<p>alright so in high school i took japanese for four years. i was wondering if it would be bad (like would the UW look down on it) if i just decided to not take the placement test and just started in beginning japanese? the reason i would do this is because i dont feel we had a very good japanese program (you could easily get an A and not know anything) at my school so i don't think i have even the basics down very well. also i didnt take studying very seriously in high school so maybe it would just be better to start off fresh?</p>
<p>would the UW think this was weird? is there really any benefit to being in a higher japanese? if i did go take the placement test i feel like i probably wouldn't know anything.</p>
<p>edit: i guess what i'm trying to say is is there a reason to try and take advanced courses (like in high school to impress college)? i could probbaly read through a textbook this summer and learn stuff that my school sucked at teaching, but if there is no reason to try and take the most advanced classes possible i think itd be better for me to just get a fresh start and have a good foundation in japanese...i'm not majoring in it or anything i just wanna take it to learn it.</p>
<p>you wouldn't get any college credit for taking the japanese classes. I went to take the chem placement test last week and this girl was asking the same thing about spanish. And I also believe if you try to purposely bomb the placement exam, the prof. might catch on and you will be dropped from the class. My suggesstion is just take the test..only 15 dollars and at least you'll be in the class thats right for you.</p>
<p>what do you mean by not getting college credit? if i don't take the placement test? or if i start in beginning japanese? (i dont get any colege credit from my four years in high school since it wasn't ap or anything)</p>
<p>anyways yeah....i should probably just not study and take the test.</p>
<p>if you take the first course offered at uw, you will not recieve credit for it. Same as if you took like an AP chem test, got a 5, and tried to take chem 142. You can take the class but you wont get any credit</p>
<p>sorry but i still don't understand what you are saying. i didn't get any college credit for japanese in high school and it wasn't an AP class. are you saying that i wouldn't get college credit for beginning japanese because my transcript says i took japanese in high school, or because they just don't give you credit for beginning japanese ?</p>
<p>"If, after your admission to the UW, you start over again in the foreign language you took for two or more years in high school and used for admission, the first college quarter is considered a duplication and you are not awarded college credit." It also goes on later to say that the course and grade will appear on your transcript, but it won't count toward your credit total or be calculated into your GPA. From the second quarter on though, you'll recieve credit. Also, if you bomb the placement test and place into the first quarter, the same policy above applies. </p>
<p>ahhhh thanks! that sucks...i better study up before i take my language placement test.</p>
<p>do you know if some rule like this applies to math as well? i made it up to second year calculus in high school but i never took the ap test (i slacked off pretty bad in my last couple years of high school) so i have to take the placement test. the highest math class i can be placed in is first year calculus...so do you know if i would get credit for 1st year calculus, even though i already took it in high school? i'm assuming yes, since not taking the ap test is probably just like failing it, but i figured i might as well ask to make sure.</p>
<p>No prob, just took a quick search on Google ;)</p>
<p>I think if you retook the calc sequence (Math 124, 125, and 126), you would get credit for all three quarters because you don't have college credit and have not taken the AP test. You might want to ask somebody from UW, but from what I read it looks like you'll get full credit for those classes. </p>