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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Funny how you bring up orchestra and baseball.  Unless he’s recruited for either, they will play second fiddle to his course load.  [/quote]

Do colleges not consider extracurriculars anymore? I guess I'm really out of it. I brought that all up to say that he's a well-rounded kid (excels in a sport and in music) that is getting excellent grades in Honors/AP classes for math, english, science, history. I thought that might mean that having 3 years of a language would be glanced over if everything else was good. Apparently I have some research to do!

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Of course extracurriculars matter, but never as much as coursework unless the college is recruiting you.  The admissions committee will look at your grades and courses first, then everything else.  Orchestra is not going to make up for not having four years of a language if four years of a language is important to a college - which it is for most selective colleges.  [/quote]

Orchestra is a course and even qualifies for honors weighting. Why should it be valued less than language? I would argue that it is just as rigorous to be a part of a high level orchestra as it is to do four years of a language. [/quote]

You can “argue” what it should be all you want, but it won’t change the fact that it’s not considered a core academic subject by any college in America while a foreign language is.  [/quote]

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