Spanish 5 Honors or AP Psychology?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi everybody, I have the option of Spanish 5 honors or AP Psychology, which course should I take. </p>

<p>I'm currently enrolled into 4 APs this year, if I add Psy. I'd be in 5 APs, but my guidance counselor told me Spanish 5H would actually look a whole lot better.</p>

<p>I do generally well in spanish every year (A- every year, except for freshman year where my spanish teacher screwed me in the ass)</p>

<p>I wanted to take Psy. because I heard it's a fun class (the Psy. teacher is acts overtly racist, but he does so to generate a thought process in his students. Great class I heard), and I'd really love to learn about the human mind, etc etc. Heard it was a ton of reading, like 8 pages per class assignment, idc really becuase for both my APUSH, and APEuro. I had to read 60-70pgs a week in the textbook, and I survived it. I got 3 on my APEuro which ****ed me off, considering I got a 91 in the class overall. </p>

<p>I do hear that Spanish 5H is fun, you get to act out plays in Spanish, fun projects, little to no homework, etc. </p>

<p>Funny thing is my guidance counselor, just basically forced me into Spanish 5H, she introduced me to the Spanish teacher, the Spanish teacher thinks of me as her favorite student, I sit in the front of the class (assigned seats), all this other crap. If I drop the course now...I'd look like a licentious bastard. </p>

<p>And to be completely honest....I don't like Spanish. I've had to do it for YEARS, and I never liked it, I do well in it...because I have to do well to get into a good school, but I truely find Spanish class a complete burden. </p>

<p>So should I just stick with Spanish 5H or go onto AP Psychology???</p>

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<p>Take AP Psych. It sounds like a great class, and you seem to be very interested in it. Seeing as you don’t really enjoy Spanish, you will probably naturally do worse in it. I’ve also heard AP Psych is a breeze. And, not too sure about Spanish looking better, it may, but I’m not sure. To be honest, if it looks any better, a college will not accept you because you took Spanish 5H over AP Psych, if there’s any difference, it’s small. Take Psych.</p>

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<p>I kind of think Spanish would look better for the “dedication” aspect, but that really doesn’t matter. You’re going to be taking this class for a year, why do it for a minimal application difference. I agree, take Psych since you want to.</p>

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<p>But heck, couldn’t that minimal application difference help my application. Yikes I can’t even grasp the thought of another full year spanish course haha. Not that I have complete antipathy for Spanish, I just rather take a class in the english language :)</p>

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<p>To be honest, I think AP Psych would look better. Honors classes are basically regular classes with more homework and harder tests. AP classes have the same curriculum as a Freshman year college course. So, I would believe that any AP class (excluding environmental) would look better than any honors class.</p>

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<p>Well it depends on your priorities. AP Psych is a fun class, and the test is actually pretty easy. Spanish 5 sounds more impressive than psych, there is no doubt about that in my mind, but how much does that little boost matter to you? AP Psych is not UNimpressive. Just less impressive.</p>

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<p>since AP Psych is the absolute easiest for which to self-study, I agree with RiceOwlHopeful: Espanol will look marginally better.</p>

<p>But the real question is the colleges that you are considering and whether they have a language requirement. If so, Span 5 might be enough so that you could fulfill the college’s language requirement (perhaps by scoring well on the Subject Test) allowing you to take more college electives – like Psych taught by a prof who has been a real psychologist with real patients. More importantly, having to take Span in college when you find it a “burden”…better to finish in HS, IMO.</p>

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<p>Spanish 5 is not considered a college course. I’m not taking AP Spanish, just plain Spanish 5 Honors. </p>

<p>So your saying Spanish 5 Honors will look a hell a lot better than AP Psych?</p>

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<p>I was in a similar-ish predicament. I’m also going to assume that you’re a senior. Basically, it’s your last year in high school. An extra year in foreign language isn’t going to make or break you. Take AP Psych, have some fun. Don’t overload yourself, there’s no point.</p>

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<p>AP psych wont get credit at many colleges…and if it is easy to self study and you want the AP listed–then do it on your own</p>

<p>Can you take the Spanish 5 Honors and also study–and take the AP Spanish exam instead? You’d get the credit if you do well on the exam.</p>

<p>Check which AP exmas get credit at the schools you are applying to now…</p>

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<p>No, I wrote that Span 5 would look marginally better…</p>

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<p>Spanish 5. You already have 4 ap’s and one would assume that colleges would see your 'dedication to spanish in a very positive light. I’ve never even heard of spanish 5. I think the highest is 3 where I am and it’s not even honors. They encourage us to take spanish 3 here because it looks ‘sooooooo good,’ so I can only infer that spanish 5H would look excellent.</p>

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<p>If you have only taken 3 years of foreign language in HS, then a 4th year is the stronger route to go, since top colleges prefer 4 years. I look at that as ‘core coursework.’ The AP Psych is an elective course, not a core course like calc, physics, MEH etc. I don’t see it as very important, but what is important is your taking what makes you happy after you have first made sure that you are covering what core classes the colleges require/prefer.</p>

<p>My daughter did Spanish as well, wasn’t thrilled with it until she got to do a summer month away in a Spanish speaking country.</p>