<p>From what I’ve heard Spanish is pretty quick, easy and painless – it also gets you into some really chill LSAs which both solidify your command of the language and give you a chance to experience a bunch of awesome places. Personally I think it’s kind of a waste for you to come to Dartmouth and not go through drill, since that’s one of the classic definers of the Dartmouth experience. Then again, that’s easy for me to say since I’ve already gone through it – while I was going through it, it was unbearably painful to get up so early everyday. (I’m the exact opposite of a morning person.)</p>
<p>One thing to note is that Chinese is the exception in that it does drill for all three terms of the first-year sequence. Most other languages only do drill up to the second term, if I’m not mistaken.</p>