Placement Testing Guidelines
Please note:
- To see whether or not your AP or SAT II score can be used to fulfill the Stanford language requirement, see Approaching Stanford, page 10. The fulfillment of this requirement must be confirmed by the Registrar's office.
- A placement test consists of both an oral and a written portion.
Placement Test Guidelines
- If you have never studied the language before, you do not need to take a placement test. Enroll in the first quarter of the first-year sequence.
- If you took the written part of the placement test on-line this summer, you need to take the oral part on campus.
- If you studied the language before, but did not take the AP or the SAT II, take the placement test.
- If you studied the language before and took the AP or the SAT II, but did not fulfill the language requirement because of your score, take the placement test.
- If you studied the language before and took the AP or the SAT II, fulfilled the language requirement because of your score, and wish to continue studying the language, you are required to take both the written part of the language placement test and the oral portion. In the case of SPANISH you should take ONLY the oral portion of the exam administered on campus on September 21.
Information on Specific Languages:
If you are continuing in French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean , or Russian: regardless of your AP/SATII passing score, you are required to take both the written part of the placement test online and the oral portion of the exam that will be administered on campus on September 21.
If you are continuing in Spanish: if you have received a 4 or 5 on the AP Spanish Exam or a 630 (or better) on the SAT II in Spanish, you are required to take ONLY the oral portion of the exam, administered on September 21. All others refer to the above Placement Test Guidelines.
If you are continuing in Latin orAncient Greek: regardless of your AP/SATII score, you are required to take the written exam on campus, administered only on September 21 (no online test available).
If you are continuing with any of the following languages, contact the coordinator for information and to arrange a placement test:
Portuguese By appointment: Lyriswie@stanford.edu
Special Languages By appointment: eprionas@stanford.edu
Please disregard this notice if you are beginning a new language in order to fulfill the Stanford language requirement.Enroll in the first quarter of the first-year sequence.
