<p>Interesting that OP’s state only expects 2 years of a foreign language. UW (Wis) requires 2 years and most accepted students will have had 4. I’m surprised it was recommended to wait with the language instead of getting it out of the way to leave room for classes later. Two years of middle school language counted as one of HS, which counts as one semester of college. Therefore students who took the 4th level of a HS foreign language met the foreign language requirements for a BA (any major) at UW- often at the end of junior year of HS. That frees up a lot of college semesters for other classes (especially since it’s 4 semesters of one or 3 of one plus 2 of a second for a BA; 3 of one for a BS). I’ve heard fewer semesters are required at Florida U’s.</p>