Senior year classes - importance?

[silverlining1]

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Hi everyone; this is my second post =] the first being the generic "hello".

My dream is to get into UCLA, and they highly recommend a year of college Spanish (not counting the 4 years I did in high school, grr). I wanted to fit some Spanish in this year (junior year), but it will be very difficult to do so. I may have to push it back to senior year.

I know that you can put on your application what you intend to take senior year, but I am wondering how much medical schools care about that. For example, if I am on a similar level with another applicant but he/she already took Spanish (versus me who is planning to), will he/she have a significant advantage over me?

Thanks so much for your time.

 

[starflower]

Try to fit in the Spanish this year. Just put off any more GEs you might have. Or, if you have a hard science class that won't help much for the MCAT, definitely put that off until senior year. If you absolutely can't fit in Spanish, you could put your 4 yrs to use to tutoring beg. Spanish or doing something else where you use it.

 

[silverlining1]

Any other opinions, please?

I am already bumping all my general ed requirements to senior year.

 

[JoBlo]

It really doesn't matter all that much from what I've seen.