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I really feel like the answer to this is no but let me ask anyway, haha.

 

DS took Spanish 1 and 2 on the high school level. He then took Spanish 101 Dual enrollment.  He was signed up to take Spanish 102 but they cancelled the class.  He is a sophomore so maybe they will have enough students to offer the class in his junior year?  I just wonder, if they never do....are we ok?  or does he need to seek out Spanish 3?

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Did he take Spanish 1 and 2 during ninth grade? Some colleges will accept foreign language from 8th grade, some don't want to see anything previous to 9th. The Spanish 101 *might be an okay follow-up. My daughter did Chinese 101 at the local college after several years of private Chinese instruction. There was some new stuff in it :-) As always though, depends on the college.

 

Honestly though, I'd probably try to figure out a way to continue Spanish.

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Enough for meeting college entrance requirements you mean? That really depends on the school he plans to attend as well as his intended program of study. A lot of colleges will say "minimum 2 years of the same language" for their entrance requirements--so you'd be fine by that standard. I'd probably check out a number of schools' requirements (schools your family would consider for this son), and see what their minimum requirements are. 

 

 

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Depends on the state. Washington is "two to get in, three to get out."

 

Two years of high school Spanish would meet minimum admissions requirements.

Three years would be enough so you wouldn't have to take foreign language as general education.

General education is met by taking through level 103.

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Hmm - College Spanish 101 here at area colleges is more like 15 weeks of HS Spanish 1 and much of 2.

Hm. Most colleges have 4 semesters of language study to learn grammar. Now that they've added AP, it has added an extra year of study in hs for those schools who do Spanish 1 over 2 years in middle school. This is probably exacerbated by schools that only halfway through the text in a year... but obviously it's variable. Hence a placement test is a good idea.

 

Back in the day I had zero problem starting in 300 level Lit classes after 4 years of hs Spanish (my school didn't have AP; they used my SAT2 score for placement).

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Total hijack: Dd just met with a Spanish Advisor at a state college. She said Dd needed 5 years of Spanish at the high school level to jump into the 300 level, in her experience. This surprised me because I thought 4 years high school=2 years college. (Placement by exam or by "having a conversation with" the advisor. No idea where Dd would place right now because she didn't hardly speak any Spanish during the discussion.)

 

To the OP- If the purpose is to just check the box, it will likely meet the letter of the law at some places. Anyone who looks too closely might question it and the student might need to take more foreign language at college to graduate. I would recommend one more semester to be sure, but it may not be necessary.

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