<p>Hey all,
I've been wondering, is the recommended amount of foreign languages for most top schools 4 years or 4 levels? I'm in Spanish 4 right now, and I want to drop it next year (I'll be a Junior then).</p>
<p>4 years, or the equivalent. Are you in Spanish 4 out of 8? Or 4 out of 4? 4 out of 6? Unless it’s 4 out of 4, you should continue next year.</p>
<p>Recommended four years means completing the fourth year high school level of the language which many do in less than 4 high school years by having had the first and sometimes second year in middle school.</p>
<p>Although taking it all 4 years of high school would obviously look even better, the recommendation means 4 levels. So if you want to drop Spanish to do something else, go ahead.</p>
<p>^Right but this is a bit unclear; OP might be in his 4th semester, not 4th year.</p>
<p>I’ve been taking Spanish since 7th Grade, where I took Spanish I, then Spanish II, Spanish III, and this year Spanish IV. I guess I’ll just take another year of spanish and see how I do in Spanish 5 next year, and If I do good enough, I’ll take Honors Spanish C and C Senior Year. I was thinking of dropping it for AP Euro…</p>
<p>Who numbers their spanish courses by semester, sunshower? I’ve never heard of that…</p>
<p>^Lol, my school does that! We have Spanish 1 - 8, of which 7 and 8 are AP. At the same time, it’s also called I - IV… so if someone says they’re in Spanish Four you don’t know whether they’re in their second or fourth year…</p>
<p>OP, you’ve completed the recommended courses. It looks good to stick with the language, but it won’t hurt you to drop it for another class.</p>
<p>I started Spanish 1 my freshman year and I hope to do it all the way through high school so that I would have completed four levels. The competition now makes that seem necessary. Also I hope I can actually learn the language well enough to be somewhat fluent.</p>