<p>I have read/searched even went through that huge helpful post by kentric who did the whole pre-med summary, yet I still do not really understand MAP. It is core classes consisting of what? A writing course, a foreign language and history?</p>
<p>What can you place out of and how? Alix told me I can place out of language entirely if I study an SAT II review book in a certain language, which is something I really need to do because I hate foreign language. </p>
<p>Can anyone give me any insights on this core curriculum thing and how useful it is? It seems as if everyone hates it.</p>
<p>How can someone hate a bunch of liberal arts courses? Yeah, you can hate specific classes, but the truth of the matter is, that’s what college is about; building a foundation of knowledge that you later further specialize in as you declare a major. </p>
<p>This page breaks down the categories pretty well. Each school has a slightly modified MAP program, so if you’re not CAS, you might have to dig a little deeper.</p>
<p>[New</a> York University > College of Arts and Science > MAP](<a href=“NYU”>NYU)</p>
<p>That looks like a bunch of classes. I don’t mind taking them, except the foreign language portion. You can place out of foreign language via the orientation test. Can anyone tell me how the test is formatted, is it all multiple choice or does it have a written component? How difficult is it if I take lets say Spanish?</p>
<p>MAP will pretty much dominate the first three semesters, where you’ll usually take 3 MAP courses and then one for your major. </p>
<p>I think for the more common foreign languages (Spanish, French, Italian, German) they just give you an old SAT II, reformatted. People have prepped using SAT II material and it’s supposedly very similar.</p>
<p>Any practice tests for Spanish exam? Is there any SAT II prep that is free online that is for Spanish. Any practice tests? </p>
<p>Also if I do bad on the foreign language part which I am sure I will I start my foreign language requirement at the beginning stages. How long will it take me to finish these classes? How hard are they? And why is NYU making us taking classes which do not relate to our interests/majors? I don’t buy this whole get a global view thing, when I am going to totally hate taking a foreign language class.</p>
<p>EVERY COLLEGE DOES THIS. it wouldn’t be any different if you were at another school, they would make you take liberal arts classes. unless you do an “intensive” language class, it’s two years, four semesters, if you’re CAS. Tisch and Steinhardt have one year, i think. </p>
<p>just go to the library and check out an SAT II review book. or see if someone at your HS is willing to give you/sell you their used copy.</p>
<p>okay, so my first lanuage is Korean and is there any way i could place out of foreign language course?? It’d be so dumb to take another language class when i can already speak 2 langauges. I mean, will i be able to take SAT 2 Korean at placement test during orientation??</p>
<p>Here is the Foreign Language Testing info from the Freshman Orientation Academic Advising webpage:
Foreign Language Testing</p>
<p>You may choose to be tested during Orientation in any of the following languages:
Chinese (Mandarin) Latin
French Modern Greek
German Portuguese
Hebrew Russian
Italian Spanish
Japanese Tagalog
Korean </p>
<p>Arabic, Gaelic, Hindi/Urdu, Persian, and Turkish examinations are administered by appointment in the departments.</p>
<p>Most foreign language tests are multiple-choice, standardized tests, like the CEEB Achievements (ACH) or SAT 2 tests, which you perhaps encountered in high school. They are reading tests, so choose the test of the language in which you read the best. Native speakers of these languages must also take the tests. If you took a Foreign Language Achievement Test and had the scores reported to NYU’s Undergraduate Admissions Office, you may use those scores for placement. Please note you may not be tested in the same language a second time.</p>
<p>Foreign language tests result in one of the following:</p>
<p>Exemption from the foreign language requirement of MAP;
Placement into one of four levels of a foreign language (elementary I, elementary II, intermediate I, intermediate II).
Students electing to begin a new language are not required to take a test, but if they have any language background, they are encouraged to do so.</p>
<p>International students tested by the American Language Institute (ALI) are required to register for the English courses recommended by the Institute. Those international students who are assigned International Writing Workshop I (V40.0004) and International Writing Workshop II (V40.0009) will fulfill both the Expository Writing and Foreign Language requirements upon the completion of these English courses.</p>
<p>Students with skills in a language not tested in the College may still qualify for exemption from the foreign language requirement. Your academic advisor can explain this process to you. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if you took a language in high school and test into the Intermediate I or Intermediate II level you might want to go ahead and finish up your language requirement before your skills get too rusty. A gap of one or two semesters could be a significant setback.</p>
<p>Well, in my case it’s not problem because I want to start a new language. It’d too difficult to study two languages simultaneously, english and some another language. I just want to master English first and then maybe start another language.</p>