<p>Okay, so I'm the typical Asian American. I want to get into a really good college(Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc.). I'm a freshman in high school and this is my schedule.</p>
<p>Spanish 3
Spanish 4
Algebra 2/Trig. Honors
Pre-calculus Honors
English 9 Honors
Symphonic Band
Biology
Year-One PE</p>
<p>I took a Spanish course in 1 and a 1/2 months and thought I covered Spanish 1 AND 2, but as I entered my Span. 3 class, I was so overwhelmed by the class, I was starting to have second thoughts. So my question is this: Should I drop the class and take Spanish 2? Will that hurt my chances in getting into a good college in any way? Or am I just getting the nerves on my first day of school?</p>
<p>I had no idea it was possible to take Algebra 2 AND Pre-Calculus at the same time. I should have done that last year. And shouldn’t you have some sort of social studies class?</p>
<p>Switch! My guidance counselor forced me to take Spanish 3, said she wouldn’t sign my diploma otherwise, even though it’s not a required class. Well, I knew I’d do awfully, because last year my Spanish 2 teacher was THREE WHOLE UNITS BEHIND THE OTHER TEACHERS! And freshman year, my Spanish 1 teacher was actually FIRED! And what do you know, I have a test tomorrow, in which I have to know 6 conjugation tables for preterite endings, 45 words, 20 stems/roots, and be able to answer 20 questions about 2 fairy tales! I’m gonna make below a 50… And my IQ’s 158. No matter how smart you are, if you don’t know the material, you cannot do well! I didn’t choose to be in my predicament, and I have no way out (if I did I’d be in AP Macro instead), but since you do, I urge you, if you think you aren’t ready, then drop the class or fall back to Spanish 2. No shame in it, if Spanish 2 is where you feel you should be, the it’s where you should be. Switch classes, you won’t regret it… You’ll regret being in my position, moreso than I do though, I had no choice. Take advantage of your ability to choose, save youself!</p>
<p>An IQ test, perhaps…? I was just making the point that if you lack the appropriate amount of prior knowledge, regardless of your intelligence, it’s still very difficult to keep up in a foreign language class. Although it’s beside the point, to follow up on my situation, the test I mentioned before turned out to be 151 questions. I failed miserably… Point being: If you don’t have the background or prior knowledge needed, switch to Spanish 2, colleges’ll be more forgiving of this than they’ll be of a C or an F.</p>
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Yeah, but was it an online one, a cheap test given at school, or an actual comprehensive exam given by a relatively famous psychologist at a four-figure cost?</p>
<p>The former two are totally unreliable and will skew scores either too high or too low.</p>
<p>Just take Spanish 3, because you will review things in Spanish 2, and if you actually care about the class (you seem to care because you did it over the summer) then the information will come very easy. Unless everyday is where you are stressed and you can’t understand everything, do Spanish 2, but I don’t think you should be scared, just review and look over notes and study vocab and such. I’m really smart at Spanish and I’m taking AP, so I hope this isn’t biased.</p>
<p>I took an online course with a really cheap test, but I guess my teacher likes me because she
decided to support me and get me caught up. So I think I will probably keep the class. Oh, and Saugus, I’m not a ■■■■■. My school is a really accelerated public school, so you take 8 year-long classes in one year. But you take 4 per traditional semester, so the classes go twice as fast. See?</p>
<p>Fall Term:
Symphonic Band
Year-One PE
Algebra 2/Trig. Honors
Spanish 3</p>
<p>Spring Term:
Pre-calculus Honors
Spanish 4
Biology
English 9 Honors</p>
<p>And I’m a freshman so they don’t let me have any social studies. I’m still open to any suggestions as to what I should do though. Thanks to everyone who replied!</p>
<p>I may be a bit crazy, but I haven’t been seeing a psychologist…(; Baha, I really don’t see why you’re trying to discredit my IQ when that wasn’t the focus of the thread… If I tell you it was an online one, I’m sure you’ll jump with joy and scream of your success as an erection forms. If I tell you it was a Stanford-Binet 5, you’ll harass me further. So which would you prefer?</p>
<p>To the OP: Sorry about this haha, but I’m really glad your teacher’s agreed to help you out, and Spanish 3 as a freshman??? WOW! Congratulations…(:</p>
<p>I try to be colorful with my use of language haha, thanks(: Whether my IQ came from an online test or a Stanford-Binet 5 remains to be seen lol, but I’d say my predicted reactions are pretty spot-on, and amusing…</p>