Spanish 3 - In School or Out (UC Scout/Silicon Valley High School)

[aunt_bea]

@bestnegotiator121

would much rather utilize that time to pursue additional extracurricular activities. Would it raise a red flag to admissions officers if, after completing Spanish during his first two years of high school, he chose to continue the course outside of school instead?

I don’t know of any UC or California state school that would consider an extra curricular over a CORE course. If he is going to attend an online class then it needs to be accepted by his high school district for the diploma.
When the California schools say three years “recommended”, you are basically being told that THEY “recommend” it. Most students take a fourth year to be competitive.

Of course a foreign language is time consuming and it’s meant to be time-consuming. I don’t know of any excuse for an EC that would replace a CORE required course.

Unless your child is in the upcoming Olympics, and has to bow out for a semester, then your child’s application may get a second look.

Remember that your child will be applying to schools that receive over 100,000 applications per year. The UCs/CSU won’t be able to accept everyone who applies. These schools look for rigor: foreign languages, are one of the big things they are concerned with, so your child needs to be aware that they do screen those applications.