<p>Hello, i am going to be a senior in high school. Over my high school career (due to scheduling conflicts between the courses i have chosen) i have taken two years of Spanish and six years of science (3 being AP)</p>
<p>Breakdown:
Freshman Year: Biology + Spanish 1 (not honors because i was in a school that did not offer these.) (A's in both)
Sophmore Year: Chem Honors + Spanish 2 Honors (transferred to school that offerered these) (B in Chem, missed A by like .1 :(, and A in spanish)
Junior Year: Chem AP, Physics Honors (A's in both, 5 in AP Chem Test.)
Senior Year (coming year): Physics C AP (Mechanics) and Biology AP</p>
<p>Junior Year is where it becomes tricky. My schedule forced me to choose between taking Spanish 3 or Physics Honors. Me, who has always had a interest and strength in the sciences and was interested to go to a university majoring in a science opted to take Physics. </p>
<p>Now, i have 6 sciences and 2 language years, opposed to most kids 4 and 4. Does this make me seem more "unique" or does it throw up the red flag? Believe me, i would have really liked to continue taking spanish, it came easy to me, but was in a crossroads and took a "controversial (?)" path? I got A's in Spanish which showed i had proficiency in the subject, its not like i got D's and dropped taking the course after two years. </p>
<p>I talked to a UPenn rep in person and said that should be no problem at all, but i would like to get your remarks, comments or suggestions. </p>
<p>does this weaken my resume? does make me seem different or not up to "par?" I know some college have language prerequisites like Brown which i am unable to apply for this reason.</p>
<p>well if i take spanish 3 honors senior year, its after a years hiatus, and is pretty difficult when learning something completely new. and i’m basically taking all AP classes, which will have me drop an AP for an Honors, lowering my course rigor. it seems hard for me to consider doing that. </p>
<p>i asked my guidance counselor about this predicament before junior year and i asked her if colleges have a preference or like when u take more than 2 years of a language, she said she never heard anything like that. talk about guiding right?</p>
<p>there has been a plus side to taking physics though, i was part of 3 more Ec’s, physics team, rocket club and another one that the teacher was in charge of.</p>
<p>More Comments/feedback will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>hahah poubelle i dont know if you were hinting towards his spelling error “sacraficing” and telling him/her that language should still be taken but nonetheless…</p>
<p>can you take spanish at a community college? if you could, that’s what you should do. i got into penn with only 2 years of german, which was really 6 weeks at a cc (it was equivalent to 2 years of high school german). my schedule was really full and couldn’t fit a language at all in any of the four years.</p>
<p>Dude, no way! I’ve have your problem in reverse! Seven years of language and two of science. </p>
<p>(entered w/ 2 years of highschool Spanish)
Frosh: honors spanish, honor biology
Soph: honors spanish
Summer course (didn’t recieve credit from my high school): honors chemistry
Jun: honors spanish
Sen: AP Spanish, AP Biology, Chinese</p>
<p>Can we trade? I’ll give you an honors spanish course for your honors physics course.</p>
<p>“well if i take spanish 3 honors senior year, its after a years hiatus, and is pretty difficult when learning something completely new.”</p>
<p>Start reviewing Spanish now so you can handle it senior year.</p>
<p>Colleges tend to view languages as very important. You may have to take 2 years of college language (which is the equivalent of 4 years of h.s. language) unless you pass a language placement test. This is true of state schools as well as places like Ivies.</p>
<p>Given the speed at which languages are taught in college, it’s much harder to learn them without a strong h.s. background in them.</p>
<p>Most colleges – including top ones – also want students with a broad perspective and interest in the entire world, not just some narrow discipline. Consequently, a student who loaded up by taking extra science courses instead of taking 3-4 years of a language would be viewed negatively by many admissions officers, particularly by those at the very top colleges, which are in the enviable position of picking and choosing among an outstanding pool of high state applicants.</p>
<p>Most colleges “recommend” 3 years of language. Having only 2 makes them question your application. If it makes you “unique” at all, it’s not in a good way.</p>
<p>Depends on the college. Some colleges “require” 3-4 years, but there’s always a possibility if you’re an exceptional applicant that they’d overlook that issue.</p>
<p>You’re school must have like 5 periods per semester because people at my school takes 3 honors sciences and then 3 AP sciences and most of them also take AP comp sci too.</p>
<p>I’m sure if you are looking to focus solely on science, technical schools won’t care that much…</p>
<p>How about you ask people who work at the colleges you want to go to, like you did with Penn. If you’re going to be a science major, I think they’ll understand, but just to be sure it wouldn’t hurt to ask.</p>
<p>Make a lousy spelling mistake and the Grammar Nazis are out in force. All the while, “your” is taking over the world. Way to get your priority straight, grammar police.</p>
<p>i made the thread at 3AM, wasn’t really in the most attentive state at that time…</p>
<p>and MathMajor your suggestion is very interesting. How did you go about doing that, i have very little time before school starts so i won’t have a chance to do this during the summer. However if they have evening classes i could do that during the beginning of the school year, how long was the duration of each class?</p>
<p>And lets say i do 3 weeks of this CC spanish course and am like in the 4th week of it (which could be considered the 2nd year), that would consider me doing 4 years of Spanish right? </p>
<p>and is it too late to register for such a class?</p>
<p>Issues like when classes start, how long they last, etc. are determined by the specific community college you would be enrolling in so you should contact them directly to ask your questions. In general though, community college classes follow the traditional school year (either semester or quarter basis). Therefore, if you took an evening class starting in September, it wouldn’t end until December. And again, depending upon the community college, a one-semester class in Spanish there might be the equivalent of a full-year class in high school.</p>