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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP. These responses are quite helpful as we are in the conundrum of whether or not to take AP Latin. DC has no desire to take it but worry about its impact on college admissions [/quote]

My two kids (one at TJ) went through college admissions recently. You go to these college seminars or tours and they say "we want to see four years of a language, four years of band/drama, the most challenging courses (which at TJ are incredibly challenging), well-rounded but pointy, leadership, passionate yadda, yadda, yadda.  After they get their 1550+ SATs, high GPAs, nmsf, multiple top scoring APs etc, the kids tend to look the same, especially when you read through profiles of rejected kids on College Confidential. Often admissions to highly selective places are dependent on hooks that many kids cannot control. I remember going on one college tour where they mentioned they admitted a kid who was on rodeo circuit - I guess they stood out compared to  the average applicant.

Regarding Latin, check whether taking the AP test would get your kid out of the language requirement at the college they hope to attend. Passing the Latin SAT subject test might achieve the same thing. Some colleges we visited make students do a language regardless - either a new one or higher levels of a language previously studied.[/quote]

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