<p>hi i am currently enrolled in Spanish III. my guidance counselor suggested that next year i drop spanish and take an AP class. Is three years of another language good enough for the top schools? thanks.</p>
<p>It depends. Many people applying to top schools have 4 years of a language, but if say, science is your thing it would look good to take a science AP class.</p>
<p>can't you take the ap spanish test at the end of the year?</p>
<p>Take 4 years of a language. Colleges like HYP reccomend it.</p>
<p>I hate it when guidance counselors tell people to drop their languages, like they're not to be taken as seriously as a chem class or something. My school doesn't even have a language requirement.</p>
<p>well spanish isn't my favorite thing but i dont want to get penalized for it. ill be taking AP US next year and if i kept spanish that would be the only AP. but if i dropped it i would probably take AP chem or AP bio. im a sophmore btw</p>
<p>bummmppppppppp</p>
<p>I have same situation</p>
<p>I think I will just take </p>
<p>SAT II of Spanish and hopefully get 700+ (have to do a lot of studying on own)</p>
<p>Then I can take an AP class instead of a language.</p>
<p>thats an idea</p>
<p>I have also wondered about this. I think I will probably take only take 3 years of a language.</p>
<p>I am in the same situation. Spanish is definitely the weakest part of my transcript and seems to be impossible for me to get an A. I think as long as you're not planning on doing anything language-related in college, you should be fine dropping it for a more challenging course.</p>
<p>Since I am interested in computers, I stopped at Spanish 3 (Freshman-Junior) and now as a senior I decide to AP Computer Science A.</p>
<p>I find it funny how people are saying they have such a hard time with a language, but they want to drop it for a more challenging course. One never hears someone say, "I'm really weak in AP Bio, so I'm gonna drop it and take French."</p>
<p>Actually... lol... my friend dropped AP Chem for German.</p>