<p>I really don't know which to choose. I want to major in Biochemistry, so I SHOULD choose Chemistry. But I've also heard that colleges really like students who take a foreign language all 4 years. However, I'm not that good at Spanish--just probably reading. I have also heard from an older friend who has already taken the class that it is very easy, although I do not know how much she understands Spanish. I should also mention that by the end of this year (Junior year), I would have finished 4 science classes, but only 3 foreign language classes.</p>
<p>Please help me decide? :) </p>
<p>What colleges are you looking at?</p>
<p>Ivy’s and most top schools love seeing four years of foreign language. Have you already taken Chem 1 honors or its equivalent? </p>
<p>@nickb14 the schools that I’m looking into are UC Davis, Wesleyan, University of Chicago, maybe UCLA. There’s no way I’d make it into the Ivy’s… haha
I have taken Chemistry, but it was just CP (College Prep) Chem. Not Honors or AP unfortunately :/</p>
<p>Drop Spanish then.</p>
<p>University of Chicago recommends three years of foreign language according to CollegeBoard. </p>
<p>But perhaps AP Chemistry would be more logical considering your major. Colleges like to see that you have shown interest in your intended field of study. Maybe have your guidance counselor explain that there was a conflict in scheduling and that’s why you did not take AP Spanish </p>
<p>@nickb14 no! you do not need to explain every scheduling conflict. Colleges don’t like this… I’d honestly stick with spanish because a lot of schools would probably make up retake chemistry anyways as a biochemistry major.</p>
<p>4 years of Spanish 
Not entirely necessary, personal opinion.
I’m not fully into this idea because technically… I don’t think it’ll make you a fluent speaker and quickly over time you’ll lose the language unless you plan on maintaining it and/or going to places where you can use it. I’m not sure if it even translates into solid skills that will be used as a biochem major.</p>
<p>What AP Spanish has done to me is make me want to use Spanish or sometimes listen in whenever I hear Spanish, but I have to choke myself to not make my tongue produce nonsense / it makes me try to recall Spanish words when I don’t want to. It’s a burden to have gone as far as trying to study for that AP exam that it has messed my brain up a little ~</p>