<p>@usbalumnus – she did place into 2nd semester Russian, but they didn’t have a 2nd semester course offered in the fall – and her adviser (who was the chair of the Russian department) wasn’t happy with the idea of her going a full semester without the language study. She was given some sort of teachers-aide sort of status in the course – not an official TA position, but expected to take a more active role in assisting other students. So it worked out fine- she got credit, she formed a close friendship with the instructor, who was a Ph.D. student-- and she certainly didn’t complain of things being too easy. She also studied abroad in Russia for a semester in her junior year. </p>