<p>Hello, I am currently a senior and have committed to USC. I took AP Spanish (one of the toughest AP's at my school) in 11th grade (last year) and received an A both semesters and a 5 on the AP exam. I was hoping that this would allow me to not have to take any more Spanish courses in college.</p>
<p>However, after taking the online Foreign Language Placement Test, I was placed in Spanish Semester 3 (the highest level, I believe?) I am not a native speaker, but I am conversationally fluent. I'm sure my knowledge of higher vocabulary words has gotten a bit rusty...but I worked so hard in Spanish throughout high school that I had hoped place out in college. </p>
<p>Is there any chance that if I spoke to an advisor about it, that I wouldn't have to take a Spanish course next fall?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I believe you can take an in person placement exam that will let you pass out of the third semester of a language (thereby competing the requirement). I think AP Spanish will also pass you out of the requirement, though I’m not 100% positive on this.</p>
<p>A score of 5 on your AP Spanish exam is granted credit for the third semester language requirement
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<p>akalboy is correct that students (who did not complete their requirement with an AP score of 4 or 5) can also take a paper and pencil placement test if they feel they can place higher than into the third semester.</p>
<p>alamemom- so even though the online placement test placed me in spanish semester 3, my AP score overrides it?</p>
<p>That is as high as the online placement test goes (so don’t think that you didn’t do well!). No one places higher than that on the online test - only the paper-and-pencil test can place you out of semester three (OR, of course, a score like yours on the AP exam). </p>
<p>Check with the counselors at orientation, of course, but I am pretty sure you are done with Spanish.</p>
<p>thank you SO much, you are ALWAYS sooo helpful :)</p>
<p>It’s my understanding that if you receive a 4 or 5 on the language AP, that you are not even required to take the placement test.
I don’t think it was necessary.</p>
<p>sequoia – yeah…i found out AFTER i took it 
that’s why i was kind of freaking out, but i’m definitely going to talk to my adviser about it!</p>