<p>I should have posted this some time ago...oh well...</p>
<p>I sent an email to Pitt about the exams mentioned above, and these are the responses that I got (the person who replied was an admissions counselor):</p>
<p>"You will be exempt from the Algebra general education requirement, and will not need to take an algebra placement exam. You will still be required to take a Quantitative and Formal Reasoning class (Statistics/Logic), and you may be required to take additional math classes depending on your major." --> Answer in response to the question of what happens if you get a 3 or higher on the AP Calculus AB exam</p>
<p>Additionally, for the Spanish Language exam:</p>
<p>"If you score a 4 or 5 on the AP Spanish exam, you will be awarded credits per the Spanish department. You can also take a Spanish placement exam to place into a higher level of Spanish if you plan to continue your Spanish studies here at the university....The telephone number for the Spanish Department is 412-624-5225. If you do plan to continue your Spanish studies, I recommend meeting with a Spanish advisor."</p>
<p>On a related topic, for the general education requirements, you need to take "a sequence of two foreign language courses" unless you can demonstrate "elementary proficiency". Well, I found out that you will have demonstrated this proficiency if you have "completed 3 years of study in a single foreign language in high school with an average grade of C or higher". So for someone who has had a C or better for three years, CONGRATS because you won't have to take any foreign language course at Pitt.</p>