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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ok, I have posted before and I'm going to say as my final advise - If expunging Spanish 1 would eliminate the "Advanced Studies Diploma" designation after she completes Spanish 3, then I would not expunge. You do not want to set her up where she has to take Spanish 4 to get that diploma.

(She may wish to take level 4, of course. And more is better) If eliminating the 2.7 means 1 more year of Spanish - and there's ANY chance she wouldn't want to do Level 4, it's not worth it to expunge.

Math I'm not as concerned about - either way - there are more choices for senior year math.[/quote]

Op here.  These are very helpful points, thank you.  There are choices short of Calculus for senior year math to earn a fourth math credit.  But if DD foregoes the Spanish I credit, she will have to take Spanish 2, 3 and 4 to get three years of HS language, and take Spanish 5 to earn the four HS language credits that some selective colleges recommend.   DD feels pretty strongly she will do at least Spanish 4 and maybe Spanish 5, but since Spanish does not come that easily to her, I'm not sure I'm prepared to say there is no chance she wouldn't want to do level 4.  GPA-considerations are a little trickier.   Since DD continued on to Spanish 2 and Geometry, and assuming she does take Spanish 4,  the courses she will be taking freshman through junior year for the advanced diploma are the same whether or not she expunges.   So assuming that she takes four years of Math and Spanish, it still isn't until her senior year when she will take the Math and Spanish courses that "replace" the expunged courses.  At that point, if colleges are looking at GPAs through only the end of junior year, then even a B (non-honors) from middle school will pull down any end-of-junior-year GPA 3.1 or higher.   [/quote]

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