<p>Okay, so here's the story...
Freshman year, I thought it would be cool to take French. My school only offered it online, so I decided to do that, thinking it would be easy. WRONG! The teacher was absolutely terrible. She never responded to my emails for help on the assignments, or she would only respond way later and blame ME for not "asking earlier"; however, I did ask early, it just took her days or even over a week to respond. Her daughter lived in Saudi Arabia, and she would always visit the daughter, which severely limited our online interactions because of bad internet connection. I made a 91 the first semester and an 86 the second semester (two lowest grades I've ever made in my life!).
Sophomore year, I decided to switch to Spanish. It went well, grade-wise; however, I was always with people much younger and rowdier than me, and my school is kind of notorious for the terrible Spanish program. I'm taking my second year of Spanish right now (junior year), and we are currently only in CHAPTER THREE of the textbook. I know it would not benefit me at all to take a third year of Spanish, so should I really even try? I know it's best to have three years of a foreign language, but it just makes me so uncomfortable (I'm really quiet and the people in my Spanish class are always so loud and annoying), and I would much rather not have to force myself through that. My counselor said I can take the third year over the summer at a local community college, would this be a good idea?
Someone please help me decide what to do!
Read here for the colleges I am considering, and tell me what you think is best:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1620361-my-chances-at-these-universities-p1.html">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1620361-my-chances-at-these-universities-p1.html</a></p>
<p>Here’s my opinion: The schools on your list are very selective. You will be competing against kids with 4+years of the same language, Why make yourself less competitive? In addition, most of those schools also have a foreign language class in order to graduate. I’s say your GC gave you a good option.</p>
<p>@skieurope So it would still be good even if it’s only from community college? Top schools won’t look down on that?</p>
<p>Hi! I am hispanic but not fluent in spanish. Although it is not my favorite class nor my best class by any means, I am glad that I stuck with it as I will be completing my 5th year of it next year. If you look at many college websites, they list a few high school course “guidelines” such as "4 years of math (preferably calculous), 4 years of english, 4 years of science (preferably physics), 4 years of a social studies, and 4 years of a LANGUAGE. I’m sorry that your high school language programs aren’t ideal, but i strongly encourage you to continue with it. Perhaps the community college idea would be the best option. I wish you all the luck in the world with your applications!<3</p>
<p>@nnocnat2 If a college requires 4 years of a foreign language, do you think it would be good to take Spanish 3 over the summer and then take Spanish 4 my senior year?</p>
<p>Yes. I honestly do believe that a strong commitment to a language looks very good on college applications. However, every student is different. If you find continuing with spanish unbearable or exceedingly undesirable, then pursue other paths that will make you attractive to colleges.</p>
<p>It’s not that LEARNING Spanish is unbearable, because I really do want to learn it, as a think it would be great for not only college but future job applications as well. What bothers me about it is that the teachers at my school (and most of the students, for that matter) don’t take it seriously at all, ruining it for the few of us that do actually want to learn. Hopefully the college classes will be better, I think I’ve decided that’s what I’ll do. Thanks for the advice! :)</p>