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Andover2015
Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:32:21 +0000

outoftheweather,
I haven’t heard of anybody taking two languages freshman year. I guess you could, but you wouldn’t even be able to continue with the language the next year because you would need to fill the elective requirements (1 term each of art, music, PE) by the end of your tenth grade year. Since there are only six class periods in a day, and five of those are already taken up by mandatory classes, really the only way to go is to take your favorite language starting in ninth grade and pick up a secondary language in 11th grade. The foreign language program at Andover (COMPLETE immersion) is rigorous enough that you could become moderately conversational in a language after two years.