<p>I signed up for 6 AP courses my senior year:
AP Chemistry, AP Macroeconomics, AP Literature, AP Government, BC Calclulus and AP Spanish.
All my classes are fine so far but I do not enjoy being in AP Spanish. It's not that the class is hard, it's that I am not interested in learning about spanish and do not enjoy being in that class. I spend way too much time on spanish each night and dropping it would let me focus more on chem and calc. Instead of dropping down to a lower level I want to completely drop the course. My counselor does not recommend this because he thinks it would hurt my chances of going to a good college but I already took Spanish up to Spanish 4 all in honors and I want to study premed in college so I am looking at going to SUNY Stonybrook or Hunter College. Would dropping spanish hurt my chances of going to those schools especially Stonybrook? </p>
<p>Have you looked at those schools to see what their language requirements are? Some schools do say “3 required, 4 recommended” – in which case you would want 4 because the kids you are “competing” against would have 4. But if the schools you are applying to only require 2, for example - then your three years (with one of them being Spanish 4) should be fine. But I do think six AP courses is pure hell. Interesting though - my son has four APs (our school caps kids at 4 senior year) - and his AP Spanish class only has 30 minutes of homework a night as a rule. My daughter took this class with the same teacher last year and got a 5 on the AP Spanish exam. It is sad that some teachers still think that “more” homework is better.</p>
<p>Stonybrook recommends 2 or 3 years of a foreign language and I think Hunter requires 2 but isn’t it all about consistency? They say they recommend 2 or 3 but that’s just the bare minimum and schools like Stony are getting super competitive. My teacher barely gives us any homework but I take the time every night to read the spanish newspaper, listen to the radio and review my verbs and all that just stresses me out soo much and I don’t think it’s necessary for a science major to take a foreign language but I don’t want that to hurt my chances at getting into a college of my choice.</p>
<p>You’re fine for all SUNYs including Bing and Geneseo, as well as for Hunter etc.
Do drop the 6th AP… if you have 4-8 Ap’s total over your high school career you’re fine even for the most selective colleges.</p>
<p>The point of being in an AP course is that it is supposed to take up a lot of time. It’s a college level (albeit freshman level) course. Don’t drop it. Manage your time better and stick with it.</p>
<p>Might as well do Post secondary enrollment option, instead of take all those AP classes. If you live in MN</p>
<p>You’ve already reached level 4 of foreign language- which is what colleges care about, not the number of years. If 6 APs is too much for you, which is too much for most people, drop AP spanish. It shouldn’t affect your chances since you have such a rigorous courseload. However, most colleges will require you to take foreign language regardless of major as a gen ed (even for science). Would you be able to study for the SAT II? Some colleges will allow you to place out of foreign language if you score high enough on the test. Spanish 4 honors should have prepared you enough for it.</p>
<p>You do not need 6 APs senior year to get in to Stonybrook. You do not need AP Spanish to get into Stonybrook.</p>
<p>I say drop it.</p>
<p>I agree…drop the Spanish if you need to.</p>
<p>Another alternative is to continue with AP Spanish, but “reward yourself” by committing NOT to take the AP test.
Sometimes the little things do make a difference - good luck with whatever you decide.</p>
<p>@nugraddad that doesn’t work everywhere. Where I went to high school (the entire county), you were required to take the exam if you took the class.</p>
<p>Ouch! Sorry to hear about your county Guineagirl… When I was on the HS Parent’s Board, the Principal was trying to get kids that were never going to test, to take the courses - he thought that was a way to bring up overall student learning. </p>