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goalsetter11111 · 10-29-2009, 05:22 PM

1. Some of the ivies and other schools I am looking at suggest that you take 4 years of a foreign language. Is it a major no-no to not have? I have only taken 2 years of Spanish.

2. Most, if not all colleges want you to take 4 years of English and high school requires 4 English credits to graduate.

My situation is that I took English Fresh./Soph. years and I am taking Dual-Enrollment English as a Junior. This Junior course is worth 2 English credits and covers 2 years worth of material.

My senior schedule would be

AP US Gov/econ
AP Environmental
Physics Honors
AP Calc BC online(FLVS)
DE Financing Electives online
DE British Lit./Women in Lit. at the college campus

I really would rather take AP Comp. Science instead of that english class at the campus, which is far, and there are no other english classes at my school

I want to major in engineering anyways, do colleges actually want 4 years or just 4 credits of English? Thanks!

countryangel926 · 10-29-2009, 05:28 PM

http://www.admissions.cornell.edu/fo...mentsChart.pdf

Prism123 · 10-29-2009, 05:46 PM

Yeah the engineering school probably doesn't really care that much that you only took 2 years of Spanish. I only took 2 years as well. For CAS it would be more important.

Taking the CS instead of English might be fine, since you said the course you took Junior year covers 2 years, but then again it might not since you didn't take two separate courses(or did you?). I'd call the admissions office and ask.