<p>Hi all,
Son just called from USC. He took his placement tests in math and French today. Started at 3, each test was an hour long. Must have had a break or a room change, because it's just after 5:30. He felt good about the math (separate tests for science/math/engineering majors vs. other majors), but thought the listening portion of the French was challenging. He had 3 years of French in high school..guess we'll see how things turn out in June at orientation. Testing office said the placement tests won't be graded until just before orientation.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info w regard to placement test(s). My D will be taking them on June 10th. Did his major require him to take the French placement test or was he trying to do it for a language requirement? </p>
<p>Again, thanks for the info!</p>
<p>D took the math and Spanish test on Sunday. She thought the math was fine, but just like greenville's S, she said the listening portion of the Spanish test was "RIDICULOUS"</p>
<p>cece, I think everyone has to take a language placement test. There are a few exemption. Just look up placement test in the search engine on USC's website.</p>
<p>the exception to the language placement exam is having AP language credit.</p>
<p>Or if your language is not one of the more commonly learned ones and you did not have AP credit- ie, Italian did not offer a placement test. My daughter had to contact the head of the department at the beginning of the semester to be evaluated as they had no written exam. Unfortunately, conversation was her weakest area so she did not test well. LOL</p>
<p>cece1955,
S had to take the placement test because he had taken French in high school. I think almost all of the students are required to take a language placement test. He said even the instructions were a bit confusing to him because of the numbering on the test. Apparently, it was not set up like any listening test he'd had before.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information everybody. Our D is in Spanish 5, but her high school did not offer an AP class in language. Spanish 5 is the highest that they offer. Part of her midterm final was conversational Spanish. They only had to speak for 3 minutes I think. She did well, but I don't know whether the "test" was that difficult.</p>