Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some college apps want to see it more recent in HS. Better to wait until HS.

Are you saying colleges prefer to see students taking a lower-level language course in high school rather than the highest possible level? This isn’t a one-and-done, it’s the first course in a long sequence, and if you start earlier you advance further in the sequence prior to college applications.

Spanish 1 is split into two 2 years or 1 year in FCPS middle schools, to my knowledge. We chose the split because DS would also have taken geometry at the same time in 8th grade. Not sure how hard the 1 year class is, but 2 year is easy.

Older DD is annoyed about having taken Spanish in middle school, because some colleges prefer 4 years of language in HS. If she hadn't taken it, she could have ended with Spanish 4 in 12th. Now she has to take AP to end in 12th and she doesn't love the class. I don't think it matters for most colleges though and most of her friends are ending in 11th.