<p>Has anyone taken a Foreign Language Placement Test or know somebody that has? I'm specifically looking at French and Russian, but feedback about other languages is welcome too. What material was on the test? Did you find the test difficult? How many classes did you get credit for?</p>
<p>My daughter took the Spanish test recently, after being out of high school for a year, and placed out the first course (4 hours). In HS she took through Spanish IV (regular, not AP), and didn’t really expect to place out of anything. She didn’t study or even look at any material prior to taking it, and thought she was really rusty, so apparently it’s not that difficult.</p>
<p>I don’t have an answer, but on a related note-If you took 2 years of the same language in high school, you don’t have to take a language right? Or is that just for business? Or am I totally wrong?</p>
<p>I think the 2 years of high school foreign language is to get accepted into the university. After that you follow the requirements of your major. See your advisor or your course catalog.</p>
<p>In general is 2 years of High School in the same language, 2 semester of college in the same language OR showing proficiency of a foreign language. But that is just for a general requirement to receive a Bachelors degree from Texas A&M. Different majors will have different requirements for foreign languages. ie: Computer Engineering doesn’t require you to take any Foreign Language (if you already took 2 years in High School) but a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology requires you about 14 credit hours (I think?) in a foreign language.
Also, if you are an International Student you need to show proficiency in a language that is not your native language. For example I am an International Student from Peru so I cannot use my 2 years in Spanish in High School to place out of Foreign Language Proficiency.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>aggiemom2011, does your daughter remember what was on the test? I would like to test out of all four semesters of each language.</p>