Advantages of Taking 4 years of a language

Applying to College
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<p>I'm currently a Senior in high school and I am trying to decide on my schedule.</p>

<p>First semester I have 4 AP's (Gov, Physics, French IV, and Calculus BC), 1 honors (English IV), and one free period.
Second semester I have 3 AP's (Physics, Calculus BC, and French IV), 1 honors (English IV), and 2 CP's (Athletic Training, which is a zero period, and Economics).</p>

<p>I've taken three years of French and gotten all A's but the teacher is not good and after the first day of French IV I am already struggling to keep up. I've never enjoyed the class and was forced to take it by my mom who said it was better for admissions.</p>

<p>My question is, should I drop French IV, pick up CP Psychology or another class first semester in its place, and bump up Econ to AP level? All the colleges I've looked at usually require 2 years of a language and recommend 3. What should I do?</p>

<p>Looking at places like Michigan, Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, Chapel Hill, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Wash U in St. Louis, etc.</p>

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<p>I think you would be better off staying with French, but I admit that my kid took 2 languages through 3 APs in high school, studied a third language in college, and majored in one of them. </p>

<p>If you have As through this year, you probably have a decent foundation. Can you get a tutor?</p>

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<p>Make note of the colleges’ foreign language graduation requirements, which may be higher than their admission requirements. A fourth year in high school or AP credit could allow you to place higher in college foreign language courses so that you need to take fewer of them to complete the foreign language graduation requirement, if any.</p>

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<p>I can get a tutor if needed but I have work and tutoring for college apps this fall and track in spring</p>