<p>For any JCLers, will you be listing state convention awards on your applications? I don't mean the minor ribbon awards, but say you win the academic category for the convention and get a medal, is that worth listing? It's not an overall award, but...</p>
<p>Also, is the special National Latin Exam dictionary award for three consecutive gold medals, or four?</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>I would definitely list your awards. you should come to the nationals next summer and try to win some national awards ( i bet if you are good enough to win overall academic award for the state).</p>
<p>Latin= worst decision of my life</p>
<p>lol, Pizzahut, I love latin I just started taking it this year in conjunction with French IV, because my school makes juniors take two languages.</p>
<p>I took both the National Latin and Greek exams and received awards. I put this information in my awards section when I applied to colleges. I don't know if it ultimately helped my case, but I thought it was information worth noting, as it reflects a great interest of mine.</p>
<p>What do you think colleges make of latin? I've taken both latin and spanish, but I've always wondered if colleges prefer a deeper study in a modern language. I absolutely love latin, though.</p>
<p>I don't know, but somehow I was accepted to college with dead languages under my belt.</p>
<p>I've heard people tell stories of particular colleges where dead languages don't mean the high school foreign language requirement. I can't remember any names, though. I think if they want to require a modern language or even if they prefer one, they are capable of saying so. If they don't, I think it is safe to assume that there is no problem going with Latin.</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted to college with three dead languages, one of which she is continuing there in conjunction with dead language number 4.</p>
<p>Dead languages, especially Latin, as it is very much related to modern laguages, should count towards the high school foreign language requirement. That's ridiculous if they don't.</p>
<p>Interesting thing: I tutor a high school student in all of her subjects except Spanish. Yesterday, she completed her assignments early, so we had a little extra time at the end. She had nothing but some Spanish homework left to do, so I stayed and helped her with that. No, I don't take Spanish, but my background in Latin shows just how easy Spanish is compared to the dead languages, so I was able to help her with the grammatical aspects of the language. I knew most everythng in her homework because it was so much related to Latin, just very, very much simplified. It shows what having a background in dead languages can do for one.</p>
<p>I've heard that colleges like Latin, since it's more difficult to learn than a lot of modern languages.</p>
<p>I've started doing Latin this year, and I'm really enjoying it (I also want to try taking Greek at some point).</p>
<p>This thread is old, but I just ran across some information people might find interesting. This is a survey of colleges as to their language requirements. <a href="http://www.mla.org/adfl/bulletin/v24n3/243029.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.mla.org/adfl/bulletin/v24n3/243029.htm</a></p>
<p>This would indicate that only a very small percentage of places require modern languages for admission. It also shows that some view applications more favorably if Latin has been studied, whether or not there is a foreign language requirement.</p>