<p>Take the first route. Harvard (and other elite universities) like to see at least three and preferably four years of language. There is not much difference between eight and eleven APs but there is a large difference between one year of language and three years. And if I may ask, why are you taking Latin and Spanish? I would think that if you dropped one of them then you would you be able to take more APs, and if you are worried about your GPA then just go with Spanish if that’s where you can be in advanced courses.</p>