Placement tests

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<p>Do I need to register for the placement tests you take at orientation??</p>

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<p>No. You show up and just take whichever one you need to. Alternatively, if you’re taking Spanish, that one is online. Or at least it was for me. I’m not sure if there are any other online ones.</p>

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<p><a href=“First-Year Students | University of Michigan Office of New Student Programs”>http://onsp.umich.edu/orientation/incoming-freshman/fall-admits/preparing-orientation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“The University of Michigan provides two types of placement exams for incoming freshmen: online and proctored (in-person) exams. The Math, Algorithmic, Writing, and Spanish Tests, as well as the Directed Self-Placement for Writing are offered online. Placement exams in chemistry and other languages are offered in-person during orientation.” </p>

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How many credits does the highest level on the online Spanish placement test award you?

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@Nsf1897 I don’t know if you get credits but you can be exempted from 1 to 4 semesters depending on how you do.

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My son will be an engineering major and said there wasn’t an online link to the Spanish placement exam for him. We know he doesn’t need Spanish as an engineering major, but thought he would take it anyway just in case he decided to continue with a language at some point. Is there a way to get that link posted or should he just take the placement exam at orientation? Thanks!

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This thread is a year old, but I think there is some incorrect information. Spanish placement exam is not online last year and I don’t think it is this year either. My D took it during the orientation last year. She got 4 credits from the placement exam and another 4 credits from her AP score. I believe one may get the whole 8 credits from placement exam too if one performs well in the exam.
@momofabby Even CoE does not require foreign language, your son should take the placement exam to get some potential LSA credits which is still required.

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@billcsho Correction. It is online and I have take it online. Not all languages are on line pre orientation but Spanish is

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Based on this link, it seems LSA no longer gives retroactive credit for students who test out of the 4 semester requirement in SPANISH and then complete a higher level course in Spanish at UM. Does anyone know for sure if they’ve removed Spanish from this, and if so, why? (W/other languages you can get retro credit this way, but not Spanish.)
https://www.lsa.umich.edu/students/academicsrequirements/academicpolicies/testcreditapclepibaleveletc/retroactivelanguagecredits

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The credit by exam policy is course specific. So each language would be different.