<p>My guidance counselor recommends that I take 3 credits of a foreign language in high school. The problem is because of the the limited number of G/T and AP course offerings, I can only fit 2 into my schedule. I will have to take the third foreign language course at a local community college. I have the option to keep this course on a separate transcript or have it converted into a high school credit. If I do the latter, it will look like I took the 3 courses in high school and the grade that I receive in the college course will be averaged into my high school GPA. The college admissions will have no idea that I actually took a college course instead of a high school course. Any thoughts on how I should handle this?</p>
<p>I was told that you are at a disadvantage if you do not take at least three foreign language courses in high school. Will it matter if I keep the third one as a college course?</p>
<p>It depends on where you are aiming. Many state colleges only require 2 courses, while there are colleges that recommend–or even require–4 courses. </p>
<p>You should get a college transcript which you will be required to send to any college you apply to.</p>
<p>To be frank, I think colleges are going to come to the conclusion that either my school or I am crazy. A local community college offers foreign languages at double speed. I’m taking the equivalent of Spanish I-AP Spanish Language in 1 year. I plan to do the Spanish labs I’m skipping by challenge exam. It will show up on my high school and college transcripts like I took 8 Spanish courses in one year… which I technically am. In the end, I wouldn’t worry so much what college admissions officers think. Unrelatedly, my transcript also says I took Geometry, Algebra II, and Pre-cal at the same time. 0_o</p>
<p>Would the community college course be counted as a a G/T course? I’d also ask how grades will be converted, a college often only records letter grades as final grades.</p>
<p>No, the college course would just convert to a regular high school credit. Our high school GPAs are just figured on the letter grade anyway, so it doesn’t matter that the college uses this method as well.</p>
<p>Regardless, you should have a college transcript with a recorded grade for that class. It shouldn’t just disappear. I think that FERPA probably mandates that they keep it.</p>
<p>Then take the course and do well I guess.</p>