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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one of the deepest mysteries of the universe. Colleges have been remarkable consistent in their refusal to state whether their encouragement of "4 years of language" is referring to years or credits/level.

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Haha.  This is funny, but also very true!

It is also true regarding the need to go on to AP Lit.  A few years ago, I tried to convince my kid that stopping at AP Lang (after junior year) would be fine as long as she aced the AP test.  She insisted that colleges want 4 years even if it means going on to AP Lit.  She took AP spanish Lit and *hated* it. They were reading literature that those kids had no business trying to read in Spanish (e.g. medieval Spanish poetry, which is kind of the equivalent of reading in Middle English).  She learned little and made it through because it was the Covid online year and all of the kids were struggling so much they really lowered the bar on an A.   It was a wasted semester and the kids were stressed out.  On the other hand, she was admitted to her dream school, so perhaps she was correct.  (Would she have been admitted without AP spanish lit?  We'll never know...)

I really wish MCPS would start an "Advanced Spanish Conversation" course to take after AP Lang.  It would fulfill the need for a fourth year in HS and, frankly, conversational spanish is the only language skill I actually want my kids to learn![/quote]

What about Spanish 5/6/7? They aren't all AP[/quote]

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