<p>I'll be taking the placement test for Spanish this fall at orientation for college, since I got my AP score and that one was bad. How bad are placement tests for Spanish? Is it ok to ask a college for a study guide for it, like a list of everything on it?</p>
<p>bump…please someone!!!</p>
<p>Maybe you should ask this on your school’s forum, or send them an email. I imagine it varies largely based on the school.</p>
<p>I agree with above but I feel like asking for a study guide would be weird.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t ask for a study guide if I were you, since it kind of goes against the point of a placement test. They know you won’t be studying for it, so I’m sure they’ll take that into account. They know you’re going to do worse than if you were actually taking a spanish class and studying for the tests. They just want to find a good fit for you as far as which class to put you in; they’re not going to judge your score or keep you from taking spanish. In fact, at some colleges your placement is just a suggestion and you can completely ignore it and take a higher class if you want. (I did this with my math placement because when I took it I hadn’t had a math class for a semester so I was rusty, but I still am good at math.)</p>
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<p>I’m not taking the Spanish placement test to get into something high like a 300-level class. I’m taking it to test out through Span201, which is the 3rd-semester level that you need for gen ed. If I can test out of that, then I’m done with Spanish.</p>
<p>Oh ok, at my school it’s completely different. You only take placement tests if you want/need to take classes in that subject and have to know where to start.</p>
<p>I took AP French, but not the AP test. I only took my school’s placement test. I tested into an upper 300 level class, which at my school means you can’t take anything lower than what you test into. The test was pretty basic to me, although I’m a native french speaker. It went over grammar, tenses, vocab… anything you might spend more than two weeks learning about in class could be on a placement test. My test was optional and not timed, and you could save your work and return to it later if necessary. if I were you I’d call your school’s language department and ask about the format, time limit and length of the test. I wouldn’t ask for a study guide, though.</p>
<p>All I know about time is that it’s an hour and it’s online.</p>