how will colleges view two languages?

Parents Forum
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Hi,

My daughter is a junior and has taken two languages since 8th grade. She attends a highly rated public school, her teachers seems to think she an unusual aptitude for language and has managed a 100 avg in both courses every year. Her overall GPA is floating between 97-98 but, if one were to remove the two language courses, it ranges down quite a bit.

I know each college will have a different practice but, is it likely one or both language courses will be removed when admissions recalculates her gpa?

tia!

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Language courses are generally considered academic courses, so most colleges would not remove them when recalculate a GPA.

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Every school is different. Look to each school’s website – some schools say what they use for their GPA recalculation, others don’t.

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Agree with @mathmom; foreign language is a core subject in most cases, so if the college recalculates GPA, it is unlikely that FL’s would be excluded.

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Foreign language is a core course and will always count at selective, 4-year colleges. Getting to level 4 or AP in two foreign languages is considered quite impressive by the way. Will your daughter consider one of the Language Flagships for critical languages?

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Agree language is always a core and they will think to themselves…“here’s a kid who likes learning a foreign language.”

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thanks all,to answer myo’s question, I don’t think she’s all that interested in language. it just happens to be something she’s good at. we’ll definitely visit middlebury which I understand has a strong language program.

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Not all colleges recalculate.

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Critical Language Flagship programs allow for the development of very high proficiency in a language for non language majors - she could major in business or engineering and have classes taught in her language in the subject.