<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>I'm currently taking French 2 as a senior, but was accepted to Dartmouth and waitlisted at Rice and Brown...I wonder if that was what hurt me. But still, I can speak both English and Japanese, so maybe they considered that too.</p>
<p>Perhaps you could take AP Chinese exam next year? Not sure how much that will help you, though.</p>
<p>BETTERDAY - you have one up on some - seeing as you already are fluent in a second language and 3 years of a third - not sure which schools you are looking at that require 4 years of a language - but many will take 3 years - may be a good subject for an essay tho to explain your choices. You may want to call a couple of the perspective schools to ask specifically if a 4 year requirement is engraved in granit.</p>
<p>You really need to check the specific requirements at the schools you want to attend. If you drop language in favor of some kind of AP class, and still meet the requirements, I don't think they will hold it against you. But if there's a minimum of 4 years required, you're out of luck. Not all schools require it.</p>
<p>BETTERDAYS - better check Williams requirements again - requires 3 - PREFERS 4 - says 3-4 years - so 4 not required - and with good reason should not be a problem</p>
<p>Yeah, I was going to say... I've never heard of a school REQUIRING 4 years. If you replace Spanish with a worthwhile elective then it'll be acceptable. If you drop it for, say, another study hall, then it won't be looked favorably upon. Those AP's look good to me, though.</p>
<p>Wow, you should definitely put that story in your application essay. Your tri-langual ability and how you've moved so much and still survived. haha~</p>