<p>Yeah, I didn't go to Summer Orientation, so I haven't taken my placement test yet. Does anybody know what the French one is like? Or what really is on it? Or can we just take the SAT II? Oh and does anybody know if they test you in MATH 155B? I heard you're suppose to take a test or something on the first day of class, to see what you know. I have no idea... Somebody help!</p>
<p>All students have to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at a basic level. Basic level = 1 year of study at the university level. One year at university level = completion of or proficiency in second semester of foreign language instruction by some means: AP credit; SAT II; VU departmental test; or appropriate Vanderbilt course.</p>
<p>SAT II scores of at least 540 (French), 470 (German), 530 (Hebrew), 540 (Italian), 440 (Japanese with Listening), 530 (Latin), or 520 (Spanish).</p>
<p>Hey moondog, I took the French placement test at SAOP. I've had 3 years of french at private school and I didn't think it was that bad. There's a lot of pronoun stuff and some tricky vocabluary. I had the most trouble with the tenses, I'd recommend looking over notes from your most recent class or skimming your text book to review. Anyway, it wasn't bad, and I placed into French 201 Composition. So no worries!</p>
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SAT II scores of at least 540 (French), 470 (German), 530 (Hebrew), 540 (Italian), 440 (Japanese with Listening), 530 (Latin), or 520 (Spanish).
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<p>why are the standards so low?</p>
<p>Duke - <a href="http://www.duke.edu/web/ug-admissions/general/ap.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.duke.edu/web/ug-admissions/general/ap.htm</a></p>
<p>Stanford -
Chinese: 630
Italian: 630
French: 640
Japanese: 620
German: 630
Latin: 630
Hebrew: 540
Spanish: 630
Korean: 630</p>
<p>Harvard - Degree candidates must meet a foreign language requirement in a language with a written component that is taught at Harvard or for which an appropriate examination can be given. The requirement can be satisfied in one of the following ways: </p>
<p>Earning a minimum score of 600 on a College Entrance Examination Board SAT II Test that includes a reading component</p>
<p>Although Vanderbilt's requirements are a little bit lower (50-100 points), I chose top-notch colleges to show that low scores are pretty much the norm for placement and/or exemption.</p>
<p>P.S.
Princeton has the hardest requirement I found in my few minutes of looking; you generally need a 740 to get out of the language requirement</p>
<p>dang, I didn't know that. I always took at least 700+ to be decent for some top schools. (but of course, this is for placement.)</p>
<p>yea, for admission the standards are much higher than for placement.</p>
<p>What are the format for the tests? Is the english test straight SAT II english? Math isn't SAT II. So is it calculus/algebra II/geometry and multi-choice? I heard no calculators. Is the foreign language test also straight from SAT II?</p>
<p>For math, look at this</a> page. Do the reviews and practice exams and you're practically assured of getting a 17+ on the math test (out of 20). </p>
<p>I'm not sure about the English or the Language since I only took the math one.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Any idea how the department grades the test? Do they give 5 "free" questions or do they do (# correct/25) * 20? Or are there only 20 questions on the actual test?</p>
<p>there were only 20 questions on the SAOP test. the grade for it was just #correct/20</p>
<p>Oh ok, thanks.</p>