<p>Today, I took the French placement exam. The breakdown of scores was as follows:</p>
<p>below 279: French 1
279 - 324: French 2
325 - 360: French 3
361 - 379: French 21
380 - 429: French 22
above 429: French 23</p>
<p>I scored 541 points. I found this fairly confusing since when I was taking the exam, I barely understood anything on it and probably guessed on over 50% of it. I read that the difficulty level is supposed to change depending on how one is doing, and I noticed a pattern of hard-hard-hard-easy-hard-hard-hard-easy, which made me think that the easy ones probably followed after I got something wrong. I’m a transfer student and just finished my second semester of French (actually 3rd, but we were really, really behind) so I’m not sure how much I should trust the results. </p>
<p>Has anyone else experienced something similar, regardless of the language?</p>
<p>ive taken 4 years of french in high school, and i was even the top student in my ap class, yet i scored lower than 279… which means, if i want to take french in davis, i’d have to go through je m’appelle and conjugating avoir and etre again.</p>
<p>I dont trust the results, and i also asked a third year who is minoring in french. she said that she had similar results and to ignore them. you can easily schedule an appointment with the french department to really find out your level.</p>
<p>@emerge010 Wow, that sucks! So, what did you end up doing? I emailed the head of the French/Italian department with a small sample of my writing in French and she was able to give me her opinion of which class I should take.</p>
<p>@stawb33ry It depends on the language department. I know you have to follow the results for some languages, but for French, it’s recommended that you listen to the results, but not necessary.</p>
<p>i took 3 years of german in high school, tested into 21 (out of 22 total) and it was a bit hard for me. i’m taking 20 this following quarter. it’s not always going to be 100% correct, try the class and see if it’s too hard/easy for you, that’s the only way.</p>
<p>I think all, or at least most of the intermediate and advanced languages are taught solely in the subject language. I’m going to take FRE 23 and just work really hard if its difficult since FRE 22 would cause a conflict in schedule with the other classes I need for my major.</p>