<p>Im just finishing my freshman year of high school, and have decent grades. I have been looking at Princeton. I am a member of the policy debate team and plan on being for he remaining three years. This year I am historian. I am also in many clubs and on the softball team. I am also taking French right now and I am having a lot of trouble, is it better to take three years of a language or can I drop it after two?</p>
<p>Princeton recommends four years of a foreign language, as you could have easily checked:</p>
<p>[Princeton</a> University | Academic Preparation](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/preparation/]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/preparation/)</p>
<p>If you are struggling with French 2, you may want to reassess where you want to go (I don’t mean to be condescending, but unless you are stellar in some other area…)</p>
<p>mika: When I give info sessions for my HYP alma mater, I tell students/families that in today’s hyper-competitive applicant pool, if they find themselves to be among the handful of top scholars of their HS class – and known as such by the faculty and the principal (trust me, they do talk among themselves) – then they might be a viable applicant. Even if they are, they must make sure they cast a wide net of target schools.</p>
<p>HYP are hovering around a 7% admit rate these days. </p>
<p>Best of luck overcoming your difficulties w/French but FYI: future viable Princeton applicants are coralling 3.9/4.0 GPAs in the most rigorous courses right now as freshmen.</p>