Do you need to take a foreign language to get into Michigan State University?

Answer 1

No, but it definitely will make you look more applicable and well-versed to the school.

Per the MSU Office of Admissions, the only requirements (but not guarantee of admission) are:

• your academic performance in high school
  • High school GPA: 3.4-3.8 encouraged
• the strength and quality of your curriculum
• recent trends in your academic performance
• your class rank
• your ACT or SAT results
  • Composite ACT: 23-28 preferred
  • Composite SAT (Critical Reading and Math): 1030-1250 preferred
• your leadership, talents, conduct, and diversity of experience

Additionally they recommend for incoming freshmen:

• four years of English (composition and literature)
• three years of math (two years of algebra, one year of geometry). A fourth year of math is preferred.
• three years of social studies (history, anthropology, economics, geography, government, political science, psychology, or sociology)
• two years of science (Biology, chemistry, physics, or earth science)
• two years of a single foreign language