<p>I get different impressions reading different things.<br>
Ive read on 2 school sites with quarters systems, that one quarter equates roughly to one year of hs language (3 quarters= 3 years)</p>
<p>Is this the case for most all schools?</p>
<p>Please if you can, answer, and maybe give your experiences with HS and College foreign language classes.</p>
<p>i've heard that a 1 semester college class in spanish covers material in high school Spanish levels 1, 2, and 3, but i'm not sure either...</p>
<p>The main one i always hear is that
1 quarter=1 year HS.
So for example, 1 full year at a UC, U fo washington, or U of Chicago, is equivalent to 3 full years of high school (since the schools mentioned above are on quarter systems...although i think the scale might be slightly off, since at least Chicago is known to be extremely difficult...and i took japanese there and it was insane...although it was 3 week intensive so...)</p>
<p>It depends on the high schools' program and probably the colleges' program . Our high school has a lousy French program, but really tough Spanish program. Four years of high school Spanish is equal to 3 years of Spanish at the university we're considering. I'm stll trying to sort out AP tests and CLEP tests.</p>
<p>Many years ago, three years of hs Spanish enabled me to test out of two 5-credit introductory courses at university, so I went straight into a reading course and a composition course.</p>
<p>It does vary a lot though, depending on the university and the language. It is best to talk with a representative of the language dept at the university you are considering.</p>
<p>Bumped for my sake!</p>
<p>I took 5 years of non-college French (8th through 12th grade, no AP classes) and at Swarthmore, I placed into 4th semester French through the placement test. It varies per school but 1 quarter = 1 year sounds pretty reasonable.</p>