<p>In middle school, I took 2 years of Spanish. Freshmen year came, and I took Spanish 2, as the years of spanish in middle school allowed me to bypass Span 1. Following 9th grade, I dropped Spanish to take more core classes (AP chem in 10th, AP Bio in 11th), and now I've started to worry about the language requirements some universities have. While 2 years of middle school spanish waive spanish 1, they don't show up on the transcript nor did I receive credit for them. Thus, I really only have 1 year of foreign language on my transcript, which leads me to my true question; Can I claim 2 years of foreign language (with a personal statement)? And if I can't, should I seriously look at a zero hour spanish 3 senior year, after having been out of spanish for 2 years?</p>
<p>Just take Spanish 3 and 4 and you should be fine.</p>
<p>I know my high school doesn’t count language in middle school, or even elementary school (yeah, we have kids that’ve been taking french and spanish since kindergarten. how? i don’t even know.) So that might be something you have to do. You should check with you GC. They’re usually there over the summer working out stuff for freshman!</p>
<p>Well, I guess middle school foreign languages can count since after all, some kids take Algebra 1 in middle school and that’s a graduation requirement, so I imagine it would be the same with languages.</p>
<p>But that being said, usually colleges like to see more than 2 years of a foreign language: more like 3 or 4+. So I would take Spanish 3 is possible, regardless of whether or not the middle school credits count.</p>
<p>I would at least take Spanish 3. Then you will be covered for 2 years on your transcript and they will see that it’s a 3rd year course. A lot of students start foreign language in jr high so they will be very familiar with that.</p>
<p>Spanish 3 isn’t that difficult. If you review the 2 materials and/or get a copy of the 3 textbook over the summer, you should be fine.</p>