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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is taking Chinese in 7th grade (and 8th) for high school credit, will they need to add a second language or is 2 years in MS and 2 years high school generally ok![/quote]

Similar question, at APS, if DC starts foreign language in 7th grade and finishes with AP foreign language in 11th grade, what about 12th grade? How does it work with UVA's requirement of 4 years of foreign language? [/quote]

My DC, who got into UVA this year, didn't have a language sr. year, but did take their language up to AP level.
I think stopping 11th grade with language, if you're taking an AP is not going to disqualify many folks.

However, wanted to mention that middle school language years don't count as high school language years, even if taken for high school credit. At most, you might want to think of a middle school year as half a high school year. But generally I don't think it's necessary to switch and take a new language, if you max out language in 10th grade. I don't know about immersion, and finishing AP in 9th--I don't know how to think about that.
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Immersion kids take both AP Spanish lang & AP Spanish lit. I don’t know anyone who actually took the former in 9th, but even if they did, they would take the second in 10th. Almost everyone in APS immersion takes those classes in 10th & 11th.  You could continue with Advanced studies in 12th (I think it’s considered post-AP, but no GPA bump), but I think few do because of trying to fit in other classes they want/need. [/quote]

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