Should I drop Spanish for 2nd semester senior year?

stlkid
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 07:33:48 +0000

After reading some of our peers here, I’ll modify my response too. I definitely think you should ask some of the schools you’re most interested in what they recommend, admissions counselors will tell you the skinny. And I was thinking more of the extra year as a senior as a bonus because you like the language, not as a core - when I was in school and with my own kids too, they were in Spanish 2 as freshmen, so a senior year was Spanish 5 if you went that long and that’s overkill in my opinion, however I did get a weighted grade for that last year way back then. If you’re targeting a lot of schools, this is more complex as well, as you said - many to notify, not just one or two.

(I interview and mentor undergrads a lot and that probably shapes my response - employment and job interviews/resumes are not the same as colleges. I think as an employer we would be very in favor of you adding the subject that is closer to your major.)

Good luck!