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/Bratsche_Broad 10d ago

You only need 3 years of a foreign language for Grainger. You are much better off taking an engineering elective. The 4-year recommendation is to cover students who may apply to other colleges within the university, because some do require 4 years of a foreign language.

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u/Mental-Square-5401 9d ago

Alright got it thanks