<p>I spent my entire sophomore year in Japan, and although I received credit for many of the classes I took abroad, I’m still short in a few categories. Most notably, I will not have had four years of English classes, but some of the colleges to which I plan to apply “require” that applicants have taken four years of English classes. (For the record, I would think that I am above average in English nonetheless – A’s in all English classes, 4 on the AP Lit. Exam, 680 on the SAT II Lit. Exam, 680 on the CR SAT I, 710 on the W SAT I, 33 on the ACT CR, 35 on the ACT W.)</p>
<p>In short, I wanted to know if anyone has had any experience with colleges’ making exceptions for students who have studied abroad even if they claim to “require” a certain number of courses.</p>