AP Spanish test?

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<p>Okay, so, I have kind of a dilemma. I'm a sophomore right now and I'm in Spanish IV. I've been taking Spanish since 7th grade, which would normally land me in Spanish III as a sophomore (2 yrs middle school=1 yr high school) but I studied really hard over the summer to get into Spanish III freshman year. I had an incredible teacher who really taught me a lot and ignited a kind of passion for Spanish in me. This year my teacher is terrible, I've learned nothing, but I've been doing an IP in Spanish as well with my old teacher.</p>

<p>Here's my question: the other day my Spanish IV teacher asked me if I might want to consider taking the AP test at the end of this year (normally it's taken at the end of Spanish V). I really, really want to, because I would then be able to take Spanish at a university next year, but I'm not sure about how prepared I am. I really want to get a 5, at least a 4, to show colleges how passionate about Spanish I am. I think I'll be fine on the reading section, I've been reading lots of novels in Spanish, but I'm not so sure about listening/writing. I'm a normally really good student, 4.0 UW, newspaper editor, etc., so I don't want to take the test and blow it with a 2. But I really don't want to go thru another year of boring Spanish in V. </p>

<p>Has anybody taken the test? How hard was it? How comfortable were you with your Spanish (listening& writing esp.)? What are your suggestions?</p>

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<p>Take the test, and if you do horribly on it, erase it from your record and take Spanish V. If you do well enough, take spanish at the college. The only thing you have to lose is the registration fee, which isn't that much compared to a year of your life.</p>

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<p>The only bad thing about AP exams is that you have to send colleges all of your scores or none of them. Once you recieve an exam score, it can never be erased if you want to send any of your exams to a college--all of them will go on your record. But...</p>

<p>I'd say take the exam. You seem really motivated to do well and a 4 is definitely possible [I've heard that getting a 5 is hard, but that's just the word around my school]. If you feel like you bombed the exam right afterwards, cancel the score BEFORE they send you the score report. That is the only way it can be truly 'erased'. You should be fine, though--it must be nice to get to do independent study with your old teacher. Best of luck!</p>