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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So from what I am reading, competitive colleges prefer 3-4 years of HS foreign language.  What if a child decides to take a new language in HS and goes up to only the 4th level by senior year, versus a child who had started taking foreign language in 6th grade but stopped in 10th grade?  Does it matter that much how high of a level the kid goes up for these colleges or is it more relevant that the student takes all four years in high school even though student started from ground zero?[/quote]

I think what colleges are really looking for is student schedules to represent certain core classes.  If they see a student in English/Math/History/Science/Foreign Language every day, that's five hours of rigorous course work that's pretty universally available.  When foreign language is swapped out for study hall, obviously that's much less rigorous.    When it's swapped out for something that sounds academic but is particular to the given district, it's more ambiguous--so the student who was required to take language in HS may look more studious.  That's about it.  A few schools spell this out with specific expectations but mostly it's a nice to have.

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