<p>Would four years of a language in high school properly prepare me for an introductory college course in that language if I never took the corresponding AP version in high school? </p>
<p>In my situation, I was considering taking Introductory Latin (101) this fall and was wondering if it'd be particularly challenging despite 4 years of previous exposure. </p>
<p>You would be overqualified. Latin 101 is for someone with no previous exposure to Latin, which was you 4 years ago. A 300 level would probably be more appropriate.</p>
<p>I suppose being overqualified doesn’t bother me all too much - the course itself tackles a general ed requirement that I need to get out of the way, so since my school is letting me take a course that presents information I’ve already learned, I won’t be complaining. Easy A, right? </p>
<p>Can you take a course more suited to your current level? I know many colleges have placement tests to sort out such things. I know I personally would be bored if I had to take a class that I already took before in college, and my grades may drop just due to lack of effort</p>
<p>Do they have placement tests? </p>
<p>@halcyonheather - They only have placement tests for Spanish.</p>
<p>There are two separate general education requirements - the first being elementary language proficiency which I “waived” by passing 3+ years of the same foreign language in high school; the second general education requirement is a Cultural gen ed which entails either a semester long history course, whether it be African Tribes Pre-1800, East Asian Religions, etc or a semester long language course - Latin, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, etc. </p>