Spanish at Princeton

decillion
Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:10:34 +0000

Hello everyone. Next year, I’m going to be a senior in high school and I’m applying to take Spanish courses at Princeton. I’m a little bit curious as to how hard the level 200 classes are compared to AP Spanish Language. I’ve gotten A+s in all my Spanish courses in high school (all Honors courses, etc.) but they’ve mainly focused on reading, writing, and grammar and not so much on speaking… which is part of the difficulty I’m having with the AP Spanish exam. As such, I’m wondering if this is going to be a big problem if I take a level 200 class, like Introduction to Latin American Culture or some of the other more cultural/reading based classes. I’m also taking Multivariable Calculus, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Art History (not too heavy in terms of work load, kind of a joke AP), Creative Writing, and AP Statistics (which I will drop if I decide to take Spanish at Princeton). Princeton is definitely my top choice for college so being able to study there in high school would be a wonderful experience and would also allow me to continue to studies in Spanish since I’ve already maxed out. Any thoughts? I’m also not a native speaker, if that wasn’t already implicit.