<p>I think I would at least take 3 years. You are a pretty high level right now, but you don’t want something like one year of language on your transcript to be the tipping point of getting turned down. I know you don’t like language, but in high school it is important to be well-rounded in all of the subjects. Many students don’t like math or science, but suck it up for 4 years because that is what colleges want to see. And remember that there are many other wonderful colleges out there besides Harvard, especially for computer science/physics/math.</p>
<p>Do the years of Spanish I took in middle school count? Because I did 2 years and am currently in my third, so am I covered?</p>
<p>Talk to your school counselor. If you went to a public middle school and currently attend a public high school, your middle school Spanish credits should carry over with no problem. Your counselor can verify this or tell you what the situation is if you came from a private school.</p>
<p>I have discussed this with her and she did say all my previous credits from MS will carry over. I suppose I could find a way to incorporate at least 2 more years of Spanish into my schedule. If I can’t do it in school, I’ll definitely try to find opportunities to advance my learning elsewhere, perhaps abroad. Thanks for all your suggestions, I really appreciate your assistance!</p>
<p>Oh, if you’d consider one more aspect to my situation:
I’m fluent in Hindi (I can read, write, and speak), and of course English. With that said, do you think Spanish will really be that much of a breaking point seeing as I have another language in my repertoire besides english?</p>
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<p>If you’re fluent in Hindi, can you find some way of “documenting” that–for instance, by taking a course at a local college that requires Hindi? I would think that would substitute for Spanish. If that won’t work, can you switch over to Latin? A lot of what you’ve learned in Spanish can be repurposed for Latin class, since the languages are closely related.</p>
<p>Once you’re actually accepted at a college, you usually don’t need to take a foreign language if you can show that you’re bilingual, or nearly so. The foreign language requirements are actually designed for your basic monolingually English-speaking American. Your problem is simply in making your skills clear to the admissions people.</p>
<p>I agree with others that you are overloading your schedule with APs. For heaven’s sakes, you are only going into your sophomore year. Take one or at most two next year and ease into the workload. My S overloaded on APs in his junior year, with the result that his GPA took a fairly modest hit–but it was enough to keep him out of the most elite schools, despite high SAT scores. He also had to drop off a varsity sports team, because he just didn’t have time to do it all. In retrospect, I believe he would have looked stronger to admissions committees if he’d taken a less ambitious schedule, and aced it.</p>
<p>As far as foreign language, for Spanish, I’m a little interested in continuing it, just NOT in my school. Would adcomms be impressed at all of I taught myself Spanish? Or would I have to prove my advancement by taking a standardized test like the AP exam or SAT II?</p>
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