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[quote=Anonymous]I looked into this for my son.  He took one year of middle school spanish and then 1 year of latin at Blair (mistake).

While parents may say 'colleges require 4 years of a language' or '2-4 years of a language' that is just not the case.  Even if a counselor says that, you should check.  We looked up 25 schools -- top schools he would even consider in either economics or engineering -- and only ONE school required 2 years of high school language and it was the Univ. California system (UC Berkeley, UCLA, etc).  All others recommended or suggested years of high school language, but it's not required.

And a lower GPA is not worth those 'nice-to-have' languages -- particularly for someone who is looking at STEM. If your child were looking at International Business or International Affairs or Poli Sci, then maybe.  Maybe.  But a school isn't going to care if you are majoring in engineering if you took language if your GPA is better.

He's not taking any more language in high school.  There is a difference between a language requirement for entering college and the one that might exist at the college in order to graduate.  I'm just talking about the language requirement to apply to the college.  It's just not there -- no matter what people assume and state as fact.  If you are looking into it, I suggest looking up 'admittance requirements' for a few schools yourself so you can correct people when they say (and they will!) "Oh, you need 4 years of language to apply" .  You don't.

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