<p>Hey, I know this isn't exactly in the right board, but I couldn't find another place to put it. So, I apologize in advance. </p>
<p>What happens with my language placement test if I plan on switching languages in college? I've already been accepted and know where I am going, and I've taken French since the 7th grade, but I'm getting bored and I want to switch it up if possible. What should I do/What do I do in this situation?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help and sorry for the misplacement.</p>
<p>If you want to start a new language, the placement exam is irrelevant since you’ve had no prior experience. You’ll just start at the beginning (unless you self-study over the summer).</p>
<p>You might want to take the French language placement test anyhow, while French is fresh in your mind. If you place out, then taking a language might be optional for you. Or you may be able to finish up with only one more semester. This might be good to know if you start another language and then decide you don’t want to continue through the entire sequence.</p>
<p>For instance, my S, who took 5 years of Spanish and 2 years of Japanese in hs, thought that it would be cool to learn Russian. However, he’s found the course in college much more demanding than his other classes. It’s completely unrelated to what he wants to major in or to his career goals, and even with all the work he’s putting in, he’s still getting mediocre grades in it. In order to fulfill his college’s language requirement in Russian, he’d have to keep slogging away for another year. Instead, he’s planning to take the placement test in Spanish before the fall semester of his sophomore year. He’ll probably place out of Spanish entirely, but even if he doesn’t, he knows that he won’t have the same problems with Spanish that he’s been having with Russian. At this point he hasn’t taken Spanish for two years, so he’ll have to spend a fair amount of time over the summer reviewing grammar and vocabulary.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks for the advice and the answer 
I’m still unsure at this point if I want to keep going with French, but I’ll keep all that you said in mind. Thank you.</p>
<p>this is exactly what I posted on the UVa board today regarding my son. 4 years of spanish, but wishes to take Japanese in fall. The dean did suggest he take the spanish placement test anyway, just incase he changes his mind. Sounds like sound advice since it’s a short test and is really only for placement purposes (he probably has forgotten much of spanish since it’s been two years since he’s spoken the langueage, so good thing it’s not graded lol!). My sister speaks Japanese, Italian and spanish and is a spanish prof. at OSU, so no need to settle with learning just one ;).</p>
<p>Thanks Jkiw I’m choosing between Japanese and Arabic myself.</p>