These scheduled placement tests are offered the week before classes begin; there is also a make-up exam a couple of days after classes begin for students who can not make it to the initial exam. We encourage you to take the initial placement exam because the make-up is given after the first day of classes.

A Placement test IS NOT needed for:

A Placement test IS needed for:

• Students who have had two or more years of high school study in the language.
• Students who are bilingual or native speakers, or who have spoken the language at home.
• Students who have been awarded credit for language work at another college or university and wish to continue with the language at Cornell.
• The placement exam may have been taken in high school (SAT II, taken after the last course, or AP, if the score was 4 or 5) or at Cornell (LP Test). The instructors will still want to test you to judge which level will best suit you.

Exemption:

• Students whose speaking, reading, and writing competence in a language other than English is at the same level we would expect our entering freshman to have in English (as shown by completing high school in that language or by special examination during their first year here at Cornell) are exempt from the college's language requirement.(Cornell University Courses of Study, 2008-2009)

Posting: Placement test results are posted for your convenience and only with your permission; for this purpose, we would need to know your Cornell ID number. Please tell the instructor giving the exam if you want your results posted. The instructor will give you a permission slip to fill out. Placement test results can not be posted if you do not fill out one of these slips.

Placement tests are scheduled for Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese) and Korean at both basic and advanced levels. For testing in other languages, consult the contact for that language listed below.

Sign-up is not necessary for these tests, but please bring a #2 pencil. You will also need to know your Cornell ID #.