Is a fifth year of Spanish really that necessary?

Applying to College
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<p>Hello everyone, I'm stuck in making a decision, or at least making a presentable case for or against my predicament. Right now is my junior year in hs and I am in Spanish 4. AP Spanish is offered for seniors (and in extreme situations, two of my junior friends). Most of the colleges I'm looking at require 2-4 years of Spanish. Since I took Spanish 1 in eigth grade, those four years will be finished at the end of junior year. I will (most likely) be enrolling in an analytical chemistry course at our local college because I am extremely interested in chemistry, biochemistry, and/or molecular biology. If I don't take AP Spanish, I'll be able to enroll in a sophomore bio course too. </p>

<p>So I was wondering, will having two college sciences instead of one make up for not having AP Spanish during my senior year? I do know it's early, but this website...well if you use CC, you know what it can do to you lol. By the way, the schools I'm looking at are: UW Madison (in-state), Macalester, Carleton, WUSTL, and Yale (my super reach). Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>No, it’s not necessary. Take it only if you want to. Choose classes that you are more interested in instead.</p>

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<p>5th year DEFINITELY is not necessary. Someone from my school got into Harvard with average ECs last year with only THREE years of spanish. I’m only doing 3 years as well. Thats because I’m taking AP psychology instead. I had this exact same problem except it was about spanish 3. We’ll see what effects it has when I graduate. btw I now have all AP classes</p>

<p>This is what my counselor says: its like any other honors course. As long as you don’t drop it for like Art 1 you should be fine. Just make sure you challenge yourself</p>