Should I drop Spanish for 2nd semester senior year?

annahebert
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 01:29:33 +0000

No, absolutely not. You will have to notify all the places you applied to that you dropped Spanish, which can be a handful depending on how many places you applied to.

Such highly-selective colleges like Stanford want to see that you took the most rigorous courses in high school. Think of it this way: you and Billy went to different high schools and are both applying to Stanford. You both took the same or similar courses, have similar extracurricular activities, and the same major. Billy sits at a 4.3 weighted GPA/3.8 unweighted GPA while you’re at a 4.35 weighted and a 4.0 unweighted. You are ranked 1/500 and Billy is ranked 1/120. Here is the catch: Billy took that last semester of Spanish while you did not. Who will they pick? Answer is most likely Billy. Why? Stanford admissions feel as if Billy would be a better fit because he took that last semester of Spanish, meaning he is more dedicated to a certain subject.

I understand that Spanish may not be your favorite subject, but you only have one more semester. You have to stick with it.