<p>I ran out of space for Latin 2 because of AP courses. What would happen if I do not have a 2nd year foreign language?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I really think you should take at least two years of foreign language. Most four year universities require at least two years for admission…</p>
<p>Do you have no foreign language besides Latin I? If so, how are you going to graduate, let alone get into college?</p>
<p>AP courses will be of little use if you can’t get out of high school or into college.</p>
<p>I do know if this mean anything but I will have 5 units of science and 7 math credit. </p>
<p>My high school does not require any foreign classes. I do not understand why a univ. would reject an applicant when he can not take a class due to unfortunate circumstances.</p>
<p>I already took Latin I so if I take Spanish I would that be OK?</p>
<p>I will most likely go to a private school.</p>
<p>No, 2 years of a language would mean the same language in a sequence Latin 1 then 2 Spanish 1 then 2 and so on. They would because it’s a requirement. If your school offered no language they might not count it against you but you chose an another course that you didn’t need over it. It’s not an ‘unfortunate circumstance’ you made a choice to take an AP over a second year of language which is very important at most universities.</p>
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<p>It means you have too many units of science and math, and not enough units of foreign language. At least, that’s my opinion, and I think it will be the opinion of many selective colleges and universities, too. I don’t know of a selective institution that recommends fewer than three years of the same foreign language. </p>
<p>If you’re aiming high (and I guess you are, because you’re loading up on APs), think of it this way. A college can have you, or a student who’s taken a lot of math and science (maybe not quite as much, but plenty) and also met their guidelines for foreign language. Whom do you think they’ll choose? I’m betting on the kid who’s fulfilled all the guidelines.</p>
<p>I think you’re getting poor advice about planning for college.</p>
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<p>As bandgeek said, this doesn’t apply to you. You’re choosing to take all those APs instead of language. There’s no “cannot” in your situation, nor is there any “unfortunate circumstance.”</p>
<p>“Advanced Electives – 2 units chosen from Foreign Language, World Geography, 4th-year laboratory-based Science, and 4th-year Mathematics. One of the units must be Foreign Language or World Geography. (Foreign Language taken in the 8th grade will be accepted for admission provided the course content is the same as the high school course.)”</p>
<p>I will have 5 units of science and 7 math credit. Would this mean that I can skip the Latin 2?</p>
<p>My school only have 2 Foreign Lang.</p>
<p>Where does that come from? Surely, it’s from some college or university. Do they have any admissions requirements (or recommendations) besides “advanced electives”?</p>
<p>And, I’d caution you to keep in mind that this is one college (if, indeed, it is from a college). It’s a risky proposition to apply to only one college.</p>
<p>I think the high school course of study you’re proposing is way, way out of balance. But it’s clear you don’t like my answer. Perhaps is you persist long enough, you can get another one.</p>
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<p>Wait a minute. Tell me more about your school. This might actually be an extenuating circumstance.</p>
<p>We use to have 3 foreign languages. French, Latin, and Spanish but due to budget cut French was thrown out. There is no Spanish 3 or Latin 3. When French was thrown out the seniors had to switch to Latin and Spanish thus I was kicked out because seniors get first pick.</p>
<p>French was cut because foreign languages is not a requirement of my high school. </p>
<p>“Advanced Electives – 2 units chosen from Foreign Language, World Geography, 4th-year laboratory-based Science, and 4th-year Mathematics. One of the units must be Foreign Language or World Geography. (Foreign Language taken in the 8th grade will be accepted for admission provided the course content is the same as the high school course.)”</p>
<p>Mississippi State Univ. (I picked one around here)</p>
<p>I’m not following you. Are you going to be a senior this fall? If so, then shouldn’t you have priority for Latin II? And if you’re not, can’t you take Latin II when you are a senior? It still sounds to me as if you’re choosing to overload math and science, and slight foreign language. Is there something going on here that I’m still not understanding?</p>
<p>Pretty much every college & university I’ve seen requires two years of a single foreign language and strongly recommends three or even four. Required/recommended science is usually three years and math is usually four years. If you have only a single year of a foreign language, I think you are taking a huge risk. Maybe you can e-mail or call admissions offices of those schools that interest you to gauge how gaping this deficiency would be. It is not as though a second year is no longer offered at your school; you just would prefer not to take it.</p>
<p>I am going to be a senior this fall. I dropped Latin II to take AP Chem. However, I signed up for Latin II online but space are limited. So I made this thread in order to look at my options. If I do not get into Latin II online, I thought about going to a community college and take Spanish I and Spanish II. (Community College does not offer Latin)</p>
<p>@CCsiteObsessed I think there is only one Latin II class.</p>
<p>OK, then I’m back to my previous answer. You’re choosing to take dangerously little foreign language so that you can take far more math and science than anybody, even MIT, really expects you to take. I think that’s highly risky, at best. I’m not a college admissions officer, but if I were your alumni interviewer and I heard your story, I’d come away with the impression that you think the rules don’t apply to you.</p>
<p>I’m sure that’s not the answer you want. But it’s the only one I’ve got. Sorry.</p>
<p>It was foolish to drop Latin II for another science you didn’t need. It could seriously hurt your chances at being admitted. You’re going to have to deal with those consequences on your own colleges don’t care that you’ve taken a ton of math and science if you did it at the cost of seriously lop-siding your education. Isn’t it a little late to enroll in a fall section at CC to get Spanish 1 the prereq. for Spanish 2? See if you can drop AP Chem to get into Latin II.</p>
<p>The weird thing is that my school does block schedule. So I can see if I can get into the online Latin 2 class before I drop the AP chem. </p>
<p>Thank You for everyone’s advices.</p>
<p>Universities typically look for the level of foreign language completed. So two different Language I courses would not fulfill a requirement of two years of foreign language. But if a heritage speaker of some language jumped into Language III or Language IV, that would count as three or four years of the language.</p>
<p>That will hurt you… Most, even some of the worst, colleges require 2 years. I only took 2 years to fit an AP class and I regret that I never took Spanish 3.</p>
<p>Colleges for the most part do not give a flip about what classes that you take in high school.</p>
<p>For the most part high school does its job if it teaches you how to read and college does its job if it teaches you how to write.</p>
<p>this is the American educations system. you’ve got to be “well- rounded.” overloading on just math and science doesn’t help.</p>