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NP here. Thanks for the perspective. On the foreign language recommendation, what is preferable for college, maxing out at AP foreign language (even if it’s in 10th grade) or taking the same language for for years straight? [/quote]

If your child hits AP in 10th grade, that’s totally fine! Colleges receive a school profile from each high school counselor with an overview of course offerings. They will be able to see that your child has taken advantage of every course offering in their language of study. If your school offers classes beyond AP (some schools have a 7 level post-AP class), I would encourage your child to take that class.

If you happen to have a kid who is genuinely excited about the language they’re learning and maxes out before 12th grade, consider dual enrollment, an in-school internship aiding in a lower level of the language class, language honors societies, SSL opportunities that allow them to practice the language, etc.

To whoever posted about language learning being a waste of time, I have lots of students who feel similarly. You’re absolutely entitled to your opinion! My personal opinion is that a translation app will never be able to capture the nuance of speaking a language like a fully fluent human. Regardless of my opinion, I always share the research on language learning with my students. Learning another language has so many cognitive benefits that will generally support their academic performance, so it really is worthwhile to take advantage of world language course offerings in high school. [/quote]

Thanks - this is helpful. Kid is currently in Spanish 4 in 9th grade. Next year he could take AP Spanish language or Spanish 5. Thinking maybe Spanish 5 is best, then AP lang. in 11th and then stopping. His school does offer AP Spanish literature too but I can’t imagine he’ll want to do that, even though it sounds like that would be most impressive to colleges. He has an extremely rigorous course load anyway (STEM focused) so likely this won’t matter too much if he has one AP Foreign language under his belt?[/quote]

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