<p>greybeard, im sorry but that was way unnecessary. i dont care about my punctuation online or my grammar or anything.</p>
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It seems like you should be able to do both a foreign language and an elective.
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<p>I have 7 courses but the rest of my courses look like this:
English 2
Chem
Alg 2
AP Psych
AP Human
AP World</p>
<p>(AP Psych and Human are 2 of my 3 electives, which leaves one more)</p>
<p>I think colleges would be way more impressed that you mastered a foreign language while in high school than taking a couple of business classes. You're still in the 9th grade. I know people who applied to undergrad business programs and aren't 100% sure that's the track they want to follow. What if 3 years from now you end up hating business and want to go into law or something? Aside from that, I'd say knowing a foreign language can give you a huge leg up in the business world. And with the way the country's population demographics are changing (with the number of Hispanics increasing with each passing year and some reports estimating that by the year 2050 about half of the country's population will be of Hispanic descent), knowing Spanish can become an extremely valuable asset to the day-to-day operations of many businesses. </p>
<p>Also, keep in mind many high schools don't offer programs such as DECA yet students still get into great business programs. There are other ways to show your interest in business. And just because your school only requires 2 years of a foreign language doesn't mean you should just take two to get the requirement out of the way. I'm sure most schools don't require students to take AP classes, yet many still do. Furthermore, I'd check the required and recommended high school course loads for whatever colleges you are interested in applying to. I think you'll notice many of the top schools either require or highly recommend 3-4 years of a foreign language.</p>
<p>What if you have 3 credits already due to acceleration, and are already proficently Trilingual?</p>
<p>Take Spanish 4.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting your schedule. Unfortunately it doesn't match to what my kids' schools recommend for sophomores so I'm not much help on that. My son's school only lets sophomores take 1 AP class and that is World History. They take World Geography as a freshman and I don't think the school offers the Human Geography alternative. I'm assuming you've done or will be doing your fine arts/PE/technology/speech/health requirements at another time or maybe your state doesn't have all these requirements we do. Anyway, not to offend anyone but at the schools around here DECA or something similar is looked at as a vocational track for people who aren't planning to go to college. Students who are going to college for business usually take a variety of difficult classes and do general EC's like student council, sports or clubs. Also the competition to get into the business school major seems to be pretty fierce at many colleges and it seems to depend a lot on your GPA and class rank. So keeping your GPA up is really important. Also, could you join the Spanish Club if you want to get more involved in an EC? </p>
<p>Hopefully someone else can address the question on languages for fluent speakers. Were you a native speaker (parents taught you or you lived abroad)? It seems like you could show your proficiency to colleges with an SATII test and/or an AP test.</p>
<p>You don't need to take 4 or even 3 years of a foreign language to show schools that you can speak the language. Heck, you don't even need to take the AP or IB language classes. If you really are fluent, the SAT II or AP is a breeze. Also, if you don't speak a language that is offered for SAT's or AP's, you should mention that in your application with some sort of written piece or something to supplement it.</p>
<p>In some areas of the country, DECA is a group populated by the non-college bound crowd. I wouldn't rely on it as a big hook. Do write in three years and tell us if you are, in fact, #1 in your class.</p>
<p>This is the problem with American schools and it is why I said this is over the top. You should do what you feel you want to so that you learn what you are interested in learning. Please do not make the next four years of your life miserable trying to take classes that fit into the mold you think colleges have set. I'm not saying you shouldn't work hard, but do not overburden yourself when you don't need to.</p>
<p>Let me see if I am getting this right. You are doing well in Spanish and don't mind it but you have a bigger interest in business related topics.
Would it be feasible to do a language summer program such as Concordia Language Villages? If you stay for a 4 week program, I believe you could get a semester or year of credit. This way you could have your cake and eat it too.</p>
<p>i cant do anything this summer. i go to a 7 week sports camp and im doing a 1 week brown mini session so i really don't have time.</p>
<p>and its not actually DECA, its academy of finance which is a 3 year financial program where you take a financial course each year. then senior year you get an internship through a financial corporation. also through the program you get into the clubs DECA and Financiers. so yeahh.</p>