<p>Hi everyone. I am currently a junior planning my senior schedule.</p>
<p>Soph Year, I took AP USH
Junior Year, I took AP Chem, AP Lang, AP Micro/Macro, AP Calc BC, and AP Psych</p>
<p>Senior year I want to take AP Literature, AP Physics, AP Govt/ AP Comparative, AP Stats, and AP Computer Science.
That leaves one more spot open for another class.</p>
<p>I can either take AP Bio or AP Spanish Lang. I am currently in Spanish 4+ and I took Bio+ Freshmen year. One thing to note is that our Spanish Department noted that AP Spanish next year would be more like a Spanish 5 b/c not enough people were taking the AP Test (but it's still be called AP Spanish.) So I would prob not take the AP test for Spanish but probably would for AP Bio. So I have a couple questions...</p>
<p>1) Will college count me taking Spanish 4 as me taking taking 4 years of Spanish even though I took only 3?
2) How important is it to colleges that people take 4 years of a language?
3) Do you think colleges will like it better if I took AP Spanish or AP Bio?
4) What do you think I should take?</p>
<p>Thanks for any input :)</p>
<p>Some notes:
A) Most students take AP Calc as a Senior, so our school has nothing past AP Calc, which is why I'm gonna take Stats/ Comp Sci.
B) Every student needs to take a Govt class as a requirement to graduate which is why I can't self-study it.</p>
<p>What do you plan on studying in college? If you are going the science route, take the AP Bio. If you think you will do humanities etc. think about Spanish. Even if the Spanish is taught as a Span 5, can you take the AP test even if no one else in the course decides to do that?</p>
<p>AP Spanish. And if you do, then just take the AP Spanish exam? Even if you don’t take an actual AP class, said Spanish 5 would be sufficient for the AP exam, with some self studying. Plus, you already have 3 years in Spanish class. Plus, AP Spanish Lang is easy! Biology would be way too much brute memorization.</p>
<p>a) No. It’ll be 3 years. UNLESS. You took Spanish 1 Junior High School. But if u skipped it and went straight to Spanish 2 Freshman year, then yes, 3 years.
b) 4 years of a language says DEDICATION. It’s better to stick with something for a long time then go all over the place with different things.
c) AP Spanish. But if you’re serious about Biology, then take that class or at least, self study for the exam.
d) Spanish! It’s an easy A, it’s an AP class, and the exam is easy.</p>
<p>Universities’ policies on what counts as N years of a foreign language may vary; check with each university in question (for both admission and graduation requirements). You may also want to check the Spanish departments at the universities to see how the AP test affects placement in Spanish courses there, if you choose to take additional Spanish courses in university.</p>
<p>If you ace (5) the AP Calculus BC test in junior year, and are considering a math-intensive major (math, statistics, computer science, physics, chemistry, engineering, economics) in university, you may want to consider taking additional transferable math courses at a local community college (e.g. multivariable calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, discrete math, and/or calculus-based statistics).</p>
<p>Note: AP Statistics is non-calculus-based and is often not counted for majors that require statistics and calculus (they typically want to see a calculus-based statistics course).</p>
<p>You did not mention which AP Physics. B (non-calculus-based) is not worth much for university subject credit; choose C (calculus-based) if available. If only B is offered, consider physics courses at the local community college instead.</p>