help..Should I take Spanish 3 next year? (how important for UCs?)

[gnuel3]

Well, I'm a junior right now in hs and we're registering classes for next year. I didn't take Spanish 3 this year because I didn't have space (I could have dropped Ap Stats to add it, but I wanted 2 APs this year..). So if I take it next year, I would have a year gap of no spanish and I've probably forgotten alot of stuff already...

The thing I really want to know is how important is 3 years of foreign language for UCs? 2 in the minimum and I met that already. However, last year, my spanish 2 teacher told us that trying to apply to a UC with just 2 years is like applying with straight Cs since it's just the bare minimum...Is that true? Will taking only 2 years severly hurt me? (I'm aiming for UCSD mainly, but maybe LA/B if I do very well this semester) I really don't want to take spanish 3 since i dread spanish...

Thanks for any insight you guys can provide..

 

[murphy55d]

It might be tough to jump back into since you've been off a year. I had 4 years of Spanish in HS and I've forgotten a good deal of it.

 

[wkabel23]

I took a year off from French to take Latin, after completing French III. When I started French again and took French IV it wasn't that hard although I had to work a little bit harder to catch up with the other kids.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: wkabel23
I took a year off from French to take Latin, after completing French III. When I started French again and took French IV it wasn't that hard although I had to work a little bit harder to catch up with the other kids.

I :heart: Latin!

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

You can get a tutor and/or the textbook and go over all the stuff this summer

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
You can get a tutor and/or the textbook and go over all the stuff this summer

But will he actually do it? I know that unless I'm taking a class I can never get anything done on summer days.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: donlondon
me gusta chingar los peros y siempre tengo queso en mis pantelones negros.

lol....Anyway, in response to the OP, I'd say go for it - it'll look more impressive and such. But then again, I really liked Spanish anyway.

 

[TitanDiddly]

I did. I hated it. It was probably a good idea though, even thought I didn't do so hot- lets people who get a copy of your trainscript know that you don't give up as soon as you can.

 

[FuZoR]

hablo espanol muy malo!!

though the 3 years of spanish i took is helping me flirt with this sweet panama girl ;-) ;-)

<-- Diamond! w000

 

[jessicak]

yes take it. Spanish 3 is easy anyway.

 

[dolph]

hell yes. my sister took up to spanish 5 (along with 4-5 ap classes her junior & senior year, getting nearly straight as, along with 4s & 5s on aps, 1380 sat, etc etc) and she still didn't get into every uc she applied to, and this was 4 years ago. but you're considering stopping at spanish 2? oh no, my friend. you should be taking spanish 3 this summer and spanish 4 next year unless you're pulling a 4.0 and have sat scores in the high 1500s. college has become absurdly hard to get into, and last i checked ucsd is one of the good schools, so they're even more selective. buckle up, you've got a lot of work to do.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: gnuel3
Well, I'm a junior right now in hs and we're registering classes for next year. I didn't take Spanish 3 this year because I didn't have space (I could have dropped Ap Stats to add it, but I wanted 2 APs this year..). So if I take it next year, I would have a year gap of no spanish and I've probably forgotten alot of stuff already...

The thing I really want to know is how important is 3 years of foreign language for UCs? 2 in the minimum and I met that already. However, last year, my spanish 2 teacher told us that trying to apply to a UC with just 2 years is like applying with straight Cs since it's just the bare minimum...Is that true? Will taking only 2 years severly hurt me? (I'm aiming for UCSD mainly, but maybe LA/B if I do very well this semester) I really don't want to take spanish 3 since i dread spanish...

Thanks for any insight you guys can provide..

i took 4 years of spanish including the ap test and got into UCSD, just take it, spansih is really usefull living in San Diego

 

[Lager]

Ameesh, what was your GPA and SAT scores in high school?

 

[FleshLight]

Yo estoy tomando espanol tres para el ano presente. No me gusta la clase porque nosotros hacimos el subjunctivo mucho. My spanish is broken.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Lager
Ameesh, what was your GPA and SAT scores in high school?

1440 on SAT (760 Math, 680 English)
800 on SATII Math 2C
720 on SATII Biology
650 on SATII Writing

~3.9 GPA in HS (was like 3.86 or something)

man i cant believe i remember all that

 

[gnuel3]

Thanks for the thoughts...

I'm still deciding...prolly will take it..