I’m taking yearbook because it’s something I love and by being editor in chief it shows that I have leadership qualities, I’m taking honors English and history and planning to take 3 aps next year
This may be because high school year 1 and 2 foreign language courses are commonly taken by 9th-10th (or 8th-9th) grade students, while the community college semester 1 foreign language course is usually taken by college students, or older adults looking to learn another language. So both learning ability and motivation may be a lot higher among the students in the community college semester 1 foreign language course, enabling the course to cover material much more quickly.
Have you looked at doing a month at Concordia Language camp in Minnesota? You can get credit for a full year in on month. Even if your school won’t accept the credits you can still test into the second year of language when you get back. What is important is what level you get to, not how many school years you took it.
My daughter did a one-month high school credit session through Concordia, and she strongly recommends having a year or more of high school language study prior to a CLV credit session. It is really, really hard to learn letter-sound correspondence, grammar, and vocabulary in a month, even when you’re immersed in it.
Also, despite having won the top French I student award in her high school, she was the second-weakest in her CLV class. She worked through break / nap periods and even some meals just to keep up with the workload.