<p>If a student took enough Spanish in 7th and 8th grade to place into Spanish II in 9th grade and continued with Spanish III in 10th grade, is that considered 2 or 3 years of Spanish?</p>
<p>Also, if a student took algebra I in 8th grade, algebra II in 9th, geometry/trig in 10th, and precalc in 11th grade, and no math in senior year, is this considered 3 or 4 years of high school math?</p>
<p>My DD asked that question of 4 admissions advisors on the west coast for Foreign Language and they all said that the Jr. High language would count as a year (that is - 7th + 8th grade = 1 HS year.)</p>
<p>Thanks scualum. Has anyone heard something other than what scualum posted? Thank you.</p>
<p>Since middle school language takes the place of Spanish I, it counts as one year of credit (i.e. agree with scualum) . Re: Math, In D’s experience, her high school transcript showed all the high school level math courses that she took in middle school, each as its own level of high school math. </p>
<p>odd story, Re; language…we moved between D2’s 7th and 8th grade. She took Spanish both years, and remarkably, they used the same textbook in both schools (in different states). However, she realized that she completely “missed” the chapters on clothing and the kitchen. Even though she’s taking Spanish VI this year, sometimes she still stumbles on some of the names for articles of clothing!!!</p>
<p>Regarding the foreign language-yes. In our NY public high school, 7th + 8th grade Spanish count as Spanish I. Then kids take Spanish II in 9th grade and Spanish III in 10th grade (they also take the Spanish regents at the end of 10th grade). This sequence completes our school’s graduation requirement of 3 yrs. in foreign language.</p>
<p>Regarding math: my kids were stuck in the Math A, Math B, pre-calc., & Calc. sequence. They started Math A in 8th grade which continued until the Math A regents in Jan. of 9th grade. Math B started in Jan. of 9th grade and ended with the Math B regents in June of 10th grade. Pre-calc took place in 11th grade. At that time, completion of Math A and Math B was the equivalent of 3 yrs. of math. Most kids followed this up with pre-calc. in 11th grade and AP calc. or AP Stats. in their senior year. </p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that Math through Pre-Calc. is considered 4 years of math. I would highly recommend continuing with a math class during senior year–either AP Calc. or AP Stats.</p>
<p>I concur with nysmile. A rigorous senior year will include a math class. For kids like my S, who maxed HS math with AP Calc BC as a sophomore, it means considering a CC class or on line course in linear algebra and MV calculus.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. BTW, this is not for my son, and he will take calculus as a senior. I asked because a friend of my son’s wanted to know if his 7th and 8th grade foreign language counted as one year of high school FL. Math is really not even an issue. I just threw this into the question because I know that lots of kids take algebra I in 7th or 8th grade, and same rules should apply to math as FL (meaning that students take some of these admission requirements before 9th grade).</p>
<p>Caution is that if a student needs certain course requirements for NCAA eligibility and/or University specific requirements (which many public state schools seems to have) – they really should check to make sure the pre-9th grade courses will meet the requirements.</p>
<p>^^ I told him to contact admissions for the individual schools that he was interested in, just to make sure.</p>
<p>At the schools we looked at (top 20) I was under the impression that 4 years of math were expected to take a student past precalc. Precalc is considered an 11th grade class. S1 took Discrete Math instead of Calc.
For foreign languages, it does not matter how many years one had taken a foreign language in middle school. It’s more a question of the level attained by the time of graduation. In our district, classes taken before 9th grade do not appear on a student transcript. S2 was placed in Spanish 3 in 9th grade.</p>
<p>Our high school lists high school level classes taken during middle school on the high school transcript.</p>
<p>My daughter is taking Spanish in 8th grade next year. If she takes it pass/fail, then it does not count as a credit. If she takes as a grade, it will be considered part of her GPA in high school and will count towards college credit. (Live in NE Ohio)</p>
<p>Our school does not place any middle school grades on the transcript. There is some talk of changing this, and giving an honors weight to the 7th grade Algebra I and 8th grade Geometry classes.</p>
<p>Caveat:</p>
<p>High school requirements vs. college requirements.
A high school may require that a student take 3 years of this and 4 years of that, and the actual level of difficulty does not matter.<br>
A college, however, will look at the level. In other words, a student who took AP Calc in 11th grade then no math in 12th grade will look better to an adcom than a student who takes four years of math in high school and ends up in precalc (this is for illustration purposes only. If the student is going to major in the humanities, the adcom will factor that when looking at the precalc in 12th grade. S1 did not take Calc in 12th grade but he did take a fourth year of math to fulfill the high school requirements).</p>
<p>Good point, marite. Many colleges state four years of whatever subject. Language level would be indicated on a transcript, so Spanish four in grade 11 surely would indicate what you want it to. Math is a bit trickier because of the different subjects and levels.</p>
<p>The math and foreign language that you take in middle school does not “count” in terms of high school credit. It simply gives you a higher placement entering into high school. Therefore, your “four years” of Spanish might be II, III, IV and V instead of I, II, III, IV. Colleges expect that to be done in high school, not middle school</p>
<p>PianoMom65. You are wrong. Some colleges perhaps, most not. And in our school system those middle school language and math courses DO count for high school credit and appear on the high school transcript. If you take AP Spanish or AP Calculus before you are a senior colleges are not going to reject you for not having “4 years”.</p>
<p>Nope, you don’t have to have Spanish II,III, IV, V as far as colleges are concerned. Most actually only recommend rather than require four years. S passed out of foreign language requirements with only Latin III (scored above 600 on the foreign language placement test). Anyway, he could not have had four years of foreign languages in high school considering he was there for only three years. :)</p>
<p>I don’t even know what level of German my son is taking; he started in a language magnet in kindergarten but used a German 2 book as a freshman. I sure hope that 9 years of German was more than the equivalent of one year of high school! I never got a straight answer when I asked. On his most recent report card, it was listed as German 11 IBDP.</p>
<p>^^ Ditto to Mathmom, thats exactly how it works at my kids schools. It however appears that it differs among some schools.</p>