However aiming for Val at the expense of completing college requirements is a bad idea.
This student is aiming for highly selective colleges and should thus as much as possible take a foreign language through junior year or level 3. A way to increase rigor in that area without impacting rank is taking it at a local CC. A student who reached level 2 in high school should be able to skip Level 1 in college and start right away with College Level 2, then take COllege Level 3 in the Spring, thus satisfying in a year any college’s requirement (college level 3= HS level 4). It will however require hard work and dedication because these classes move very fast.