<p>You need to have the experience equivalent to 4 semesters of a language, but Echols scholars are exempt from this. That thread was for Echols scholars. If you’re not Echols, you have no choice but to do the equiv of 4 semesters of a language. If you are Echols, you still should do it for grad school (specific to what your prosp grad school requires… IE science/math needs German/Russian/etc, Classics needs Greek+Latin+some more I think… etc)</p>
<p>Also I am not putting down the for lang depts here - my placement into 201 of German was accurate - they even use the same book in 201 that my AP class was using when I dropped it. It is just for lang classes here are intense, esp for non-lang ppl, so if you have the opportunity to get it out of the way quickly you should do it. It allows freedom in your schedule and/or an opportunity to major/minor in that language if you so choose/study abroad reasons…</p>