<p>is 3 years of high school Spanish enough to satisfy the foreign language requirement?</p>
<p>i heard you have to have four years of something</p>
<p>or test out of it</p>
<p>If you're asking about passing out of the language requirement once you're accepted into the university (as in the university requirement): The number of years you took in high school mean absolutely nothing- the only thing that matters is if you either pass out of it through the placement exam or if you pass out of it through the AP spanish exam</p>
<p>If you're asking about it because you're planning on applying, which requires you to complete a foreign language: You need at least 2 years of the same foreign language, recommended 3 (although people probably go all 4 years)</p>
<p>I guess I'll have to take the placement exam. For those who've taken it, how hard is it? I'm a transfer student so I've forgotten most of my spanish. Do I have a chance?</p>
<p>can you test out of it through SATII's or AP's?</p>
<p>I don't remember about SAT II's but for sure if you get a 3 or higher on the Spanish Language AP exam you don't have to test out of it. Not sure about the lit ap exam so I'd ask someone else.</p>
<p>K, yeah. There are 3 ways to satisfy it. 1) Having taken a course at least Spanish level 3 at UCLA for a quarter or some other college. 2) At least a 3 on the corresponding langauge AP test (unless you're testing Latin then you need a 4). 3) Pass the placement test.</p>
<p>SAT II's don't count.</p>
<p>engineers don't need to take any foreign language right?</p>
<p>nope they dont need to :D</p>
<p>I took 3 years of Spanish, which means I didn't take AP or SAT II in spanish.</p>
<p>For those who've taken the placement test, how hard is it? I'm a transfer student so I've forgotten most of my spanish. Do I have a chance?</p>
<p>It's actually pretty hard. Make sure you study for it because you need to place into span 4 to pass out.</p>
<p>Actually I didn't have that hard of a time with the placement exam. I had only taken three years of spanish in HS which was nearly four years ago and I just took the placement exam a few weeks ago. I didn't do any hardcore studying just a quick review of vocab and conjugation of verbs and I was able to place into Spanish 5.</p>
<p>so is it easy or hard or depends on the person?</p>
<p>well, my friend took 3 years of spanish in high school, and she passed out of the placement exam. either the test isn't too hard, or she got really lucky.</p>
<p>If you want to start an entirely new foreign language I assume that means you have take at one year (3 quarters) to meet the level requirement?</p>
<p>To me, it was rather okay. I guessed on a lot of questions, and I used a lot of context clues to deduce the answer. From what I remember, the test consisted of fill-in-the-blank questions and a few understanding of a passage questions. </p>
<p>So, I guessed and I managed to be placed into Spanish 4. Nifty.</p>
<p>chappa- yes.
you have to get through level 3 of one language. </p>
<p>unfortunately for me, this means my 2 quarters of french and planned quarter of chinese don't help... chinese 3 here i come xD</p>
<p>i took the spanish placement test and trust me, i dont know spanish very well. only went up to spanish 4 in hs. you need to place into level 3 of a language. test wasn't too bad, i barely placed into spanish 5. who knows maybe i got lucky. haha</p>
<p>do you need to take a placement exam to enroll in a level 1 of a langauge you never took??</p>