Hi! I’m a rising Junior and am going to be part of the district Middle College program this year. I’m currently taking Spanish at school, but I’m really interested in ASL, and the community college I’ll be at would provide the opportunity to take ASL instead. I am hard of hearing and will be doing an ASL camp/program this summer. Would it negatively affect my college admissions chances to switch, even if I can explain why taking ASL is meaningful to me? I am also considering being part of an ASL conservation crew next summer if I do take the classes this year.
How many years of spanish have you had? And honestly this seems one time that you should not worry about admissions and do something that is meaningful for you.
So you would take two years (four semesters) of ASL at community college - is that correct? If so, this will meet or exceed the language requirements of any college.
Both of my sons switched from Spanish to ASL in high school. My older son then took an ASL course at college. He’s used ASL to communicate with patients in his ambulance several times.
Yeah, I’ve taken 3 years of Spanish so far (one in middle school), and I plan to take 4 semesters of ASL at the college. Are you saying that the college doesn’t care as much about switching if you have met the minimum requirement in both languages? That would make sense and be awesome. Thank you so much for the reply.
Generally four semesters at a CC counts as (at least) four years of high school language. So you will have likely exceeded the needed the level to be a competitive applicant. The Spanish study will just be a bonus.
You would have Level 3 in one language and Level 4 in another, which moreover is meaningful to you and would make for a nice short essay or additional information paragraph or PIQ.
(1 HS year = 1 college semester = 1 level. You would need to reach level 3 or 4 in one language. In 2? That’s terrific both for yourself and for college admissions.)
