Spanish Senior Year?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm going to be honest, I hate spanish. I have a 93ish average, 32 ACT (hopefully got it up to a 33 or 34 this last test) and 750s or over on 3 SAT Subject tests. I take the hardest classes available; I took AP euro sophomore year and got a 5.
Took 4 APs this year: Psych, Chem, Lang and Comp, US.</p>

<p>I took Honors spanish 9th and 10th grade but dropped down to regular this year because I had a B in honors and it was haaaard. I got a 98 on the state regents exam but a 84 in the class, which shows that I wasnt really that bad at spanish, just our school's program itself is hard. I sorta drifted through Spanish 4 this year, getting consistent 92s. I just got my final grade back and got an 84 :(. I was planning on taking Spanish 5 next year but I don't want to suffer through a class I never wanted to take in the first place. My only motivation for taking Spanish 5 is to show colleges that I took a language every year in HS. I want to know if colleges will really care; I'll probably get consistent 92s again but its more work I have to do that I could spend focusing on classes I actually care about. Could anyone tell me why I should/shouldn't take spanish 5 next year? Do the schools on my list actually care?</p>

<p>Extra info
Prospective Major: Neuroscience or Philosophy (or both?)</p>

<p>Schools (its sort of an erratic list)</p>

<p>Colorado College
Claremont McKenna
West Point
Carleton
Annapolis
Grinnell
WashU
U of Rochester
SUNY Geneseo</p>

<p>Schedule Next Year (7 period day discounting lunch and gym)
AP Environmental Science
AP Government
AP Economics
AP Literature
AP Calc AB
Photo first semester/independent study creative writing second
Free/Spanish 5????????</p>

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<p>PS—I already have 4 years of spanish under my belt (hence spanish 5 for next years course) just to clarify.</p>

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<p>I think you’ll be just fine without the last year of spanish. You’ve got great SAT IIs, and if your ACT climbs to a 33 or 34, you’re all set for those colleges. (Wash U might prefer a harder science than AP Enviro, though.) Good luck.</p>

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<p>One thing you need to check is that just being in spanish 5 is not necessarily a fifth year of Spanish for colleges. For example, in my district, Language I is taken in middle school, and that doesn’t count as a year. Most schools have requirements posted for foreign language, whether it be 3 or 4 years. If you have only taken 3 years of high school Spanish, that may not fulfil the actual 4 year requirement for some schools.</p>

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<p>We took Spanish 1 in Middle school, but it counts on our HS transcript still. Would it be ok if im only taking Environmental since i took Chem and Physics this year??? I could switch to Bio, but our APES teacher/class is absolutely amazing and I dont want to take both and have 6 APs (8 AP exams–2 for Econ and Gov). That would prove for a way to stressful May.</p>