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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My older kids took Russian and I absolutely think it helped them with college admissions.  It's a very difficult language and always considered one of the "critical" languages for national security.  That said, my youngest took French through AP level and that didn't seem to hurt her acceptances.  I think they mainly want to see commitment to one language through at least the 4th yr.[/quote]

Curious about the 4 years. DC took freshman Spanish 1 in 8th grade and is in Spanish 4 honors.  At this point DC would prefer to take a different AP course next year (psychology or economics).

The guidance counselor thinks going through Spanish 4 qualifies as 4 years, but the guidance department is not always on top of things…[/quote]
Spanish 4 doesn’t mean four years of language, because at various high schools pre AP Spanish is content is spread over 5 or 6 years, or 8 semesters.  Given this variation, colleges go by common barometer which is AP Spanish. Usually, the AP Spanish score of 4 or 5 serves as credits for one or two Spanish courses at a college, also strengthens college admission application to get in. [/quote]

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