<p>I'm a high school junior, and I've only done two years of spanish, and NYU requires three years of foreign language. But I ended my foreign language on Spanish 3 Honors. Does that make a difference on the requirements? This might seem completely foolish, but does the fact that I did Spanish 1 in middle school count towards my three years?</p>
<p>College language courses are at a much quicker pace than high school level courses. A friend of mine, who I took french with in high school for 3 years, learned more material in a single semester. This might be a special case, but keep it in mind.</p>
<p>Having said that, if you plan on being exempt, or beginning Spanish at anything higher than the elementary level, you will be required to take a placement test regardless. They will not look at your transcript and make a decision, they will test you.</p>
<p>The exception to this, is if you took a language SAT II test and scored high (750+ if I recall). In this case, you are automatically exempt. <strong>Update</strong> I am incorrect. I was told by my adviser that I was exempt from Spanish because I scored a 760, and needed a 750. According to the Spanish department’s page, you only need a 625!</p>
<p>Go take an SAT subject practice test in Spanish. If it seems really easy, you’re probably okay.</p>
<p>It doesn’t seem you took AP Spanish so you can’t gain exemption from there, but, according to the department’s page, their placement exams are done through some service called webCAPE, so I suggest you try to find a practice exam or some sample questions.</p>
<p>Here are some links that might provide more info:</p>
<p>[Center</a> for Foreign Languages and Cultures | WebCAPE Placement Test](<a href=“http://cflc.bard.edu/test/#Spanish]Center”>http://cflc.bard.edu/test/#Spanish)
[Language</a> Placement, Department of Spanish | NYU](<a href=“Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures”>http://spanish.as.nyu.edu/page/placement)</p>
<p>Also, I just noticed, doing well on the webCAPE exam is not an automatic exemption. Because it’s online, cheating would be easily possible, so they came up with a solution.</p>
<p>Doing well on the webCAPE test, (625+ I think), allows you to take a test in person for exemption.</p>
<p>Thank you for your information! I think I was a bit unclear about my question though, apologies. My question is more towards whether I’d be accepted to NYU because they require all incoming freshmen to have 3 years of foreign language during their time in high school.</p>
<p>My daughter took Latin I in middle school and completed Latin II and III in high school and stopped there. She was accepted this fall into NYU’s class of 2017 (she is thrilled)! She was also accepted by most of the universities to which she applied. She was told by her counselor that she needed to complete a third year of any language, but it didn’t matter if it was all 3 years in high school. I believe that was good information. She was warned that the most elite universities would want to see her pursue the AP level, but my daughter chose not to do that. Good luck!</p>
<p>If your first year of Spanish appears on your high school transcript, and many 8th grade courses do especially if they are math or foreign language and are honors level especially, then you ought to be fine. If not, then I would call NYU admissions and ask them directly. They won’t even ask your name, etc so you can just inquire and put your mind at ease. If they will require it and your middle school course isn’t t on your transcript, you still have time to add the class or even take it online- but make sure it will be included on your transcript or will come from a source NYU will consider legit.</p>