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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The most competitive colleges may not like dropping the language...this has been said many times in sessions over the past few years.

Your DC has to decide whether that matters to them or not - they can always take the - "if they don't like me for me, then I'll go elsewhere" stance on the front end as long as they can live with the consequences/second thoughts on the back end.

For schools that want 4 years of language - I'm certain they mean 4 courses in HS....not that getting to level 4 is enough.  It's generally more acceptable to cut out of language by senior year when the student has no option to continue their language that year because of running out of courses.[/quote]

I posted above. You would be wrong. My kid was accepted at Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Vassar, UVA, Colby and Hamilton without Spanish 7 senior year because they took a second science. [/quote]

Really awesome choices!  Congrats to your child. If they are a first year, best wishes for a great year.

No snark or disrespect intended here (at all), but were there rejections? What were they?

You child's acceptances are an impressively competitive list (and a helpful one too). But I don't see the "pie in the sky" HYPSM, Top 10, Williams/Amherst/Pomona schools here....so I'm curious if your child applied to any of those.  These "lottery" schools are what I was referring to above as "most competitive". (But not everyone wants to apply to one of those - so maybe your child didn't.)
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Plenty of misinformation - Bowdoin is considered “most competitive” and has the exact same admissions rate (9%) as Williams (where my kid didn’t apply because it was too remote).

I suggest the OP call one of the colleges their kid is interested in. We were consistently told that with that many years of foreign language and substituting another very rigorous course, the lack of foreign language senior year was a non-issue. We found it to be true. [/quote]

You have avoided the question - only to try to prove you think you are right.  I'm not trying to prove anything and am genuinely curious about the full picture for your child given your statements.  (of course, I respect any wish you have to  keep that private).

Again - best of luck to your child - I am sure they found a great match in this impressive bunch and will love their school.[/quote]

No, my child didn’t apply to any of those schools. They wanted a small liberal arts college. I insisted on including UVa but it was never where they wanted to attend. Yes, there was one denial, but it wasn’t an Ivy or any of the schools you listed. It was actually [b]Tufts.[/b] I insisted on including a few bigger schools because I thought the slacs could be unpredictable. We’re not sure why Tufts was a denial although they are need-aware and my kid has financial need - but all those schools are lottery schools and my kid is very happy with their choices. [/quote]

FYI - Tufts has a 6 semester foreign language requirement in arts & sciences and highly recommends 4 years of HS language. (although - not applicable if your child was engineering?). But who cares, your kid is clearly going somewhere awesome and will do great.   [/quote]

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