<p>So I'm in a pretty weird situation. I moved to a new school this year. In middle school, I took French for three years (but it was lightweight, so it was really only the equivalent of a year in high school), and in high school, I've been taking Latin for 3 years, even skipping one year. Our class finished all except a little bit of book 4 of the Cambridge Latin Series. My new school offered French, Russian, Spanish, Italian and German, and I decided to take Spanish, because it didn't seem like the teacher in French was at all effective, and I'd rather learn something in a language for which I have no foundation than add a bunch of nothing to my experience with French. Out of the other languages it seemed the most useful. And my school has this weird thing where people of different levels are all in the same class together.</p>
<p>So, I wouldn't even consider asking this question if I didn't have 6 years of experience with Latin/Latin-based languages, but does anyone think it would be possible to get within the school year to the point where I am proficient enough in Spanish to do well on the SAT test for Spanish, or even the AP Exam in the language, while leaving time for my other responsibilities and studying other languages by myself? I mean, I seem to be getting along alright in my Spanish class already- I'm just a little behind in vocabulary. And learning vocabulary is definitely one of my strengths. I think for something like this to be called "successful," I would have to get at least a 600 on the SAT, or a 3 on the AP exam.</p>