Stopping Spanish after Sophomore Year

<p>Would it look bad if I stopped taking Spanish after my sophomore year? I already did up to Spanish 3, but I'm not sure if I would be comfortable taking Spanish 4 or AP Spanish. As a replacement, I was planning to take a class that I might consider making it my major in college. Also, as a senior, instead of taking AP Spanish, I was planning on taking AP Biology. Would colleges like this better?</p>

<p>In Spanish, I think I'll do fine with the vocabulary and the grammar parts, but I'm not sure about the listening and speaking.</p>

<p>Depends on the level of college you want to attend… Just that simple… you can get by without a Sr. year language but missing both Jr / Sr will likely make it look like you just wanted to do the minimum, and top schools never want students who only do the minimum…</p>

<p>I stopped after Spanish 2. I don’t care if colleges think it’s the minimum. My English is fine and unless I’m applying to San Jaun Universito, then that’s all that should matter.</p>

<p>Well, I’m planning on going to a UC. It said that you have to have at least 2 years or something. Ok, thanks.</p>

<p>I also stopped spanish (level 3) after sophmore year. Instead, during junior year I took Psychology, which I was actually interested in and it was great to learn something different than the rest of my class. As you and I have surpassed the UC requirements, it should not hurt us. Good luck :)</p>

<p>I doubt they will care as long as you have some Spanish beyond level 1.</p>

<p>'i thought 3 years of foreign language was reccommended</p>

<p>Don’t look to much into this… its all just recommended. If you want to stop after level 3, which was your sophomore year, that is fine…</p>

<p>If your career interest doesn’t lie in Spanish, then don’t bother taking the AP course. AP language courses are notoriously challenging and aren’t worth the effort in your case. Since you’ve taken level 3 (which is not the minimum) Spanish, you should be fine.</p>

<p>I stopped after Spanish 2. I don’t care if colleges think it’s the minimum. My English is fine and unless I’m applying to San Jaun Universito, then that’s all that should matter.</p>

<p>No one needs to read about your dislike for and (apparent) deficiency in foreign language.</p>

<p>I stopped after three years, but for me I only missed my senior year (so I started a year after you). I don’t think it hurt me that much, especially considering I replaced it with an AP science. What you definitely wouldn’t want to do is drop Spanish and replace it with an elective (that’s what we called them at my school- something like shop or chorus) or nothing at all. But since you did philosophy, that seems to be alright. Maybe if you’re still worried take the SATII Spanish test and demonstrate how you didn’t need to learn Spanish in school, but to do well you may have to study a bit on your own. But that’s not too hard. Torrent Rosetta Stone or something.</p>

<p>I did that too! And then switched to French lol.</p>

<p>^^ No one needs to read about your dislike of me expressing my dislike. </p>

<p>And my point is valid. Why should your knowledge of a foreign language have ANY bearing on whether you get into a college where you only speak English?</p>

<p>School is a place of learning, not ignorance. There is absolutely nothing wrong with learning the language of another group of people. Where would the world be without the ability to communicate with people from almost all regions of the world?</p>

<p>I agree. Being able to communicate with people across the world is a very important thing. Luckily, English is the lingua franca of international business, science, technology, aviation, and diplomacy.</p>

<p>Top-tier UC’s (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis) = Spanish III
Low-tier UC’s (UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, and everything else) = Spanish II</p>

<p>^^ learning other languages may show, in the future, that you are cultured and open-minded, not just another self-centered american who only speaks english. That can be very helpful if you intend to take your career internationally.</p>

<p>Drop it. Colleges are always talking about how many of their students switch majors and experience new things, so I don’t understand why they would care if you switched languages or did something else.</p>

<p>Ok, thank you!</p>

“No one needs to read about your dislike for and (apparent) deficiency in foreign language.”

No one needs to hear you complain about how someone doesn’t like Spanish class. I can tell it hurt your feelings