<p>Ok. So I took up to Honors Spanish III in high school. Do you think I can pass the placement exam and not have to take any foreign language at UCLA? How is the exam??</p>
<p>Alternate: Also, what course at a community college do I need to take to fulfill this foreign language? Spanish 3, 4?</p>
<p>Annd what is the "English Composition Writing 1 requirement"? Do I need to take a certain class?</p>
<p>I have this feeling that if I score low on the placement exams, that I will fall behind in pre-med.. =</p>
<p>I browsed the website a bit, and all it said was that the exam was 30 minutes. And that it doesn't cost you anything to take it.
^ not that helpful, sorry.</p>
<p>I'm also wondering about the Spanish Placement Exam as well.</p>
<p>I took the spanish placement exam last spring - wasn't too bad actually and I placed into Spanish 5. Mind you that I hadn't taken ANY spanish classes in four years. In any case, if you wanna pass out beside taking the placement exam you need take an equivalent of 1 year in spanish. </p>
<p>The Writing I requirement can fulfilled in various ways - you can either pass the AP exam with a 4 or 5, pass out by taking the placement exam, take english comp 3 or a community college class equivalent to it.</p>
<p>Well, I only took Intermediate Spanish I at my CC. I mainly used context clues within the passages in the exam (they ask you questions based on stuff in passages), and I somehow got placed in Spanish 4 through sheer luck/guessing.</p>
<p>um, there's 3 quarters in a year. so you need spanish 1-3. if you get placed into spanish 3, you need one quarter of spanish 3.</p>
<p>the spanish test from what i hear is a LOT easier than the french placement test. just be happy you aren't answering 110 multiple choice scantron questions on reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and grammar, all when you've gone two years without french... and there's a nurses' protest outside covel. so even though you've taken honors french 4, you get placed into 3. yah. <em>still bitter</em></p>
<p>also, for engcomp 1, a 4 or 5 on either AP english test will get you out of it.</p>
<p>jinobi, that's exactly what i did on the exam... used context clues... but, it worked out for me since i didn't want or need to take any more foreign language... </p>
<p>calitennisgirl, the exam is computerized and all mulitple choice. the questions are mostly passages and sentences and they ask what such and such means or what the main character in the passage did or what wasn't mentioned in the passage... it was easy enough if you remember enough vocab and verb tenses... the week before i took the exam, i spent a few hours refreshing my memory on verbs/vocab from my roomie's spanish 3 textbook... very helpful...</p>
<p>If you don't test out of Spanish or w/e, or have to start at the lowest level possible, then the MOST you have to take is 1 year (3 quarters) of Spanish? So then if you test into the intermediate level, you only need 2 quarters, etc?</p>
<p>To complete the foreign language requirement you can:</p>
<p>A. Have taken the AP exam for your chosen language and have passed with a satisfatory score (I have no idea what it is but I'd assume a 4 or 5) </p>
<p>B. Take the placement exam and be placed into spanish 4 or higher - if you place into level 3, then it's the only class you'd have to take to complete the requirement; if you pace into level 2, then you'd have to complete 2 and 3; if you place into level 1, then you'd have to complete 1, 2 and 3. (So vc08, you are correct!)</p>
<p>C. Enroll in level 1 language and take three quarters of it here at UCLA</p>
<p>D. Take the equivalent of one year of language at a community college and transfer it (most of the time it's like 101 and 102)</p>
<p>so if you've taken the Spanish AP and got a 4 but now want to take French do you still have to take an exam? I've never taken French so I obviously wouldn't be any higher than French 1...</p>