<p>Okay, so in eighth grade, I took Spanish I. I thought it would count as a high school credit regardless if I pursued Spanish, which is why I took it. Though I found out I had to take Spanish II to get my Spanish I credit. My school only requires two language credits. I want to drop Spanish, and take something like Japanese or French. Probably French. How is that going to look? I'm definitely taking a third year of Spanish. After this, should I drop it and pursue a language I am interested in? I would have three years, and I want to go to a top school and they prefer 4. I'm thinking I'll do this: take French I over the summer next year, then in school I'll take French II junior year and French III senior year. I'm thinking I could also take a community college/online Spanish 4/AP Spanish course, but I don't know if that would be totally necessary.</p>
<p>Colleges do prefer 3 or 4 years of the same language, but if you’re not interested in Spanish, then drop it.</p>
<p>3 years of Spanish would be fine. Just make sure you make up for it in other areas of your schedule. 3 years of Spanish, 3 years of math, 3 years of history, and 2 years of science wouldn’t look good. But 3 years of Spanish, 5 years of math, 3 years of history, and 5 years of science would be alright.</p>
<p>Alright, thank you guys!</p>
<p>Wait… how can you go from Spanish I to French III and still take the AP Spanish (Spanish V) test?</p>
<p>Anyhow, if you disliked Spanish so much, go for French. No language is easy (coming from 5 years of Japanese). But you were fortunate to test drive a language first.</p>
<p>I took Spanish II this past year, and next year I will take Spanish III in the 2011-2012 school year. I also want to take French I online while taking Spanish III, so that way, in the 2012-2013 school year, I can take French II. That would be my junior year. If schools really prefer four years, I would then take Spanish online in the 2012-2013 school year. I remember seeing somewhere an online course for AP Spanish after taking 3 years of the language. Maybe I’m remembering it wrong. By the end of high school, I would have been up to Spanish III and French III.</p>
<p>It isn’t that I don’t like Spanish. It’s merely uninteresting the way my school teaches it. My teachers have been great in the subject, but I don’t have the passion for Latin American or Spanish culture the way I do for French culture.</p>