<p>Spanish IV can't fit in my schedule next year.</p>
<p>How bad would it look to just have II & III on my high school transcript? I'm hoping I'll be allowed to take ECE Spanish senior year, but I don't know if I will be able to.</p>
<p>I’m only going to have two languages on my transcript, Latin I and Latin II. There’s nothing wrong with that, but most top colleges require at least 3 or 4. I might take Latin III, but it all depends on how things play out my senior year.</p>
<p>Does Spanish I not show up on your transcript? I took it in 8th, and it does for me. Might want to check with your counselor.</p>
<p>I only took spanish 1 and 2. It really doesent matter unless the school you are planning on applying to requires more than 2 years.</p>
<p>@Dune: I don’t remember which college it was, but I was looking at one’s website, and it said that they didn’t care about languages taken in middle school.</p>
<p>I still don’t understand the justification for counting language in middle school. Or why schools can’t fit foreign language in. I’ve had so many scheduling nightmares that I couldn’t even recount them all, but FL always made it in. :\ it’s too bad a lot of CC’ers seem to be having this problem.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’ll reflect poorly on you, but it’ll be hard to pick up Spanish again senior year. One year of not taking the language really does hurt you.</p>
<p>The spanish course taught in middle school is for high school credit. That’s the justification.</p>
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<p>Really? That must vary school to school, because none of my MS classes have counted for anything in HS.</p>
<p>Did you take Spanish I in middle school. If you take Spanish I that is designated for high school in middle then it will count for credit in high school. Just like Algebra I…</p>
<p>^That is not always true. It depends on the school.</p>
<p>Colleges generally like to see that you have taken at least 3 years of the same foreign language. This is actually a requirement for some. If there is any way possible to make Spanish IV fit into your schedule for next year, make it work. Otherwise I would advise taking it online.</p>
<p>If you took Spanish 3 as a sophomore, colleges most likely will just assume you took Spanish 1 in 8th grade, if it isn’t listed on the HS transcript. This is a very common scenario.</p>
<p>Colleges won’t count Middle school foreign language classes. A lot of my friends took Spanish I & II in middle school and the eight grade counselor said that high school and college doesn’t care for middle school language classes, so those kids had to take Spanish III & IV. Some went on to another language.</p>
<p>dogbreath please look back at what my post was in reply to</p>
<p>Elleya said they didn’t understand why it was counted. So I told he/she why it counted. It counted because the school accepts it.</p>
<p>It won’t be hurtful to you. I plan on taking 4-6 years of language.
1-AP Spanish
and french 1 and 2 </p>
<p>But middle school language isn’t “really” taught at a high school level so i get why some schools don’t give credit</p>
<p>Taking it in school would mean dropping AP Lang or AP Chem. My school doesn’t offer online courses, and I don’t have the funds nor the patience to deal with guidance (again) if I take it thru a program I find myself that the school will accept.</p>
<p>Also, my school doesn’t give credit for middle school courses, including Spanish I & Algebra I.</p>
<p>Yeah, mine either.</p>
<p>As for foreign language question, i’ve been taking Spanish classes since 3rd grade.</p>
<p>Honestly I only read the question, not all the other posts, so sorry if this is redundant.</p>
<p>Taking a language for only two years will hurt you if you plan to apply to a competitive college. If there is no way to fit it into your schedule I would self-study throughout the year and enter Spanish 5 senior year to show that you wanted to learn the material ,but could not take the class. Keep in mind that many people will have more credits then you, I know most of my friends will have four when they are done, personally I will have six (I will have taken Hebrew all four years as well as Spanish for two years)</p>
<p>Fact: People have gotten accepted to very selective colleges with only 2 years of a language. If you’re not into all of that, then as long as you meet the minimum language requirement for your specific college, you’ll be fine. I would worry about other parts of my application if I were you.</p>