I am a senior interested in applying EA to Harvard. Somehow, I have only 3 years of Spanish and a really messed up schedule. How can I make up for this? You can check my chances post through my history if needed.
8th Grade : Spanish I
9th: Spanish II
9th Summer: III at some easy summer learning center
<p>I'm not sure if three years is "enough," but I don't think that a summer class counts as a third year. I may be wrong though.</p>
<p>I think you may have a (slight) problem because a lot of times they want 3 years during high school. I don't know if that spanish 3 will count</p>
<p>So Spanish 3 won't count because it is taken in summer school?</p>
<p>well, it just doesn't seem very official</p>
<p>You didn't take any languages 10th or 11th grade?? I don't think that looks very good at all. I know they recommend three years, but they also like it if you're on the AP level...and with Spanish III in 9th grade...well you're going to end up having to take language classes again to fulfill your college lang requirement.</p>
<p>i actually think the summer school will count. on the flipside i don't think the 8th grade will count. they want 3 years in high school. why did you stop taking spanish, if you don't mind me asking?</p>
<p>No, your Spanish 3 definitely counts. It's the same in my county. You can take highschool language courses in 8th grade.</p>
<p>i've taken an 8grade spanish class, but a lot of universities won't count in in your gpa recaculated or as meeting the minimum requirements</p>
<p>Are you sure? Because the whole point of taking a foreign language in 8th grade was not only to get ahead but also to get the credit. Why would a college disregard the basis of your language skills? That doesn't make any sense.</p>
<p>what if i took chinese 1-4 in 7th-10th? Colleges can't possibly flip that I didn't take 3 yrs in HS...there's no way.</p>
<p>it's not disregarding it, but they want to know your achivement in hs</p>
<p>That's retarded. Who came up with that rule? I'm going to hunt him down.</p>
<p>It depends on the university. University of California does allow occasionally courses taken in the 8th grade, particularly algebra.</p>
<p>Summer school classes have hours about equivalent to one full year, so it's legitimate. Or else all my summer classes at community college and UCLA would've counted for nil on my high school transcript.</p>
<p>I would suggest expanding on your Spanish. It can help you in testing out of foreign language requirements at the university.</p>
<p>When they say three years of a foreign language they mean through level 3 (third year). Many kids take the first year in 7th-8th grade and move to the 2nd year in 9th grade. It is better to have gone through 4th year, but it is not a huge problem. It is just one part of your application. It will count as three years of a foreign language.</p>
<p>I maxed out on my foreign language credits. In the 6,7, 8 grades I took Language 1. In 9th and 10th grades, I took language 2 & 3. In 11th grade I took college italian. Now, as a senior, I dont have a language.</p>
<p>I went to a fully accredited summer school which have classes that are UC/CSU approved (which I take that they are basically accepted at Harvard). </p>
<p>I took Spanish III over the summer because the class in school doesn't teach you anything with a horrible teacher. I decided to focus on Computor Science, which I took to the AP level in 11th grade.</p>
<p>As for my Spanish, I got a 630 on the SAT II (for college foreign lang. reqs).</p>
<p>Yeah, you should be great with UC/CSU summer classes. You're fine.</p>
<p>eiffelguy87. I think you might be mistaken. My classes were not college classes, but UC/CSU approved, which means that they count as high school classes that can be used to fulfill the recommendations of UC/CSU schools (and basically all others).</p>
<p>G8: Yes, I am mistaken. I though your course was a community college course that is UC/CSU transferable.</p>