4 years of foreign language

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My DC just accepted into T10 ED with 3 years of HS language, 1 year middle school of a different language. DC is a STEM applicant and has two STEM electives senior year rather than AP language.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC just accepted into T10 ED with 3 years of HS language, 1 year middle school of a different language. DC is a STEM applicant and has two STEM electives senior year rather than AP language.

Thank you - so helpful. This is OP and DS is a STEM student trying for pre-med.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC just accepted into T10 ED with 3 years of HS language, 1 year middle school of a different language. DC is a STEM applicant and has two STEM electives senior year rather than AP language.

Thank you - so helpful. This is OP and DS is a STEM student trying for pre-med.

PP again: at least from our experience I think that fact matters. And that the kid still has a rigorous senior year schedule, not carrying an empty period instead of AP language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS did not take language after 10th grade, which he took Spanish AP.

Into an Ivy, class of HS '22

Spanish AP is considered the fourth year of that language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC just accepted into T10 ED with 3 years of HS language, 1 year middle school of a different language. DC is a STEM applicant and has two STEM electives senior year rather than AP language.

Same here, DC just accepted into a T10 with 3 years high school Spanish. Had other things like multivariable calc.

OP, whether a 4th year of foreign language, and/or specifically AP level, makes a difference to the college will depend on the college and the rest of the transcript. While four years of all five core subjects is the standard recommendation for selective colleges, foreign language seems to be the least significant, and students don't need an AP in all five cores if they have a lot of rigor overall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC just accepted into T10 ED with 3 years of HS language, 1 year middle school of a different language. DC is a STEM applicant and has two STEM electives senior year rather than AP language.

Thank you - so helpful. This is OP and DS is a STEM student trying for pre-med.

PP again: at least from our experience I think that fact matters. And that the kid still has a rigorous senior year schedule, not carrying an empty period instead of AP language.

DP. My kid accepted to a T10 has multiple empty periods. Now that multivariable calc is done (a semester course), for rigor he only has two APs spring semester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC just accepted into T10 ED with 3 years of HS language, 1 year middle school of a different language. DC is a STEM applicant and has two STEM electives senior year rather than AP language.

Same here, DC just accepted into a T10 with 3 years high school Spanish. Had other things like multivariable calc.

OP, whether a 4th year of foreign language, and/or specifically AP level, makes a difference to the college will depend on the college and the rest of the transcript. While four years of all five core subjects is the standard recommendation for selective colleges, foreign language seems to be the least significant, and students don't need an AP in all five cores if they have a lot of rigor overall.

hooked?

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you. DS will graduate with 9 APs but wasn’t planning on the Spanish AP. Maybe he should rethink that.

Rethink it only if he wants to do it. If he's not planning to major in something like international relations, he's better off focusing on what he likes at this point.
It's not so much taking the AP Spanish class - it's that he misses a chance to take a class he'd like better

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Anonymous wrote:For the top Virginia schools, does it make any difference if a student spoke 2 foreign languages as opposed to 1?

Which two foreign languages?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For the top Virginia schools, does it make any difference if a student spoke 2 foreign languages as opposed to 1?

Which two foreign languages?

I think a kid who has learned a heritage language and also took say French through AP in 10th looks stronger than a non-heritage speaker who also stops all world language at 10th grade. So be a little careful when people say they got in after stopping at 10th but you don’t know if they have other languages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC just accepted into T10 ED with 3 years of HS language, 1 year middle school of a different language. DC is a STEM applicant and has two STEM electives senior year rather than AP language.

Similar. DC accepted to T10 with 3 years of HS language and no middle school language. Took a language not offered in MS, and HS canceled 4th year, so really couldn't. Took a cool science elective relevant to engineering focus (applied for engineering) instead. Sr yr schedule was Multi, Physics, engineering class +2 science electives. APLit was only humanities (oddly, kid loves humanities, it just didn't work with magnet scheduling). Explained why 3 years of lang and 3 years of SS in an update. Counselor also wrote that student was unable to take 4th language and SS. Kid has strong humanities-based ECs. I think college liked how the science electives tied in with major interests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC just accepted into T10 ED with 3 years of HS language, 1 year middle school of a different language. DC is a STEM applicant and has two STEM electives senior year rather than AP language.

Same here, DC just accepted into a T10 with 3 years high school Spanish. Had other things like multivariable calc.

OP, whether a 4th year of foreign language, and/or specifically AP level, makes a difference to the college will depend on the college and the rest of the transcript. While four years of all five core subjects is the standard recommendation for selective colleges, foreign language seems to be the least significant, and students don't need an AP in all five cores if they have a lot of rigor overall.

What are the five cores? Math, science, history, English, foreign language?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC just accepted into T10 ED with 3 years of HS language, 1 year middle school of a different language. DC is a STEM applicant and has two STEM electives senior year rather than AP language.

Same here, DC just accepted into a T10 with 3 years high school Spanish. Had other things like multivariable calc.

OP, whether a 4th year of foreign language, and/or specifically AP level, makes a difference to the college will depend on the college and the rest of the transcript. While four years of all five core subjects is the standard recommendation for selective colleges, foreign language seems to be the least significant, and students don't need an AP in all five cores if they have a lot of rigor overall.

What are the five cores? Math, science, history, English, foreign language?

Yes. The above student had no AP foreign lang and no AP English, but had plenty of other rigor, top grades, 5s on multiple AP exams and an excellent SAT.

[Anonymous]

What if you take Ap Spanish lang in 11th, but your school only offers AP Spanish lit in 12th through an online class provider if not enough kids sign up. Kid would like to continue Spanish but doesn’t think it works as an online class. If Spanish isnt available, would double in math or science

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Anonymous wrote:What if you take Ap Spanish lang in 11th, but your school only offers AP Spanish lit in 12th through an online class provider if not enough kids sign up. Kid would like to continue Spanish but doesn’t think it works as an online class. If Spanish isnt available, would double in math or science

If your kid takes AP Spanish in 11th, no one cares what they take in 12th.