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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep in mind many colleges and universities (especially LACs!) have a requirement for foreign language while you're in college. So stopping early does your student no favors.[/quote]

People keep saying this but it isn’t necessarily true.

Some students would *gasp* prefer to study the language in college than in high school where the classroom experience involves a lot of disciplining and chaos management in English.

Some students do well in the language and drop it to focus on preferred electives and do just fine with college admissions and meeting the college requirements for language.

There isn’t One Path.[/quote]

Lol bullshit. There’s not a single kid in college who didn’t take four years of language in high school who put it off because they really really wanted to take it in college.  What a joke.  [/quote]

Mine hated language. He did complete a total of three years (1+2) and stopped. Had no issues getting into a T20. Guess what he did? He started a completely new language in college (completely unnecessary for his major and his college) and is now at Level 4 proficiency. Kids do crazy things.[/quote]

LOL, how do you know he "had no issue" getting into a T20?   Did you sit in on the AdCom meetings?  Or are you assuming that just because he wasn't waitlisted he had no issue?[/quote]

DP. Do people like you just drink some a-hole tonic and show up here to practice a-holery? Seriously? [/quote]

Sorry for calling out hyperbole.  But that’s what it is.  With no basis in fact. [/quote]

Why is is hyperbole? The parent claims their kid did NOT do 4 years of language and DID get into a T20, so obviously the lack of language was NOT a negative factor, as in "did not cause issues", no?[/quote]

It’s not even remotely obvious.  The poster knows the end result, sure, but doesn’t know thr debate that went into it.   That’s my point.  They easily could have said “all I know is that my kid didn’t take four years and got into a T20.”  Because that is ALL the poster knows.  [/quote]

It's at least as strong as the 'you need 4 years of language to get into a top college' thesis. At least this poster knows something. Those posters don't even know that! [/quote]

Not a single poster said “need.”  Not one.  [/quote]

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