College Level Spanish Class

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am currently A sophomore in Spanish 3. I understand you have to take 2+ years in high school and colleges like when you have 3-4. I am interested In maximizing my chances to be a good applicant for colleges, I don't mind Spanish and I'm doing well. I also might be interested in studying abroad (I don't know where yet and have no idea of colleges I want to go to).</p>

<p>At my school, next year (junior year) I can take Spanish 1 at a college level and receive college credits. Senior year I could take Spanish two and receive credits for that at a college level. Or I could take Spanish 4 junior year and College level Spanish 1 senior year.</p>

<p>Here are my real questions.
1. Would colleges rather see me take Spanish 4 and then go into college level Spanish 1 senior year, or take Spanish 1 junior year?</p>

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<li>How many years of a foreign language must you take in COLLEGE (I know it is 2+ in high school)? Could I take Two years of college foreign language while still in high school and be done with college requirements for a foreign language? (the credits are good for whatever 4 year school I end up at, and it is much cheaper)</li>
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<p>I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place, I'm new. Thank you for help :)</p>

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<p>This actually depends on your high school (mine doesn’t require any foreign language). If you want to get into a selective college, you should take three or four years.</p>

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<p>College Spanish I assumes you have no prior Spanish knowledge, so you shouldn’t take college Spanish I after completing four years of high school Spanish. If you want to take a language class at a college, they’ll have you take a placement exam to determine what class you should be in. As far as this goes, I would recommend just taking four years of Spanish at your high school. </p>

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<p>This depends entirely on the college and whether they’ll let you transfer your credits. A lot of colleges don’t require you to take a foreign language while there, and a lot of colleges (especially private schools) don’t like to transfer college courses taken in high school.</p>

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<p>Thank You! also is it better to take AP classes or Duel Enrollment?</p>

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<p>Well, AP is more standardized and it’s weighted while dual enrollment isn’t I don’t think.</p>

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<p>Whether it’s weighted or not varies by school and only matters for class rank, but yeah, AP is considered better when an AP equivalent exists.</p>