Newbie here- college language
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Anonymous
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Hi all. I have a daughter in middle school who is interested in taking language, she is interested in taking Spanish 3.
Back when I attended university of Maryland 20 years ago, I received language arts credit in college Bc I took 5 years of Spanish in middle and high school. So instead of a language I could take something else instead. Is that still the case now, or can someone send me the link on the umd website with the correct information for graduation requirements . I couldn’t seem to find it. TIA. |
Anonymous
| I don’t know UMD’s specific requirements, but a lot can change in 6-7 years. In mcps, your daughrer will have the chance to take AP Spanish Lang and AP Spanish Lit, and scores of 4-5 on those will give her the best chance of receiving college credit and/or placing out of a college language requirement, although it will vary by college, of course. |
Anonymous
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Everyone starts language in 6th or 7th. She isn’t ahead on anyone.
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Anonymous
Yes, she will be ahead of the kids who wait til 8th and those who wait til 9th grade to do 2 years of ASL instead of a world language for 6 years to AP level. OP you might want to look at the HS websites and the college websites in order to avoid the resident crazy on this college forum. |
Anonymous
Thank you so much for pointing this out! Super relevant. And I mean, OP was just asking to be put in her place with her obnoxious question I mean who does she think she is. 
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Anonymous
+ a million Is it the same person every time?? |
Anonymous
Stop engaging thus entertaining, such posters. |
Anonymous
| She’s ahead of many kids. Private schools require students to test out of the first/second levels of a language when they start in 9th grade. Just like their math tests, they aren’t easy to pass. |
Anonymous
could you clarify what you mean here? |
Anonymous
Yes I was on this board a lot yesterday and I saw one person with bad grammar (like the poster at the top here) posting totally random BS. It is like a small handful of posters who dwell and snipe. I've reported them to Jeff who is great about deleting them but their compulsion to stay and crap all over the place is clearly very strong. |
Anonymous
| OP For what it’s worth a lot of colleges want to see 3-4 years of a foreign language in high school and those with a foreign language requirement will often allow incoming students to waive out of it by demonstrating proficiency. |