<p>Freshman year I took German as my foreign language because out of the three language options we had (Spanish, French, and German) that was the only one that wasn't a cliche. Over the summer I moved to a new district and I doubt German is offered at any of the schools in the district. What would probably be the best option for me now. Should I just take Spanish 1 as a sophomore, or should I just not follow the Spanish path that everyone takes for college. I don't want language requirements to be the reason why I can't go to a 4 year college. My other classes this year will be Honors Math Analysis, Honors English, Honors Chemistry, and AP European History. I don't want to waste my time getting the highest GPA possible if I can't even go to a good college because of a language requirement. What are some suggestions you guys have?</p>
<p>see if they offer german first, you’d be surprised how common it is. If they don’t, i’d say choose a new foreign language to study or see if there’s somewhere you could possibly take it online.</p>
<p>Having three years of a language instead of four is not a problem. Many universities only require 2 or 3 years. The most selective schools reccomend four years, but having only three isn’t going to hurt your chances - especially if you or your GC address the issue (i.e. moving) in your application and you have A’s in the classes you do take.</p>
<p>@polarmama Should I probably just take three years of Spanish if German isn’t offered?</p>
<p>Yes. I think that would cover all your bets. </p>
<p>I agree with what polarmama said. Definitely have your counselor note your situation.</p>
<p>no, there’s no reason to have to counselor mention it, colleges don’t need to know about every little scheduling problem. They’ll see you switched schools. If you continue with german, great no problem, if you do spanish, no problem, you’ll have reached level 3. it’s really not that big of an issue</p>
<p>If I end up taking Spanish, is there any way I can take the AP Spanish language exam? I wanted to do that for german but it might not happen</p>
<p>Have you checked the class catalog? Asked the school?</p>
<p>I checked the catalogs of all the schools in the district (if the catalogs were accessible) and none have german</p>
<p>You could </p>
<p>A.) Self-Study for the AP Spanish exam during your senior year when you’re taking Spanish 3(not recommended.)</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>B.)Take Spanish classes in-between your summers to catch up with other students and potentially take AP Spanish during your senior year.</p>
<p>I recommend not doing either tbh, you already said yourself that you don’t care much for the language and I’m guessing it has little to do with whatever you plan on majoring in college. I’d just spend time working on your other classes/ECs.</p>
<p>Foreign language is my top subject since I already know a second language so I won’t have too much trouble in Spanish. If I take Spanish then I would like to get to the highest level I can since it has more courses available in school and over the summer (German went t level 4 at my old school and there was no way to take it over the summer). Even though Spanish is a cliche I will still take it if needed. It’s just that if I take Spanish it feels like I wasted my freshman year taking German and even my middle school years doing Leadership instead of Spanish. My options are to either to continue avoiding Spanish and taking other foreign languages, which will be a risk if I move again, or to quit while I’m behind and go to Spanish.</p>
<p>What are the chances that you’ll move again? If they’re high then stick with Spanish, if not then explore some other language.</p>
<p>Assuming you are okay with taking Spanish, I would just do that. I disagree that you shouldn’t mention this in your application – it is a good item to put in the “additional information” section. Just something like “High School Schedule Information: German was not offered at X High School when I transferred prior to sophomore year, so I switched to Spanish classes for the duration of high school.”</p>
<p>@intparent Yeah I should make note of it. Colleges might be wondering why I decided to switch languages (wouldn’t want then to think that I stopped German because it was “hard” because it definitely wasn’t to me). </p>