I took Spanish 1 in 8th grade, Spanish 2 freshman year, and Spanish 3 as a sophomore. My school doesn’t offer Spanish 4 so I signed up for AP Spanish 4 junior year. I ended up dropping it because it was too difficult and I already had 5 other AP classes to deal with.
I’m nearing the end of my junior year, so what should I do from here? Should I attempt AP Spanish 4 again next year? Do dual enrollment? Or is three year good enough?
My dream school is Columbia, but my targets are uc schools, so will only taking three years of Spanish hurt me?
The challenge is, as @Eeyore123 mentioned, Columbia, and many other colleges, have a foreign language graduation requirement. While it is possible to test out of it, you will not achieve a high enough score with 3 years of HS Spanish. With all the other degree requirements, I amof the opinion that the more FL one takes in HS, the (potentially) fewer classes on needs in college. If you thought Spanish was too difficult in HS, you’re in for an unpleasant surprise with the pace of a college foreign language class.
For the UCs, the highest level completed is what matters.
College foreign language graduation requirements may be higher than their admission requirements. A semester foreign language course in college may cover what a year or even two years of high school foreign language course may cover.
@skieurope that’s ok, I’m fine with taking more classes in college. and it wasn’t exactly the pace that I wasn’t comfortable with, it was the teacher and teaching style (my friend who decided to stay in the class told me that they had one test the entire semester, and that the teacher would regularly say the n-word in class).
@ucbalumnus so since I completed Spanish 3, that won’t hurt my admissions chances?