Question about classes to take

<p>I took Spanish I in middle school, Spanish II in 9th, and Spanish III in 10th grade.</p>

<p>I dropped the class for my junior year (bad advice from counselor) to take some AP Chemistry.</p>

<p>However, as I look at some colleges’ “recommendation schedule”, I see that many of them “recommend” 3, if not 4 years (they say something like “3-4 years in high school”)</p>

<p>So I have a couple of questions here.</p>

<li>Right now, how many years do I have? Is it the level that counts or the years in high school (because I the wording says “high school”, but I always thought it was the level)?</li>
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<p>Does anybody have any knowledge of this? </p>

<li>Also, if I take Spanish IV next year (after taking a year off), do you think colleges will mind that year in between where I never took a language class.</li>
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<p>Lets say someone that did Spanish I, II, III, IV in 8th,9th,10th,11th grade (then quit)
And I did Spanish I, II, III, IV in 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th grade</p>

<p>Will they weight these two candidates the same? Do they care about the extra year off inbetween? Thanks</p>