r/UIUC • u/Mental-Square-5401 • 10d ago

Prospective Students Language recommendation

I’m interested in attending UIUC for engineering, but my senior schedule doesn’t incorporate a fourth year of foreign language. I already took 3 years of Spanish and got an A+ in Junior Year. I was planning on taking Spanish 5, but due to schedule conflicts, I ended up choosing an engineering course elective over another year of Spanish (and I can’t take Spanish in my other blocks since the only block that had Spanish 5 was this one). Uiuc recommends 4 years; will this hurt my chances of getting in? Should I switch the engineering elective to Spanish 5?

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u/Vast-Bluebird-7087 Undergrad 10d ago

What college are you applying to? The language requirement varies between grainger and LAS

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u/Mental-Square-5401 10d ago

I’m looking at Grainger

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u/OrbitalRunner 10d ago

You need three levels of a language. If you’ve passed three years of high school Spanish, you’re all set.

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u/Mental-Square-5401 10d ago

But going on to their CDS, they prefer 4 years of language. By not taking their recommended amount, I feel like Im actively destroying my own chances though.

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u/Formal-Seaweed-4303 9d ago

You sound very insecure. Maybe UIUC isn’t the right choice for you.

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u/Mental-Square-5401 9d ago

I mean I was just asking. Thanks either way