<p>I loved Dartmouth when I visited it a couple days ago. However, I really do not want to take any language classes during my college years. By my high school graduation, I will have completed Spanish V Honors (the end of the two-year AP Spanish course). Is it feasible that I could "place out" of the language requirement, and if so, how likely would it be and what would the process be. Thanks!</p>
<p>Go to these three pages. The D website makes it all very clear.</p>
<p>[The</a> Language Requirement](<a href=“Home | Undergraduate Advising and Research”>Home | Undergraduate Advising and Research)</p>
<p>[SAT</a> II Scores](<a href=“Home | Department of Spanish and Portuguese”>Home | Department of Spanish and Portuguese)</p>
<p>[AP</a> Scores](<a href=“Home | Department of Spanish and Portuguese”>Home | Department of Spanish and Portuguese)</p>
<p>If you take the AP Spanish exam and get a four or five, you won’t have to take a language. Although a number of students who “place out” of the language requirement then use that as the chance to take a random language just to see if they like it after they’re done with all their distribs and major reqs, like swahili or arabic</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that four years of Spanish in high school with good grades places you into Spanish 3 without taking an exam. However, an AP exam score of 4 or 5 exempts you from the requirement. A score of 5 on AP Spanish LIT also gives you a credit. If that doesn’t work for you, there are also placement exams you can take during Orientation.
Personally, I was in the same boat as you… I didn’t want to take a foreign language in college, so I took the AP test and placed out. On a whim, I took Italian 1 this winter and am now going on the LSA to Rome next fall. I know that you don’t want to study a language in college right now, but you never know what you might end up doing :)</p>
<p>Hey, coteee, you will have an awesome time in Rome! An incredible city. What a fabulous opportunity. My S is thinking of double majoring in 2 languages and spent the fall term on an FSP. It was a tremendous experience. I’m hoping he does another term abroad–probably an LSA or LSA+ in the other language–before he graduates.</p>