<p>i've heard that you can waive the language requirement with satii's or ap exams.</p>
<p>how well do you have to do on satii's to demonstrate a satisfactory level of comprehension?</p>
<p>I'll bet you its different for each language (I have no idea, this is my guess) simply because the averages are way different. For example, Chinese SATII's average is 800. While the spanish average SATII score is probably way lower (just a guess). </p>
<p>You know, after writing that, I realize that I have nothing to offer other than my guesses so sorry for wasting anyone's time, but I'm posting this just in case its right and helpful. lol.</p>
<p>I think no matter how well u did on either test you have to do well on columbia's language placement exam to be exempt from any part of the language requirement</p>
<p>no, a current columbia student tells me you can place out with satiis. i'm just asking with how good a score.</p>
<p>I know Harvard's SATII cutoff is 720.</p>
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<p>well this current columbia student would be shocked if they let u wave more than one semester of the requirement only based on SAT2 scores.</p>
<p>From the bulletin,</p>
<p>The requirement may be satisfied in one of the following ways:</p>
<p>1.</p>
<pre><code> Satisfactory completion of the second term of an intermediate language sequence.
</code></pre>
<p>2.</p>
<pre><code> Demonstration of an equivalent competence through the appropriate score on the SAT II Subject Test or Advanced Placement Tests.
</code></pre>
<p>3.</p>
<pre><code> Demonstration of an equivalent competence through the Colleges own placement tests (consult the department through which the language is offered).
</code></pre>
<p>4.</p>
<pre><code> The successful completion of an advanced level foreign language or literature course that requires 1202 or the equivalent as a prerequisite. This course must be taken for a letter grade.
</code></pre>
<p>5.</p>
<pre><code> Students whose native language is not English are not required to take an additional foreign language or an achievement test if they have completed the secondary school requirement in the native language.
</code></pre>
<p>I just want to know specifically what I need to do to eliminate the language requirement before entry, but I guess I'll have to consult a specific department? I welcome any current student's account of how this is done if he/she did this.</p>
<p>A 4 on AP will exempt you from the four-semester foreign language requirement, and a 5 on an AP language gets you the requirement and 3 points of credit. They will send you info on how you can use your AP and SAT II scores in the admissions packet. It may change this year but last year:</p>
<p>SAT II
French: below 420 (1101), 420-499 (1102), 500-639 (1201), 640-779 (1202), and 780+ satisfies the four-semester requirement.</p>
<p>German: below 400 (1101), 400-499 (1102), 500-569 (1120), 570-679 (1201), 680-779 (1202), 780+ satisfies the four-semester requirement.</p>
<p>Hebrew: 700+ satisfies four-semester requirement.</p>
<p>Latin: no credit for SAT II's</p>
<p>Spanish: below 420 (1101), 420-509 (1102), 510-569 (1120), 570-689 (1201), 690-779 (1202), and 780+ satisfies the requirement.</p>
<p>I did French, so I don't know what this business about 1120's is. They say they are "comprehensive" beginner courses, but I don't know what that means in terms of the FL requirement. For all other languages, I assume you'd just talk to a representative from that language's department about placement; it wasn't listed in the pamphlet I'm looking at.</p>
<p>thanks a lot, bing. this is exactly what I'm looking for. any info on chinese?</p>
<p>The brochure I was looking at didn't have those listings for Chinese; I assume you'd have to contact someone in that department.</p>
<p>Actually I waived three of those semesters with my Sat scores.</p>
<p>Actually, if you intend to go into Computer science, you don't need a foreign language. It appears that programming languages count as foreign languages.</p>
<p>so I have a question, if you don't have anything that can waive the language requirement, does this mean you need to take four semesters of a language, because that's what it says on their webpage. I mean that's pretty huge, that's 2 years of a foreign language. Would I be better off learning the language myself this summer and getting the requirement waived?</p>
<p>SEAS doesnt have the language req, only CC so it really depends..</p>
<p>yeah, I'm asking about CAS not SEAS</p>
<p>ah....</p>
<p>well hey, if you think u can learn a language in 3 months over the summer to the level of 2nd year of college...go for it!!!</p>
<p>heck, if i could do that, i'd be speaking like 5 languages right now :)</p>
<p>well the thing is, I've taken french from grades 3-9 (I'm from Canada), I'm not saying I could learn the language in 3 months, but I've got enough of a base to get the SAT french book and hopefully get a decent enough score to get the requirement waived...slash w/e I'll probably just endup not doing any of this and taking it in university lol.</p>
<p>well u can also place out of a couple of semesters of it and cut it in half, its not an all or nothing type of deal.</p>