AP Spanish Drop

Applying to College
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<p>Hi guys, I am posting this at 10:34pm. My schedule correction form is due at school tomorrow in the morning so I need some accurate insight on this quickly. </p>

<p>I am planning to switch out of Spanish V/AP spanish (paired at my school for 1 year) for AP human geo this semester, and an honors class next semester(so no change in gpa potential).</p>

<p>I have taken spanish 1 2 3 4 and gotten A's in all of them. I can understand spanish when it is said slowly and can generally read and understand it. My problem comes when speaking.</p>

<p>Today, in my first day of AP spanish, I could only understand maybe 20% of what the teacher said (no english is allowed in the class). We have to give 2 minute speeches every 2 weeks (in spanish) turn in a weekly sheet detailing how we learned spanish that week by watching TV/reading newspapers. The teachers say AP spanish is one of the hardest AP's at our school and its well-known for its toughness among the students.</p>

<p>This semester, I have AP literature and comp., AP statistics, Honors Physics, and AP CompSci online. I feel like I can manage AP human geo a lot better than I can with ap spanish. Should i drop it?</p>

<p>Will it look bad that I took 4 years of spanish but didnt take AP spanish? (first choice = UC Berkeley, GPA = 3.8UW/4.8W, SAT = 2340, rank = top 3-4%)
Thanks in advance!!</p>

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<p>If this makes any difference, I am looking to go into electrical engineering</p>

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<p>I don’t think it’ll look bad seeing that you already took four years of Spanish. Go for it. Don’t worry.</p>

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<p>As far as getting into Berkeley, I think your EC’s and ‘holistic’ factors will be more important than whether you took a 5th year of Spanish. Your SAT is obviously great. Not sure if the gpa you mentioned is the UC gpa or overall. I think Berkeley does look at your fully-weighted, uncapped gpa in the a-g courses, grades 10 and 11.</p>

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<p>Although it shows a stronger program in a core area (fgn lang) and is more important than AP’s in electives (Comp sci, human geo), if you have 4 years of HS Spanish you should be okay even for your reaches. I wonder how come you aren’t prepared for AP though.</p>

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<p>Drop the Spanish AP and move on. Four years of foreign language is enough for your goals.</p>

<p>If someday you really do need Spanish (or another foreign language) in real life, you can learn it then.</p>