Changing classes =s

[got spots?]

Well, half of my school year is over(Yay!) bad part means it is time for finals for the 1st classes. Since my school is on a 4 class a day schedule.
Well here is my question. This year I took spanish. What do you think is better German or spanish?
German I think will be funner but do you know if colleges weigh foreign languages differently? Like is spanish thought of as better than german on an application?

 

[Tony C]

I don't think the colleges really care, but there are definitely more native speakers of Spanish than German in the US, so Spanish would be more widely applicable. To be perfectly honest though, high school level foreign language classes are nearly worthless, if you are serious about learning a language you will have to take classes beyond high school, and spend a lot of time practicing outside of class, preferably with native speakers of the target language.

 

[mindgamer8907]

Sorry Tony, I have to disagree with you on at least one point: I started Spanish my freshman year in hs and my Spanish was fantastic by the end of my senior year, I could speak relatively fluently (vocab was still growing, but I knew the grammar) as could almost all of my classmates who took the class. It really depends on your grasp of language and the school. I was a Pub. school kid, wasn't even private school, and the majority of our students placed high enough to opt out of our language requirements in college. The only problem is that fluency needs practice, which I have little of because I'm not taking that class... because I was already so good at it... funny. Though I will most definitely agree that Spanish is a plus because it has more local applications due to a large Spanish speaking population and our proximity to a Span. speaking country, as long as you take several years (most universities prefer two to three) of some language, you'll be fine.

 

[LizMarie]

I don't think colleges care which language you took, it's only impressive if your able to receive college credits in the end. Colleges look at grades, activities and what you bring to their school.

In my opinion Spanish would be easier, it's better in the States if your bilingual so it's better to start now and Spanish is in almost every university while German might or might not be. Unless your German or would just like to know more, plan to work with the German community in the future, etc then you should pick up German.