<p>is it true that once we get into UCLA we have to take 2 more years of a foreign language even though we took it in high school?</p>
<p>FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT & FOREIGN LANGUAGE PLACEMENT EXAMS</p>
<p>Students entering the UCLA College, the School of the Arts and Architecture, or the School of Theater, Film, and Television will be held for a foreign language requirement in order to graduate. Students held for the English as a Second Language Placement Examination (ESLPE) are also held for the foreign language requirement (with the exception of international students who are on visa status, from a non-English speaking country). Students may satisfy the foreign language requirement in one of three ways:</p>
<pre><code>* Credit for a foreign language course at UCLA for quarter level 3 or above or an equivalent course at another institution.
* Advanced Placement (AP) foreign language test in French, German or Spanish with a score of 3, or the Latin test with a score of 4.
* A UCLA Foreign Language Placement exam score indicating foreign language competency through quarter level 3 or higher.
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<p>Students who have taken a Foreign Placement Exam and have received the appropriate score to satisfy the College of Letters and Science Foreign Language requirement will have their DPR Foreign Language requirement updated after the Spring quarter begins.</p>
<p>If you received an appropriate score high to satisfy the Foreign Language requirement and your DPR is indicating REQUIRED, please bring your ORIGINAL Placement Exam Result to your College or School counseling office. For students in the College of Letters and Science, please bring your Placement Exam Result to B-320 Murphy Hall, attention: Robert Kilgore. Photocopies are NOT acceptable.</p>
<p>If you need to obtain a replacement Foreign Language Placement Exam result, please go to the department of the foreign language.</p>
<p>However, let me editorialize for a moment.</p>
<p>You should take at least 2-3 years of a language while in college. It will help you more than any other study I can think of other than math.</p>
<p>You WILL need to take a foreign langage if you are in L&S. </p>
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You should take at least 2-3 years of a language while in college.
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As an addendum to UCLAri's comment, it might affect your GPA in a positive way ..</p>
<p>the placement exam is a joke, but id take the SAT2 and/or AP just to be safe.</p>
<p>Which placement exam did you take, bruinboy?</p>
<p>they don't accept SAT2 -.-
just AP...
<em>long sigh</em></p>
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It's also great for your GPA. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Eh, the Spanish Placement exam was...unbelievable. </p>
<p>I GUESSED on the test, and I managed to get placed into Spanish 4 (even though my highest was Spanish 2). Foreign language requirement, fulfilled! Woo!</p>
<p>Due note that the German and I assume the French placement tests are basically evil. They put me in German 3 after I'd taken 4 years of German (grrrrrr why don't they accept IB scores???) and it's basically a joke for me. I'm thinking it'll be a nice GPA booster. :)</p>
<p>Four years of German? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>so how much years would i have to take it in college if i took 3 years in high schoool?</p>
<p>it depends on the result of your placement test :rolleyes:</p>
<p>i didnt take the placement test. Our school only takes the AP spanish in the 4th or 5th year.</p>
<p>by placement test i think they mean the test you take when you're actually admitted/enrolled in the university. but i could be wrong.</p>
<p>You have to take a placement test upon arrival at UCLA.</p>
<p>Basically the first year of the foreign language program (3 quarters).</p>
<p>How does Foreign Language requirements fit into the GE's? I don't see foreign language anywhere in the GE's and as a chemistry major I already need all my credits for my major and GE. I have taken 4 years of Japanese, but the last year was a joke (new teacher) and level 5 was not offered for my senior year, so I've forgotten quite a bit.</p>
<p>^ They don't.</p>
<p>It's not a GE requirement, it's just a requirement for the college.</p>