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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take at least Calc AB by 12th, as well as at least 4 years of foreign language and at least an honors physics course.

This is regardless of intended major if you’re aiming for top schools.[/quote]

Do you need to take 4 years of a foreign language if your kid was in an immersion program and takes the AP level course in 9th grade?  DC is more interested in STEM subjects and we're hoping to load up on all the math and science APs, plus one year of AP Spanish, then stay in honors or even regular English and humanities classes.  [/quote]

This is my DC's exact situation- taking AP French now, in 9th grade, after going to an immersion school.  We had a lot of discussion about this with her guidance counselor, who recommended that she start another language next year since colleges want to see several years of language taken during high school (not high school credit earned in middle school).  DC is not thrilled, as she was looking forward to being done with a language and taking electives that she was more interested in.  She is actually in a STEM program and this is still the recommendation.  Not sure if she will take three more years though- probably only two.  From a parent's perspective, it seems kind of ridiculous- she has four years of high school foreign language credit taken in middle school (for French and another language) and one year of AP French taken in HS and she is not likely to become fluent after taking three years of HS Spanish, so what is really the point?  [/quote]

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