<p>..I have not read all of the posts in detail so if this is a non sequitur … pardon!</p>
<p>For Latin Subject test … make sure she does practice tests … as said earlier, each course of Latin is so unique. My D had not taken vocab in over a year so had to study like mad for the three days she had available and did fine … above 700. Her school uses Wheelock which is considered a college text. I think some of the other Latin courses seem light in comparison … though I think Wheelock is not so much fun.</p>
<p>Example as a freshman in hs, if she enrolled at our local private school, a continuation of her middle school, she would have been placed in Latin 2 honors (according to the hs Latin teacher). At her boarding school, she was placed in regular Latin 1 … because of the different curriculum.</p>
<p>It all depends on many factors.</p>
<p>Another thought in support of study abroad. My D got 5 on her Italian AP after nine months of study in Italy with no prior knowledge. Should you actually take the time to “study” a language for fluency in college when other means are more time effective?? Of course there are other considerations … but a thought. Ds next language is Portuguese … so instead of finding a college that teaches the language she plans to both pick it up on her own and spend time abroad in Brazil. She is looking for a college that has a generally good language dept so that resources are available such as language tables etc… knowing she will find a prof or two who know Italian and Portuguese.</p>
<p>Pardon the ramble …</p>