Taking spanish in college

[Adamska]

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So essentially, this is a question of seeing things like "fluency in spanish recommended" on some sites. I took 5 years of spanish through high school and feel that I'm fluent enough to read, write, and speak with native spaniards/latinos. Therefore I want to consider learning a new language for fun. However, can I really do this if I want to apply to a med school that prefers fluency in spanish, but doesn't see any classes on my college transcript? Maybe I'm just getting paranoid. IDK.

 

[Teneo]

I can't think of any reason that you wouldn't be allowed to put "Fluent in Spanish" or "Very Proficient in Spanish" on your application without credits for it. They're more than likely to believe that you're telling the truth since they know that you'd have to be tremendously foolish to lie about something like that on your application. You could also clarify your proficiency by noting that you took 5 years of it in high school.

 

[jvesco22]

My girlfriend(fake name) Maria Estrella is fluent in Spanish. On her application she will mark the box "fluent in Spanish"

Does she have any classes in Spanish on her transcripts? NO

Why? Because she learned it growing up.

Many people learn Spanish before College. Just because you might not have a Spanish name doesn't mean you can't be fluent in Spanish without college courses.

Basically, taking college courses is not the only way one can be fluent in a language

Hopefully this came out right.

 

[Adamska]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Thanks guys.

 

[Hiroshi]

I have a similar situation. I've taken Spanish all through middle school and high school - basically enough to do the same as you. So next year I want to take Japanese as that's what I really want to do.

This helped. Thanks you guys as well.