<p>hi, i have been taking latin for 4 years since 8th grade and taking it as an ap class next year. i was wondering if this sets me apart from other students that are taking spanish or french. Also, would it help or hinder me since it is a dead language.</p>
<p>any info would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!!!</p>
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<p>Don’t think it really has any effect on admissions besides the fact you’re taking an AP foreign language - and if you do well in any ap foreign language class thats great. It could help you in science fields of study though where many words you’ll run into are latin in origin.</p>
<p>“i was wondering if this sets me apart from other students that are taking spanish or french” Yes in the fact that there are fewer of you.</p>
<p>“Also, would it help or hinder me since it is a dead language.” Why would you even be interested in a college with such a narrow understanding of learning?</p>
<p>You’re worrying about nothing.</p>
<p>Well Latin is seen more highly in the eyes of college admissions at some super selective universities. At most is doesn’t really make a difference, just the top ones. Some people on here will think I’m making it up, but I’m not, my Latin teacher herself showed a document from Notre Dame that encouraged people to go into Latin and why.</p>
<p>Still it makes like little difference. I only took it cause I thought I was going to be a doctor…nope!</p>
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<p>Honestly, I totally thought you were making it up. I still think you’re trying to extrapolate from only one data point, and I don’t really believe your conclusion.</p>
<p>FWIW, I took four years of Latin in high school before I went to Harvard. I absolutely don’t think the fact that it was Latin instead of German or French or Spanish had anything to do with getting me into Harvard. Or, for that matter, turned down at Yale.</p>
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<p>Yeah, it doesn’t really help with that, either.</p>