<p>anyone else here in nyc and taking college now classes? i wana know which ones are most helpful and if an A+ really helps for getting into a school like princeton. i was thinking about taking elementary spanish. i have taken spanish 1-6 in hs and will not be continuing with this language next year. Is it worth taking this class at lehman if i have taken spanish 1-6? wud i learn anything new since it is an college class even though its a starting one.</p>
<p>or shud i take a class such as Queens College
Introduction to Language
Course Number: LCD 101
Fall | 3 credits | Undergraduate section
A survey of the study of language: Structure, language and society, first and second language acquisition, and other related topics.
wud this fufill the 4th year of language recomendation?</p>
<p>or a class like this at york college
York College
Rapid Review of Basic Spanish
Course Number: SPAN 104
Fall, Spring | 3 credits | College Now section
A refresher course of basic Spanish grammar and reading integrating the use of tapes and laboratory materials. Designed for students who wish to reinforce their basic knowledge of the language and for native speakers who have not studied Spanish syntax.</p>
<p>can somebody please please respond?</p>
<p>This is a good question, but I am not certain that taking a college course is really much of an advantage. Applicants who attend a summer college program take college courses at those schools some for credit and some do not, and most colleges do not give that much weight to those that do so. However it is a very good experience. Taking a college course during high school at a local school however would show that you were ambitious. I think it is more impressive if you take it in an area that you have demonstrated interest in and that builds on something you are already involved with. For example if you were interested in the civil war and had done considerable research on it, and written articles on it and then taken a college course in that area that would sound interesting. Similarly someone who liked to write and wrote for their school newspaper oir a local newspaper and took a creative writing course at a college might - that might also be interesting. I am not sure that taking an introductory course at a college in a language would really do anything to enhance your application, other than show that you could perform well in a college course.</p>
<p>i was hoping it wud subsitute that 4 th year of language they require.</p>
<p>How did you take Spanish 1-6 in high school and yet only have three years of Spanish in high school? Have you taken honors or AP spanish in high school? Are some of those honors or AP?</p>
<p>these are one term spanish classes. so freshman year: spanish 1 and spanish 2 and so on. and no none honors or a.p's. The grades are as follows 98, 96, 91, 85, 90, 98. thats why im considering spanish at a local college.</p>
<p>Have you taken the highest level of spanish offered at your school? If Spanish 6 is the highest level and there is no fourth year spanish I do not think it will hurt you to have only three years. Colleges look to see if you took the most rigorous curriculum your school offered. If you are going to take Spanish at a college nearby, to show that yoiu wanted to have a fourth year when your school did not offer it, then I would not take introductory spanish. It will only show that you took a beginning spanish course. Perhaps if they offered conversational spanish or something different or more advanced. If you do that however, I would include somewhere in your application that the reason you took it at a college was because your school did not offer a fourth year of language</p>
<p>we have a.p's at our school. i wanna take at a local college becaue infortunatley my schdule does not fit spanish in. i wud take the rapid review class which is obviously for students who have taken spanish.</p>
<p>You should check your emails for spelling errors - sorry to be critical. If your school offers AP courses in language or honors you should try to take it. If you cannot fit it in your schedule then perhaps take it at a local college if you have the time.</p>
<p>thanks. i think i will take it at a local college. the rapid review one.</p>
<p>keep in mind that princeton doesn't require four years of a language. they only recommend four years. so i think it is ok if you only have three years. to be honest, i really don't think the class at the community college will make any difference in your application. but then again it can't hurt.</p>
<p>u sure it wouldn't hurt? my excuse for not taking a language is that i want to focus more on my math, science and technology classes. I cant add language since i have a.p bio which is 10 periods, computer tech, senior Intel projects, computer technology, a.p calc ab (7 periods) and linear algebra. even my social studies class (a.p micro) has some math involved. shoud i rather take a math or science class at a local college?</p>