>Latin is great as a scholarly subject, and it’s still very much with us, but it won’t be a living language until toddlers learn to speak it by hearing their mothers speak it around the house - which hasn’t happened for about 13 or 14 centuries. A better description of the state of Latin would be embalmed or mummified.</p>
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