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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pretty solid consensus that 4 years of language is a clear UVA preference.  Follow up question - is it important for your UVA prospects that the fourth year be at the AP level or would Spanish 1 - 4 for example meet the need?[/quote]

I don’t think there is a clear consensus because some people are defining four years and four years of classes in HS and others are defining it as four years of high school credits (where you could reach level IV of a language before senior year). Our school guidance counselors advise kids that 4 years of credit meats the requirement, so it’s really confusing.

Also since when did WL become a core class?  [/quote]

We were told by a college counselor that WL is a core subject She said the ideal is as to take all 5 core subjects all years of high school or until you exhaust the available classes.

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M[b]ost families cannot afford a college counselor. Expe[/b]cting kids and families to know something that goes against high school college counselor’s advice in kind of insane. Just another example of the system favoring those with means. [/quote]

The PP never said the counselor was private.  I read it as public high school college counselor.  And we were told the same.  DS took four years of foreign language and got into UVA (also no. 1 in his class and 36 ACT)[/quote]

You call your kids public school guidance counselor a college counselor? Because for most people, [b]a college counselor means a paid, private counselor.[/b]

Honestly, if you child was able to have an in depth conversation of this nature with their guidance counselor they are very lucky.  A LOT of guidance counselors quit over the pandemic and school are short staffed.  Kids are lucky to get 15 minutes with the counselor for college planning, and that is mostly to give out form and re-enforce important deadlines.  I think class selection is 5-10 minutes and involves a pre-completed form. [/quote]

No, they don't think that.  In public high school, they are called college counselors, as opposed to guidance counselors.  Ours (Langley) gave us an hour on three different occasions.  People here will state if they are using a private outside counselor.[/quote]

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