Will taking 3, not 4, years of Spanish hurt me?

Applying to College
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<p>I took Spanish III freshman year, Spanish IV sophomore year, and AP Spanish V junior year. A's in all.</p>

<p>Will it look bad that I will not be taking Spanish VI senior year? It's not an AP course, and it has a very loose curriculum. Plus I took Spanish I and II in 7th and 8th grades, respectively, but these are not on my transcript. How will they know I took these? I know some schools want 4 yrs. language, is my sr. yr. schedule bad?</p>

<p>Finance/Econ major, Looking @ Dartmouth, Cornell, UVA, CMU, Pitt, maybe Georgetown, Penn, Notre Dame, Michigan.</p>

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<p>if you took the AP spanish test, then colleges will know that you learned AP level material despite only three years of spanish in high school.</p>

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<p>Are you sure those aren't on your transcript? The highschool courses I took in middle school are on my highschool transcript... but maybe you're school's just weird. =p</p>

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<p>At my school, AP Spanish Language is followed by a year of AP Spanish Lit.</p>

<p>You might want to find a class in that, or check out the community colleges Spanish Lit classes.</p>

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<p>I think the requirement for second language is the 3rd or 4th level of the language and not 3 or 4 years of high school.</p>

<p>So once you have taken spanish IV in 10th grade; you have maxed the requirment. Taking anyother spanish after that might not be useful unless you want to study it as a major.</p>

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<p>You don't need 4 if you took the AP test...</p>

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<p>You can ask your school to transfer high school grades in middle school to your high school transcript. Talk to the counselors; I think they'll have no reason to reject it as long as the syllabus was rigorous.</p>

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<p>DUDE... i took TWO years of French in high school. i got into hopkins, conrell, and currently go to UMCP.</p>