<p>Colleges might accept language and literature in translation to meet foreign language requirements. Our son studied Mandarin for eight years and he’s handy to have around in certain areas of the US and Asia. I don’t think that he would have had any problems in college-level courses were there a language requirement but he was in a CS program with no FL requirements.</p>
<p>That said, I do think that it is useful to know a foreign language. I do run across job postings here and there where knowing a foreign language is desired.</p>