doschicos, I thought you were referring to the domestic language camps, not Midd’s programs abroad. My bad! And thank you. Languages have always come easily to me and my school district begins language instruction in middle school rather than high school.
I will add that, as I was on a gap year rather than a junior year abroad, I went to a dedicated language school, not a university program where you take classes other than foreign language courses. I had 20 hours a week of class, and it was exclusively dedicated to speaking and learning Spanish. The experience I had is going to be different than the experience of someone who’s going with their university.