Foreign Language: 3 or 4 Years?

entomom
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:32:27 +0000

You could stop at 3 and take a year of another language. I think it still counts as 4 years of language.



3+1 does not always equal 4:

[Princeton University | Academic Preparation](http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/preparation/)

“four years of one foreign language”

[Harvard College Admissions § Applying: Preparing for College](http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/preparing/index.html)

“Many secondary school students take a smattering of several languages – for example, Latin for two years, French for a year, and Spanish for a year. When it is too late, they realize that they cannot read or speak any of these languages well. We urge you to try to study at least one foreign language and its literature for four years.”

S only asks for 3 yrs, but again, all the same FL:

[Academic Preparation : Stanford University](http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/basics/selection/prepare.html)

“Foreign Language: three or more years of the same foreign language.”