<p>Has anyone here been exempted from this? I've taken 11 years of Hindi, up to GCE A level and I'm hoping to be exempted via placement test. Does anyone know what degree of competence is expected in order to meet the criteria?</p>
<p>what college at Cornell will you be attending? the language requirements are not the same for all of them.</p>
<p>each language department has different “proficiency” requirements…</p>
<p>Arts & Sciences.</p>
<p>srrinath your best bet is to contact the hindi department at cornell and see what you may qualify for in terms of academic credit…</p>
<p>depending on what major you choose you may have to study a romance language or a western one…or an eastern one lol</p>
<p>[Language</a> Placement and Testing - Department of Asian Studies](<a href=“http://lrc.cornell.edu/asian/programs/placement]Language”>http://lrc.cornell.edu/asian/programs/placement)</p>
<p>this should mostly answer your questions. if it was an A-level intended students who spoke it fluently? (like the English A-level would be, at least in England.) if so, then you would be demonstrating that you know that language as well as you are expected to know English, and you may possibly be exempt.</p>
<p>if you only studying Hindi in that class and completed the rest of your studies in another language, you would not be exempt. the A-level was just showing you knew the language. in that case, you will need to take at least one language course at Cornell. you can either take a placement exam in Hindi or chose another language to study. if you choose another language you will have to take more credits of it than if you just took a Hindi course. (that link really explains it all…I am not even in arts and sciences.)</p>
<p>Yes, I read the link before starting this thread but it doesn’t answer my question about the level of competence expected for exemption. Knowing the language to the same degree as English is vaguely defined. I consider myself conversant (perhaps even fluent) in Hindi but I think in English. This is the case for many others who’ve grown up in societies that function in English and it doesn’t necessarily mean the quality of our spoken/written Hindi is necessarily worse than a native speaker’s. I’d like to know how the department hopes to assess if I am as proficient in Hindi as I am in English (placement test, oral exam, whatever).</p>
<p>i dont think many of us on this board had to deal with hindi placement…so until someone who knows comes here…you’re out of luck…</p>
<p>call them directly tomorrow morning is your best bet! (srs)</p>