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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Wrong.  FL is HS credit regardless of if you take it in MS or HS.   It is absolutely put on the HS transcript.

My kid did 3 yrs of FL in MS, and then 2 years of FL in HS. He finished the FL AP in his 10th grade. There was no other course offered higher than AP for my kid in the school and he had reached the highest level of FL in HS.

But, does it matter? There are many reasons why a college admits a student. Legacy, athletics, race, gender, SES, first gen...all of these matter sometimes more than academics.  When they say "recommended" they only mean that most students would have at least 4 years of FL.

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PP didn’t say the class doesn’t count for HS credit. PP said colleges want four years of language in high school; there is a difference. And high school transcripts note that the class was taken in middle school for high school credit. [/quote]

Taking FL in MS - that absolutely counts towards HS credit. It goes on the HS transcript. It counts towards graduation. My two kids took 3 years of FL in MS. They finished 8th grade having fulfilled their FL graduation requirement.

My kids could have decided to not take a FL in high school. That wouldn't have affected them at all with regards to High School graduation.

Colleges don't necessarily care about that. They don't necessarily care that a student completed their HS FL requirement in MS. They want to see 2 or 4 years of a FL taken in high school. Do you understand the difference?[/quote]

Did the MS classes that counted toward HS credit show up on their HS transcripts and count to their HS GPA?  Different question than the question about colleges wanting to see 4 years of FL taken in high school.  [/quote]

New poster: yes, in FCPS. [/quote]

... and no, at my kids' private school. Only the HS courses show up and count.[/quote]

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