<p>So I will be a high school senior this fall and I am debating between whether to take AP Spanish or Spanish Honors 4. </p>
<p>They are worth the same honors points for weighted GPA.</p>
<p>I will be taking 5 APs next year so cutting this out will make it 4 which is a bit more manageable.</p>
<p>** The main reason why I wanted to take AP Spanish was because I thought it would satisfy the General Education requirement for colleges. But if that's not true then there isn't really a reason to take AP right?**</p>
<p>****************And by Spanish I mean foreign language lol I was just thinking about my specific foreign language when I posted this</p>
<p>Most schools have multiple gen Ed requirements, and foreign language is one way to fill some of this. You could take honors instead and just take a placement test at your school to obtain credits instead. I know placement tests are free at my school. I got out of 6 credits of Spanish with mine. However, some programs may require 2 years of a language. </p>
<p>So to put it briefly, yes, but ap isn’t your option to get credit.</p>
<p>Yes general education requirements usually include a foreign language and culture component. If you pass the AP Spanish exam with the passing score designated for your college, you will satisfy that requirement. It’s easy enough to verify the scores needed for colleges on your list - search the particular college on College Board’s AP site.</p>
<p>Check the requirements of the schools you’re looking into. Most do have some kind of foreign language requirement, as the other posters have said. Now, whether you can use AP credit to bypass it and what score you would need is dependent on the school. I know at my school, if you get a 3 or higher on a language exam you bypass the three quarters of required foreign language for an AB or BAS degree. You’ll probably have to take a placement test regardless though, but again the specific details on that depend on the school.</p>
<p>Even if you decide to go with the honors class though (or don’t get a high enough score on the AP exam), you should be able to take a placement test at the school itself, and that may allow you to bypass certain classes.</p>
<p>I second the suggestion to check requirements of colleges you’re considering applying to. Schools have different general education requirements and different rules about what AP credit they will take and whether or not you can test out of the GE requirement. I personally never had a foreign language requirement, but that may be the exception not the rule.</p>