<p>would this hurt me if i'm applying to Harvard, MIT, etc. if I only took up to Spanish 4 Honors? I dropped AP Spanish for AP Econ since i kinda want to major in econ..</p>
<p>Taking Spanish 4 IS four years of Spanish, not three.</p>
<p>but one year was in 8th grade :(</p>
<p>well heres an idea, are you a native spanish speaker?</p>
<p>Well take the Spanish SAT II. You will probably score VERY high and it will impress the school and tell them that even though you didnt take 4 years, you didnt really have to.</p>
<p>I dunno, thats my two cents in case you are very worried!</p>
<p>It doesn't matter, when they talk about having 4 years of a FL, they mean to the 4th level, not the number of years you took it in HS.</p>
<p>Really?!? That is GREAT... I never knew that (I did the exact same thing - except I dropped AP Spanish IV for AP Modern Euro). Wow. Valuable info; thanks!!! =)</p>
<p>Yes, their concern is that you have fluency in a FL and so it means to a certain level, whether you started in MS or HS doesn't matter. Of course, having another AP course never hurts, but you will be fulfilling recommendations/requirements by taking Spanish 4.</p>
<p>hmm. What if you took 3 yrs of Spanish, but they were all honors classes (which basically jumps a year ahead of reg. classes). does that still count as 4 years? I took up to Honors Span. 5-6.</p>
<p>Probably depends on your other classes, but then again it's Harvard. Really competitive reguardless most of the time. Although I would have liked to take 3 years of spanish, looks like my senior year schedule is full though.</p>
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What if you took 3 yrs of Spanish, but they were all honors classes (which basically jumps a year ahead of reg. classes). does that still count as 4 years? I took up to Honors Span. 5-6.
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<p>I'm not sure about this, it's something you might want to discuss with your GC and make sure the school report adequately describes the Honors FL coursework.</p>