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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP-- search this board (and the college/univ board) and you'll find a million strong opinions about this.  The general consensus is that colleges have a strong preference for 4 years of language in HS.  People will express all kinds of skepticism of this strong preference and there seems to be some nuance if the student gets a 4 or 5 on the AP language exam and stops at that point). I don't have any knowledge beyond reading these discussions for years (2 in college now).  But I think its risky to drop language so early.

(I used to qualify my comments that it depends on whether the kid is targeting a Top 10 university or a state school, but UMD has been so competitive in recent years, that I think you want to be as competitive as possible even if looking in-state.)

One of my kids had a similar time constraint due to a double-period science class junior year and pushed World back to senior year go fit in AP spanish Lang.[/quote]

Yeah, I've been following this topic for a few years, too!  My Sr. DD took AP Spanish Lang last year and does not have time in the schedule this year for AP Spanish Lit due to AP Bio (double period). I think she is in better shape re World language than her several friends who dropped after completing Spanish 5 sophomore year, but I guess we'll see for sure in April.[/quote]

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