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@chandras
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 • 3 years ago •
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Hello! Need urgent help! Should I take a break in high school from learning language? (not doing French in 10th)
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Hello! Need urgent help! I took French I in 9th grade, and currently, in 10th grade I am wondering if it is ok to not take a language and take french in 11 grade. That is because I am in virtual school now and virtual school doesn't offer AP french, but I plan to be in person next year which my school would offer AP french in person. Would colleges care if I took a break from french in 10 grade just to be able to take AP french next year? Should I just take normal french this year, or take AP french next year(and taking no language this year?)

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@chandras3 years ago

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@Keela
2 answers, 10 votes
 • 3 years ago

I think you should take normal french this year then AP French next year. From what my counsellor told me, It is good to have multiple years of a second language. Also, a gap year could affect your progress in the language, making AP French a lot harder. Hope that helps!

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@Texas_Student3 years ago [edited]

I would agree. My little sister basically didn't learn any Spanish for over a year due to virtual school and whatnot, and she lost most of it.

[🎤 AUTHOR]@chandras3 years ago

Yeah.. but since normal french isn't weighted won't my GPA be lower than what it could've been?

@Keela3 years ago

No. Taking both would boast it. If you got A's in them both

@Texas_Student3 years ago

It would, so you would have to decide whether the GPA boost or AP score is more important to you.

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@CameronBameron
2,281 answers, 8,534 votes
 • 3 years ago

You should take non-AP French and continue especially if your goal is to get into a top school. Some T10 schools want to see 4 years of language, ideally 5.

There is no downside to this because if you take a gap year, you will forget a lot of French. I took French 1,2,3,4 and AP French by the time I was a Junior. As a senior during Covid, I forgot a lot of it.

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@Honeydew
67 answers, 41 votes
 • 3 years ago

I don't think colleges will care, but I think you should take regular this year so that you don't have that whole year to forget things, and then take ap in 11th grade, and also I think the 2 years of regular will help you in the ap class.

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@mccartytorres
1 answer, 0 votes
 • 2 years ago

I think you have to have an AP French degree for you to be exempted otherwise you will still have to study in the regular program. I have a friend who also had a similar situation and he told me the same.

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