<p>Hi, i'm a high school junior who doesn't want to take spanish next year.<br>
I was born in Taiwan, lived in New Zealand from age 7-11, then back to Taiwan, and moved here as a freshmen.<br>
The reason i took spanish as a freshmen was because i wanted to be a doctor and thought having the ability to speak spanish would give me the convenience to connect to the growing Hispanic population.
However, I've been miserable. I'm tired of learning English and flipping Spanish dictionaries at the same time(barely passed ESL).<br>
I've been checking some colleges and most of the schools that i'm interested in require 4 years of foregin language. I speak and write fluently in both English and Chinese. This year i'll be finishing off spanish 3. If i drop spanish next year, will it dratically decrease my acceptance rate?<br>
If i take spanish 4, i'm almost certain i'lll get a B or below. Next year's teacher is also notorious for being mean, arrogant and giving very little As and Bs.
Plus, Oklahoma sucks and our teacher doesn't teach us anything. If i take spanish 4, i migth have to beg the teacher, my nieghbor, to tutor me. But that would be like torturing me (She's worst person i've known).</p>
<p>If i drop spanish, i can take Music Theory AP, which i'm good at, or Computer Science AP. I might minor in Music ,do Pre-med in college.</p>
<p>Bottom line, what should i do??? I'm seriously freaking out.</p>
<p>what school do you want to go to? that one extra year of foreign language isn't neccessarily that big of deal (if at all) when it comes to admissions...although I have to say Spanish will come in very handy in the future...but it's your choice and I'm sure colleges won't care much if you choose to take music theory or comp science instead.</p>
<p>no way, its always a plus if you can SAT II it - and if you lived in Taiwan for all those years you can probably get an 800 easily, I have heard from asian friend SAT II in Chinese is a joke its so easy, especially for native speakers</p>
<p>i agree, if you can take the SAT II in chinese and get credits for it, why not?? it will save you time in college and give you the flexibility to take other courses instead.</p>
<p>SAT II in chinese doesn't give you any "credits" to save time in college. That would be the AP test.</p>
<p>My son also is taking CS AP next year instead of Spanish IV. I was worried it would hurt him, but it truly depends on the school and major. I finally decided he didn't belong anywhere that Spanish IV would be required if he truly hated it that much. You should feel the same way.</p>
<p>SAT II in chinese doesn't give you any "credits" to save time in college. That would be the AP test.</p>
<p>My son also is taking CS AP next year instead of Spanish IV. I was worried it would hurt him, but it truly depends on the school and major. I finally decided he didn't belong anywhere that Spanish IV would be required if he truly hated it that much. You should feel the same way.</p>
<p>If the schools you want to go to require 4 years of foreign language, you could probably take a proficiency test in chinese and have that requirement waived, or else you could just take chinese in college.</p>
<p>to the OP, what schools are you looking at? if you don't mind the time and fee, you might as well take the SATII chinese unless you already have 3 or 4 outstanding SATII scores and don't want to bother. what do you think? anyway, i dropped latin after my 3rd year and i was elated at my turnout when decisions came out this past April. one more year of latin probably wouldn't have gotten me into HYP, but it very well may have killed me :-P</p>
<p>At all colleges that I'm aware of 3 to 4 years of one language is a RECOMMENDATION, not a requirement. If you don't like Spanish then don't take the 4th year and don't worry about it. Music is a good alternative if you are serious about it.</p>
<p>What you should be aware of, however, is that some colleges have language proficiency requirements once you are admitted. Presumably you would place out of Chinese, but you'll need to check this out as you don't want to end up taking college level Spanish. You might want to look at colleges that don't have language proficiency requirements.</p>
<p>oh, yeah, and i also replaced latin IV with AP music theory since they both happened to be only offered during 1rst period. music is amazing, and theory helped me with my playing, too, so it's a great choice as an alternate.</p>
<p>Call your admissions counselors at those schools, tell them you already speak two languages, and ask if you NEED four years of a language on your transcript.</p>