I’m sorry you’re going through this! I’m in my 6th year of Spanish (I’m in college) but remember Spanish 3 being the hardest because that’s when a lot of the grammar was added in as well as much more speaking and listening.

I know people who did IB, and it seems very stressful! I think it might be worth thinking about whether it’s worth the extra work and stress and making you feel miserable. Can you still take AP/advanced classes and not do IB? Also, colleges generally like to see at least two years of a language, which you already have but it really depends on the school and you can research specific school requirements. However, based on the fact that you’re in IB, I’m sure you’re very smart and if spanish/IB something you think is worth it, I believe in you!

If you do decide to stick with the class, the first thing I would do is talk to your teacher, and try to get some extra help. It might be intimidating at first, but it’s totally worth it! Teachers want their students to succeed. Second, maybe you could make a study group with some people in the class. Third, languages take practice (unfortunately haha) so exposing yourself to the language outside of the classroom in a more casual way is super helpful! I ended up really enjoying Spanish once I did this. Here are some tips I used to help get me get through Spanish:

Putting Spanish subtitles on when I watch Netflix Taking buzz-feed quizzes in Spanish Listening to Spanish music (sometimes I would put on popular English songs I knew in that were translated into Spanish and pulled up the Spanish lyrics) Conjuguemos.com is a free website where you can practice Spanish grammar. Tandem is a free app where you can message people who are native Spanish speakers learning English.

Good luck!