Spanish or Latin???

terenc
Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:40:50 +0000

Yes it is more impressive. Granted this is pure speculation, i dont think that 4 years of spanish looks necessarily better than 3 of latin. Colleges are looking for people who stand out. Taking latin is a way to stand out more and in addition, latin is a great language. Spanish is great too, but like i said before, taking latin is a once i a lifefime experience whereas you can take spanish anytime.

Errr… We’re not talking about 3 years of Latin. We’re talking about 4 years of Spanish vs. 3 years Spanish and 1 year Latin. Furthermore, to repeat myself, colleges want consistency with language - the whole point behind requiring language study is so you hopefully become fluent. You can take Latin at most. if not all, decent universities, as well, if you really desire the “experience” (whatever that means).

^To the OP, the test would probably favor people who have been taking Latin for more than a year.
Again, you only really need 2 Subject Tests. You don’t NEED to take a language subject test.