When colleges (mainly UCs, CSUs, and UW) look at your schedule, would they rather see commitment or interest?
I’m planning on only taking 3 years of Spanish, so that means dropping AP Spanish and taking an extra AP science class senior year. I keep going back in forth with my decision because everyone always says this:
“Taking 4 years of a language looks best!!! Only taking 3 is bad because it’s the minimum!” or
“Take the classes you like so they see what you’re interested in!!”
I don’t know if this will change anything but I’m planning on Nursing and I’m taking ASL at a community college.
I’m really stuck on this decision! Thanks in advance to everyone.
I would WITHOUT A DOUBT take the science class. I took two sciences my senior year, and I don’t regret it. Languages are not as important in the college admission process as you would think (at least for a nursing major like you). My language classes were all over the place. I took German 2 as a freshman (then dropped it because I moved schools, and my new school didn’t have german), Latin 1 (then dropped it because I hated the class), then Spanish 1 junior year, then Spanish 2 senior year. My language record, as you can see, was all over the place! I took my science classes really seriously, though. I took AP Bio and Physics and I am so glad I did! Honestly, take the science class. They care way more about sciences than languages