<p>I am a junior, i have had two years of spanish, and one year of french. I am thinking of dropping my spanish class. Is this a good idea.</p>
<p>Thanks for your replys.</p>
<p>If it's hurting your GPA then yes, but most colleges like 3 years of the same language... as much as I HATE foreign language and constantly get a B. But, if you're just dropping it because you don't like it or want another elective then I strongly advise you to stick it out for one more year.</p>
<p>dude i flippin hate spanish. im in spanish 5 IB and im takin 6 next year.</p>
<p>point? it looks rly good.</p>
<p>I would drop the Spanish class. Most colleges want to see 3 years of one language, so if you took French again next year, that would be good enough.</p>
<p>Most colleges will require two, recommend three. However, if you really want to get accepted, do three. As hard as it may seem for some people, try to appreciate the language. I'm lucky; I actually like Spanish.</p>
<p>Tienes que aprender espanol!</p>
<p>When I was learning Hebrew for my Bar Mitzvah, I learned just enough to get by because I very much disliked learning languages. Right after that, my mom made me start French in 7th grade. I'm so glad she did. It dawned on me that I love languages, and I find them very logical--more so than math, really. Anyways, I guess what I'm trying to say is, keep up with the languages. In fact, try another. It's very enriching and gets different brain areas working.</p>
<p>I took Spanish for just 2 years and got 85-90 in them. I hated it and if I took Spanish 3 it would only hurt my GPA. Plus, the school I want to go to isn't that big and I'm going to 100% get accepted...it's just the full-ride I need and that's why I'm prepping for SAT's and strong courses.</p>
<p>What type of colleges are you applying to?</p>
<p>mj93...if you're talking to me, then either Rutgers or NJIT. I know that for Rutgers...if you get 1500+/1600 that's an automatic full-ride. And statistically, it's harder to get into Rutgers than NJIT so I'm going to assume it's pretty much the same for NJIT.</p>
<p>In a way, it sucks because you can be in the circle of ten have a 1480 and still get the same as someone with a 1300 ranked 50.</p>
<p>"When I was learning Hebrew for my Bar Mitzvah, I learned just enough to get by because I very much disliked learning languages. Right after that, my mom made me start French in 7th grade. I'm so glad she did. It dawned on me that I love languages, and I find them very logical--more so than math, really. Anyways, I guess what I'm trying to say is, keep up with the languages. In fact, try another. It's very enriching and gets different brain areas working."</p>
<p>Are you kidding? Languages are not logical at all. The only logical languages that I know of are Esperanto and Ido, but nobody speaks those. There are so many exceptions to rules in languages that it creates unnecessary headaches.</p>
<p>Logic is math itself, so I don't get how math can be illogical.</p>
<p>Languages are very logical (except English and some others, but those don't count; English is more of an evolved mixture of Latin, Old French, Old Norse, and Anglo-Saxon than anything else). You mention exceptions; however, even these are logical. Take the Spanish -car, -gar, -zar verbs in the preterite tense. The yo form splling changes to maintain pronunciation, even though some find it illogical.</p>
<p>DROP spanish, but only if you take another course in something you DO love.</p>
<p>@proletariat2</p>
<p>I took 3 years of Spanish. I'm pretty sure Spanish ahd lots of subtleties. For instance, the use of "la" or "el". It is la noche, but common sense would be el noche.</p>
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<p>Not really. IMO la noche sounds much more natural than el noche. </p>
<p>Every language has its quirks, but that doesn't make it illogical.</p>
<p>Many colleges recommend 2-3 years of a foreign language. And if you don't want to do it for a college, do it for yourself. Many jobs involved in our increasingly global market would find a bilingual employee invaluable.</p>