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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she’s aiming for highly selective colleges, they’d prefer to see three or four years in high school, not counting middle school. Is she on that path? If so, does non honors allow you get up to three or four years within high school? I don’t know the answer to that. She could also switch languages and start fresh and go for four years. [/quote]

Is this really true? Why would the years in middle school not count towards the 3-4 years of world language? What is the benefit of even taking a language in middle school then?[/quote]

The benefit is getting to AP level as a sophomore and being done with FL - and showing that you've taken a straight 6 years of it and achieved something. The 2 year min HS level language is just that, a minimum.[/quote]

Based on a quick Google search and my/my husband's experience (from a while ago, obviously!) this doesn't seem to be the case for most colleges. That is, if they see "Spanish 4" on your HS transcript, they assume that's 4 years of Spanish, whether or not sone of that was done in MS. In MCPS, is the AP level usually after year 5? (I just took the French AP after year 4, though my HS didn't technically have AP classes.)[/quote]

I’ve heard from a current and former AO that they want the years to be in high school, unless you reach AP or otherwise max out your school’s offerings. [/quote]

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