oh, jeez, is that yucky! Well, fwiw, I had one year of Russian in h.s. Went to college, not sure what level to take, so I had an interview with the dept. chairman and he said ok to enroll in 2nd year college Russian. I would really push any college to let me pro out of at least the elementary course. I mean, they will be bored out of their minds if they have to take Spanish.

OTOH, in order to get into grad school (in Russian linguistics) I had to pass reading exams in German and French. Four years of h.s. Spanish gave me the edge to skim through a small French for Reading Knowledge and pass the exam on the first try. If they already have taken a French class, that will be a piece of cake for them. (My use of French in grad school was miniscule.)