goalsetter11111

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!

col

For English: I have taken 3 years of English, but I already finished AP. I think if you finish the highest level English offered at your school you should be fine.

neuron39

A difficult question to answer. If it seems you avoided English and language courses, it could hurt you. Ideally, you should take whatever you want to, as long as the classes are challenging, and try to find a way in the application or supplements to explain your particular situation (because less than three years of a foreign language, and less than four years of English, will likely be noticed).