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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a student takes first year of language in MS, does this generally count towards 4 year recommendation? So if they take language their senior year, it would be level 5, but would rather take other classes.[/quote]

Most say 4 years of language IN HIGH SCHOOL. They don't care about middle school.[/quote]
Correct. That year of language in MS does not count towards college foreign language recommendations/requirements.[/quote]

Maybe this varies by jurisdiction, but Spanish 1 taken in Middle School counts as a high school credit and shows up on the HS transcript, so I call bull.[/quote]

My DCs took three years of language in MS (two of which were HS level), then switched schools. It did not show up on the transcript. However, if you max out in a language you are fine, similarly you can add on the Common App classes that do not appear on your official HS transcript, including those taken in MS or CC.

Slightly off topic, but FWIW, our kids took 2 years of modern language in MS, 4 years modern language in HS and 3 years of Latin. Both are studying math and computer science in college, and having a lot of language learning is actually great. Languages and philosophy (also studied in HS) are great foundations for math and especially for computer science. You don't need more math in HS to study math in college. Many, perhaps most, colleges will require you to take their full sequence anyway. Learning the structures and logic of language and philosophy makes CS easy.[/quote]

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