<p>Hopefully someone who has recently (or more recently than me) been through orientation can shed some light on the difficulty of the Spanish placement exam. I took the exam way back in 2005 when I was an entering freshman. Long story short the academic standards board is allowing me to retake the placement exam. All I really remember from the exam is a listening portion and a reading comprehension portion as my first time through I went quickly just trying to get out of that lecture hall during orientation. I believe the exam is only these two categories but I have no recollection of how difficult the questions and overall level of Spanish was. My results the first time around did not place me out of the requirement so now, as a senior, I'm taking the exam again to attempt to place out and I'm taking it a lot more seriously. If I place out I only have 7 credits left to graduation and my distribution is complete, if I don't place out I'll have to spend my last semester taking Spanish 232 for four days a week. I took many years of Spanish in HS but that was 4+ years ago now; so I need to do some serious review in order to restore my proficiency to what it was. I was hoping anyone here who has taken the exam could recommend what specifically would be helpful in reviewing. I don't want to spend my time reviewing complex verbs or hard to remember nouns if the exam doesn't challenge in that way. I just want to take the exam as effectively as possible so I can graduate without having a horrific last semester. Thanks for any help in advance.</p>
<p>The Spanish placement exam consists of three portions: Listening, Reading Comprehension, and Grammar/Sentence Completion. The exam is vocabulary-heavy, and covers many of the mainstream tenses. If you tap into an adequate amount of your Spanish knowledge from high school, you should do just fine.</p>