Hi. My son is going to be a freshman and is able to go into Latin 3 in high school. He will be going to a public school with many budget cuts. They have eliminated Latin 4 and they say they offer AP Latin in the school profile, but it’s really independent study sitting in the Latin 3 class, and who knows if they’re even going to keep that next year (they are also eliminating Latin 2 next year.) My question is, when colleges recommend three years of language, what exactly counts? Is it the LEVEL attained, or actually YEARS taken? Someone told me that middle school only counts as one year of language and if that’s the case, my son may be in trouble. There is another high school in the area that offers Latin 4, however his school won’t accept that for his transcript. The other option is having him take Spanish 1 to avoid making any mistakes, as Spanish is always offered, levels 1-4 and AP. But then he’s starting over and will have to take four more years of language. Please advise!