How much importace is placed on language classes? [& Qs]

latiere
Thu, 02 Jul 2015 02:45:09 +0000

Okay, I don’t have all that advantages like legacy or being an URM. So I basically cling onto my hopes of my ever-since dream university, Stanford, by excelling and trying to get good grades, participate in 3 sports, etc. Here’s the thing, since Stanford is an extremely competitive school (I’m still young and I plan on competing in many competitions later on) so I really pushed and managed to get all As as my final grades, except in Spanish 1. I probably won’t make this mistake ever again. My overall average in Spanish 1 with the Final Exam and 2 Semester grades was a B. It was coming, but the teacher was terrible at teaching it and almost everyone in the class suffered just as much. I want to be able to take Spanish for 3 years exactly, since that’s a req for Stanford. Is Spanish 1 considered an elective? Or a main course? I won’t be doing anything language-related as a profession (unless speaking to those who don’t speak English.) so I didn’t really prioritize this class. If I took this in 8th grade, would Stanford see it? (YES, the Spanish 1 I took is a High-school level class. You get the credit.)

Additional question(s): How much would attending summer camps every Summer from Freshman yr to Senior yr help? Would they hate it if I attended one at UC Berkeley? (lol.)

I plan on taking 3 classes (in the pattern of usually 2 electives, 1 main class like Math or Science.) per every summer in high school. It might change up a bit but I’m only going into Freshman year, hopefully they will see that I took 2 electives on FLVS (Florida Virtual School) and they will recognize my efforts. For those who are familiar with Stanford, will they see and recognize my efforts? I will DEFINITELY always take 3 classes every summer.

And for those who have any tips to differentiate yourself and make yourself unique to Stanford, let me know

Thanks mates, you guys are really helpful.