<p>I'm guessing you have to take a placement test to determine what level language class to take. When does that happen?</p>
<p>You will take it on-line from home. There should be information on your ConnectCarolina page on how to do it. I will need to be done before orientation so you will need to know what level FL to sign up for.</p>
<p>Some (like HNUR) are taken right before classes start I think.</p>
<p>For spanish, french, german, italian, and latin (I believe) there is an online test you must do before orientation. For the less common languages there’s a placement test before classes.</p>
<p>As of last year, students were able to take the online placement test twice. My daughter did significantly better the second time she took it and placed out of her language requirements. I think that after she took it the second time she was told she had reached the limit.</p>
<p>I mean technically you can cheat and place out if you really don’t want to take a language. However if you do, the placement test is pretty accurate. Or at least it was for me.</p>
<p>"For the less common languages there’s a placement test before classes. "</p>
<p>Just thought I’d share what I learned- It is true, some of the less popular languages will have a placement test that will be given on Aug 22. If you look on the departmental website it not only talks about the test but directs you to a page that is a self assesment of sorts. Some of the language levels are only given Fall or Spring I think, so they encourage you to look through the self assesment page and sign up for the class you feel is appropriate and then change if the placement test indicates a different level. The department I was looking at was Asian Studies.</p>
<p>Does everyone have to take the language placement test even if you have AP and SAT II test scores for that language?</p>
<p>All first-year students are required to take a Online Language Placement test found at <a href=“https://www.unc.edu/languageplacement/index.php[/url]”>https://www.unc.edu/languageplacement/index.php</a> if your high school foreign language is Spanish, French, German, or Latin, even if you plan to study a new foreign language or if you have completed the AP Language/Literature, IB or SAT subject test.</p>
<p>For transfer students that have not completed their foreign language requirement in previous course work or AP, IB, or SATII credit, you will need to take the placement test in the language you studied in high school or at your first college university.</p>