<p>Although Im pretty positive of the classes im taking for next year, im left with one more space to fill in my schedule and 2 classes that i really want to take. </p>
<p>the 2 classes are spanish 4 or DECA</p>
<p>the pros of taking spanish 4 is that i will be tied for valedictorian if i get strait A's and that i will have spanish under my belt for college and can go into AP Spanish. the problem is though, that if i take spanish i can't take DECA.</p>
<p>the pros of taking DECA are that i will obviously be in DECA which is an extracurricular, and im interested in business. however, the major downside is that it is a regular class, not honors or AP so i will go way lower in the rankings and it kills to see your ranking go way down when u have a chance at being valedictorian.</p>
<p>anyone have any suggestions on what to do?</p>
<p>Flip a coin. If you're unhappy with the results, you'll know which one you want to take. :P</p>
<p>How important is being valedictorian in your opinion?</p>
<p>do whichever one you think will be more enjoyable</p>
<p>it doesn't matter how successful you are if it's at something you don't like</p>
<p>atrop, being valedictorian is really important to me seeing as its within little reach. on the other hand though, being in DECA is also really important to me. ugh any suggestions?</p>
<p>pretty much its : valedctorian vs being in DECA</p>
<p>Well, do you plan to continue your studies in Spanish in college/uni?</p>
<p>I was faced with a very similar dilemma for my senior year scheduling too. For me, the choice was between AP Spanish or a regular engineering projects class. I'm choosing the engineering projects class because it's much more interesting than Spanish to me.</p>
<p>Go with the class you're more passionate about, which I'm guessing is DECA.</p>
<p>go with DECA because val is garbage.</p>
<p>Being val isn't worth much of anything (or so I tell myself ;) ) You get to give a speech, and you get to flaunt it, but in college consideration being val doesn't really give you a leg up compared to being 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, whatever.</p>
<p>The spanish thing itself will look good on applications though, and according to most people you will find it very 'useful'.</p>
<p>Personally, if I were choosing between a class that I didn't like that would look good on apps and for my rank, and a fun class that I loved, I'd definitely go with the latter.</p>