<p>I was wondering if any current wesleyan students could weigh in about how many years of language they took in high school. I am currently a high school junior, and wesleyan is my top choice. However, I really want to drop spanish and replace it with other academic classes (education seminar, a class that studies education itself, and social justice, a class that deals with injustices throughout society, and how young people can learn to do something about them) These are classes that I really want to take, and I feel more accurately represent me as a learner, but still, Wesleyan advises for a student to take four years of a language. Will dropping spanish to take the classes that show I am deeply interested in learning about our society help me, or will it just hurt my chances? Are there any current students who dropped their language senior year? Any information that I can get about this would be very much appreciated</p>
<p>While you are always best off taking what they recommend, there is no saying that you’ll get in if you take Spanish 4, or you won’t if you don’t, so this really has to be a personal choice. I can say that my S chose not to take Bio (AP or otherwise) choosing instead to take APES as a senior (he already had physics, chem, AP Chem) and he did think hard about it because Wes recommended Bio, but he really wanted APES, so that is what he did and he got in. I have heard of many, many kids getting in without the exact recommended courses, but I do think if you are deviating from the recommended, you at least need to substitute with another accademically rigorous class</p>
<p>My D dropped her language senior year- granted she did have 9 years of Hebrew and then 2 years of French as it was the only beginning course offered when she transferred schools in 10th grade.</p>
<p>It all depends on your application. I don’t think that it will automatically get you rejected, but if your application is centered around language and reflects interest in international things, then I would recommend sticking with it. Personally, I took Another Spanish course this year(my senior year) even though I don’t particularly care for it, because there was no harm in doing so, and I was admitted. Good luck!</p>