<p>I was wondering if I should drop my ap language.
It is AP Latin V and it is starting to become very challenging. It is the teacher's first year having AP and like any newly AP teacher I know, they are making it way harder than it should be. Do colleges particularly like you to have 4 years or an AP language?</p>
<p>any help?</p>
<p>An AP language is probably not nearly as important as having APs in the other cores. If you’ve put in enough years in a language, plus have plenty of other APs, they’ll likely not care about this one.</p>
<p>If AP Latin V is the 5th level of Latin at your school, that implies that you have already completed the 4th level of Latin, right?</p>
<p>If you are applying to very selective colleges, especially ones with a strong arts and sciences program, AP Latin (with an A in the first semester) would be a clear and noticeable plus in your application profile. This doesn’t answer your question of “how many years of language are expected” – at most 4, or less if you are at level 4 of the language as a result of middle school courses etc. language study.</p>
<p>For the requirement of college, level 4 is the highest they recommend. For that, not taking the AP Latin 5 is not a problem. However, there are two other considerations. First, the AP foreign language may help to indicate the rigorous course load if you don’t have much other advanced level classes. Second, the AP foreign language with a good AP exam score may get you a lot of college credits. Lastly, you don’t want any class with a very bad grade that it may affect your admission.</p>
<p>ok thanks! ucbalumnus, yes this will be my fifth year</p>
<p>for people saying that i need a rigorous coarseload,
if I drop AP Latin, my schedule will be:</p>
<p>AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP AM GOV
AP Econ
AP Lit
3d modeling</p>
<p>is this rigorous enough?</p>
<p>^yes it is.
What would you take instead of Latin, though? You can’t afford to have a free period or a study hall during your senior year. You can take an elective, something “fun”, something unconventional for your track (home ec?)</p>
<p>If you intend to take Latin in college (including if the college has a foreign language graduation requirement), taking an additional level in high school may allow you to place in a higher level in college, allowing you to reach the desired level in fewer college courses.</p>
<p>Given that schedule, I think he can afford the empty period. My D has one and it’s college advisor approved. He’s got the 5 cores, 5 APs (including more than a few tough ones), plus the hidden class called “College Applications and Essays”. It’s enough.</p>
<p>ucbalumnus, I do not plan on taking it in college 
what happened was that I also took french freshman year, wanted to continue, but my schedule conflicted and so I was put into latin 3 and I liked the teacher so I stayed. </p>
<p>myos1634, I will also be getting a part time job (hopefully). </p>
<p>I also will probably not drop until I get a job :)</p>
<p>would it matter for these schools?</p>
<p>UC Davis,
Cal Poly SLO,
or
SDSU?</p>