<p>I am currently taking my second year of a foreign language. I plan on taking a third. This, however, is a really dangerous choice in itself because barely anyone passes this french class. And the teacher is down right mean! She had to combine 3rd/4th year french because she only had 4 kids doing french 4. I'm very weary about taking french 4 because the year my sister did it she got the highest grade, a C+. I DO NOT want to kill my GPA!!!!! I was wondering if I could take french 3 and then the summer after take french at the local college and the top notch colleges I want to apply to would count it. I was also wondering what the french 4 equivalent would be at the college level.</p>
<p>Check the local college’s French department for placement information; they probably have a web page that says “if you have N years of high school French, enroll in French M at this college” etc…</p>
<p>Ace, that’s too bad about french at your school. Many colleges require 3-4 years of foreign language, so you are smart to look for an alternative path to get the equivalent of that. Some schools only require 2, but you may not like those schools for you. </p>
<p>If the college french class doesn’t work out, and you do take french from this teacher, try really hard to keep up with the work. One B or C will not kill your overall GPA too badly, but you will gain a year of experience in taking a class from a more difficult person, which you likely will have in college once or twice as well.</p>
<p>I know. It just seems so frivolous. I don’t want anything to do with french after highschool, yet colleges look at it sooo much. But I don’t want to look worse to a college just because I decided not to take an extra year of something I dislike.</p>
<p>what high school do you attend?</p>
<p>Don’t bother with taking a class that you don’t absolutely need if the teacher is terrible. I’m taking AP Japanese right now, the teacher is terrible, and I spend half of every day dreading this class (not to mention my lackluster grade). It’s not worth it if you already have three years down.</p>