Quick Question

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering, will I be disadvantaged when applying to uni because I only study Spanish at A-level, rather than 2 or 3 languages?
I plan to apply for Spanish and Russian, would admissions officers be looking for more linguistic ability than just 1 language? I mean, I studied French and Irish for a few years but didn't do them for GCSE. I suppose if it was necessary i could improve my Irish to a higher standard...

...but it's not very appealing...

Anyway, any advice would be highly appreciated, particularly from anyone studying Mod Lang at uni who only had one language at A-level.

Muchas gracias por adelantado.

Answer: Nope. Some people aren't able to study 2 languages at A level because their school doesn't provide for it (I think Kelly was in this situation and she's done OK for herself offer-wise ) so it wouldn't be fair to discriminate!
Don't stress, unis only ask for one language A level, so that's all they're looking for.

Only Becca's smelly uni rejected me

Ah well, it's not like it matters now you're going to Cambridge!!

Well done! But the thing is, at my school you can do two languages at GCSE, three if you'd like, and the same at A-level. The reason why I didn't do French for GCSE was because I preferred Spanish and thought doing two languages was a bit much, lol. I gave up Irish after three years, although all of my Irish teachers were rubbish so I never really got a chance to see whether I liked it or not.

Right now, I still wouldn't want to learn French, unlike Irish, which I think I must learn at some point in the near future, as I am Irish after all.

Will this look bad? If I say that I only do a single language because I didn't like French that much and my Irish teachers were crap? Those are the only languages my school offers, unlike some boys' schools in the area. But don't get me started on that...gah.

*Cough* If I get the grades..... *Cough*

*cough* I bet you do *cough*

Well done! But the thing is, at my school you can do two languages at GCSE, three if you'd like, and the same at A-level. The reason why I didn't do French for GCSE was because I preferred Spanish and thought doing two languages was a bit much, lol. I gave up Irish after three years, although all of my Irish teachers were rubbish so I never really got a chance to see whether I liked it or not.

Right now, I still wouldn't want to learn French, unlike Irish, which I think I must learn at some point in the near future, as I am Irish after all.

Will this look bad? If I say that I only do a single language because I didn't like French that much and my Irish teachers were crap? Those are the only languages my school offers, unlike some boys' schools in the area. But don't get me started on that...gah.

Yep! My school doesn't even offer 2 languages to GCSE, let alone A-level, so I just do French, but I still got 5 out of 6 offers. Only Becca's smelly uni rejected me

I wanted them to give you an offer.

Awww thanks But unfortunately for me, you're not the admissions tutor!

Never mind, you're going to Cambridge now!

if i was the admissions tutor I would have let you in

Thanks! Now to concentrate on getting 3 As to confirm your first sentence....