Columbia placement exams

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<p>If a student has a 800 in SAT 2 or a 5 in the AP foreign lang exam, does she still need to take the placement exam to fulfill the foreign language requirement of the columbia core curriculum? Browsed through the website but it is not so clear. </p>

<p>Help appreciated.</p>

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<p>Can anyone help? Or probably point to the appropriate link/section in the University website?</p>