<p>I don't want to take a third year of language, but I heard it's good to have three.
Is it important? Instead of Spanish, I want to take Statistics AP.</p>
<p>Take the language…it’s more useful in the long run, and makes you look like a much more attractive applicant.</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>The public colleges in my state require 3 units of foreign language. Most private schools require 3 units to graduate.</p>
<p>3 units of foreign language should be a minimum and it is actually a useful skill to have in life.</p>
<p>Thanks, I am going to be a Junior, so I was wondering if I should just take my third year of Spanish senior year. Good idea or no?</p>
<p>4 years of a foreign language is actually recommended by several of the top colleges, so it would actually be preferable to keep taking Spanish throughout the rest of your high school career.</p>
<p>Even if you weren’t going to take four, don’t stop for a year then pick it up. You don’t know how much you could lose after an entire year out of the classroom. Brain pruning neural connections, all that jazz.</p>
<p>It depends on the college. Somewhere on CollegeBoard’s college profile, there is a listing of recommended high school credits in different subjects. Sometimes you’ll find 3, sometimes you’ll find 4.</p>
<p>When you do college visits, you should ask the admissions representative. Some colleges will require you to take a language course as part of their core curriculum (or test out of it), so not only would those colleges prefer that you have 4 years of a language, but it would probably help you out once you get there.</p>
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<p>If you’re going to take another year, which I recommend, I would take it directly after your second year. You’d be surprised how quickly you forget things, so I wouldn’t wait an extra year</p>
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