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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone know how hardcore they are on their language expectations? Our son took through Spanish 3 in 10th and is taking 11th grade off from Spanish at school with our support because he just wasn't learning ANYTHING...his junior schedule includes AP Lang AP CALC AB, and APUSH but also regular physics, Choir and PE. He's worried that Oberlin won't think this is enough rigor. Math is hard for him, and he's consistently a B student in math, 28 on math ACT (35 English)
so we wanted him to have space in his schedule to get extra help as needed to get through calculus. If Spanish 4 is THAT important I guess he could pick it back up senior year if he doesn't take another science. Or he could try to do a summer course before senior year. He did ask the admissions counselor and heard back that taking Spanish 2 and 3 only counts as 2 years so he's def. got less language than they want. It is highly likely he'd take AP Lit and AP Stats and AP CS as a senior which would mean no lab science and no history--again, that might also be...not great. I took a far less "rigorous" HS schedule and now have a PhD so...I am convinced he'll be fine, he's just very stuck on schools like Oberlin and Macalester, and that may just be unrealistic.[/quote]

My kid was also one of the early RD admits on this thread. They ended up getting into their ED school the following day so we had to say no to Oberlin’s generous offer. My kid’s situation was a little different because their DMV area charter is very AP forward. Students must take and sit for at least 6 APs, one of which must be Calc AB or BC and one lab science. Students aspiring to selective colleges must take 10 plus APs to be competitive from that school. Most if not all students take AP language or language IV in 11th and a language capstone in 12th. I suspect this is more than what most schools are looking for. Oberlin’s CDS should give some insight into which courses they think are required for admission. [/quote]

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