Stats, Ec's dont really give whole picture (for me at least)

<p>Ok this is about one thing in specific. Spanish. I'm a Junior and this is my 4th year in Espanol. I really love it, and im planning to at least minor in it when im in college. The only thing is that until recently i havnt gotten very good grades in it. my spanish1 teacher was bad, my spanish 2 teacher was evil; im seriously blaming them for my bad grades and for why people drop spanish in my school. this is the only class i can blame the teachers for why i did poorly. in spanish 3 and now in spanish 4 i got/am getting excellent grades. anyways, i ran for president of the spanish club and lost by 2 votes. my early bad grades stopped me from getting into the spanish honors society. ive had volenteer hours etc. but im not going anywhere as a foriegn exchange student. what im saying is that even though i love spanish, my high school career doesnt really show evidence of it. im not relying on spanish to get me into college, im just annoyed that my stats and ecs dont show me as one who cares for spanish. anyone else in this situation?</p>

<p>maybe volunteer to help out with a spanish class in a middle school, or tutor kids in spanish after school. </p>

<p>I have the same situation with you and my French. But I found a teacher who needed help, and I help her with her class. Also, if you demonstrate high Spanish ability on an SAT 2, they can't hold it against you.</p>

<p>Ask your Spanish teacher to write a rec for you detailing your passion for the subject. And I'm not sure if your GCs interview you, but ours do, to write the counselor report. If they do, talk about how much you love Spanish.</p>

<p>do you think it is worth trying to make up for my lack of ec's etc. in spanish by mentioning it or would it be better to emphasized other aspects of my charecter and use those to get me into college?</p>

<p>Well, you should emphasize what's important to you. If the other aspects are important to you as well and you have the ec's to back those, then go for it; if you are most passionate about Spanish, though, you might want to give some description about that too.</p>

<p>I think you should demonstrate your passion for Spanish outside of the classroom. That doesn't necessarily mean a student exchange program. </p>

<p>I listed Spanish & Latin American Studies as my No. 2 "passion", interest/activity, etc. I do have demonstrated interest outside of the classroom although I have only received B's (always one point from an A) in Spanish courses. I don't believe you have to be close to perfect in an area in order for it to be your 'passion'. I think there is a big difference between someone who is just good at something and decides to call it their passion versus someone who truly has an interest in an area and shows it despite the challenges. Despite my B's in Spanish, I still indicated on my applications that I want to study Spanish & Latin American Studies in college. Although I get straight A's in other subjects, I have no interest in majoring in them in college.</p>