3 vs 4 years of a foreign language

thebossofbosses
Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:39:14 +0000

Hello,

I am currently a junior in high school taking Spanish 4 after choosing not to take AP Spanish. I am going to apply to several competitive schools such as the Ivies, MIT, etc. If I have taken 3 years of a foreign language will that be enough, or is 4 really necessary/a lot more competitive? At my school, we are forced to drop either a history, science, or language course due to scheduling conflicts in our senior year. I was planning on just opting out of Spanish because I am not great with languages, but should I just struggle through the class and drop something else?
Note: I am also trying to compensate for not taking AP Spanish by taking 4 other AP’s and self studying two to get National AP Scholar by the end of the year.

Any input is appreciated!