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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious and looking ahead for my 9th grader. He's in his second year of Spanish and struggling a bit. Wondering if he does spanish 3 sophomore year if that's enough? It's his only B!

He's in Honors orchestra already as a sophomore, plays on the J-V baseball team (and actually is a starter), and has As in all his other honors subjects. Currently in Algebra 2, so on that math pacing and will take math through senior year.

What do you think? Is three years of a language enough? [/quote]

Keep in mind that Spanish 3 in 10th grade may not equal 3 years of HS Spanish. As others have said, look at schools your child might be interested in, but IME, the schools basically require 3 years of the same language *in HS* (and often recommend a 4th). Meaning 9th, 10th, and 11th grades.

My daughter had a very successful college application experience with a language in 9, 10, and 11 but not 12. But she doubled up on other academic courses (two English and two science classes senior year) and was not applying to the Ivies or the like. My younger daughter struggles with language learning and we plan to do the same. The college counselor at their private school advised that you could drop 1 of the 5 main subjects senior year if you replaced it with another rigorous FY course. But again, she's not aiming for the Ivies.[/quote]

Good to hear. DD took French and in 8th, then switched to Spanish in 9/10/11. Highest level will be Honors Spanish 3. She plans to drop next year so she can take AP Biology, which is a double period. She’s interested in STEM.[/quote]

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