<p>entomom & ucbalum–am tacking on my own follow-up question. </p>
<p>Our HS considers the three years of middle school FL as the first year of the language, so assuming a student continues the middle school FL, he enrolls in the second year of that language. After taking three years of HS Spanish, my son has completed Spanish 4. In my mind, he has only taken three years of HS Spanish, even though he will have completed Spanish 4. Any guidance on how this will be viewed. </p>
<p>The HS offers Spanish 5 but he has decided to stop after 4 as it is not his favorite subject and there are so many more interesting academic electives open to seniors.</p>
<p>Next question: my younger son would like to study Latin, and since our middle school does not offer Latin, he would begin with Latin 1 in 9th grade. Do colleges view Latin as a FL or as an elective? Should he instead continue his Spanish study or will Latin suffice to satisfy the FL requirement, as long as he studies it for all four years. He is very interested in programming and physics and seems to think it will provide greater benefit. </p>
<p>Thank you for any guidance you can offer.</p>