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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know the answer but I think it’s so dumb colleges do this.  My son is dropping Spanish after spamish 4 so he can take double AP sciences.  I took 8 years of Spanish and I would say I am proficient but not fluent.  One thing I’ve learned traveling through Latin America is that Americans (US) are learning jack-sh&t in their HS Spanish courses.  I hear them with their awful accents and bad syntax.  And people are constantly complimenting my Spanish with genuine surprise in their voices, asking me where I learned to speak such good Spanish.  So I have concluded that forcing lots of kids to take four years of Spanish IN HS does not result in any actual useful skill set.  (And in fact, they learn more Spanish if they take 4 years from ages 11-16 rather than ages 14-18, since the earlier you learn it, the better your ear is.).  [/quote]

See, here’s the thing, no one gives a shit what you think.

The actual answer when it comes to UVA is that Dean J has made crystal clear many times that she would prefer to have language taken all the way through high school and that the school does not look kindly upon applicants from students who double up on AP sciences at the expense of foreign language.

As for your comment about American students and their accents, that is a very common occurrence but isn’t an issue so long as the student can easily can be understood.  That’s all that matters.  It’s hard for any student of foreign language to master the accent without spending any time living in a country where it’s the first language.  It’s not just an American thing. [/quote]

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