Foreign Language at Penn

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I would also like to know if such an option exists</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure language courses have to be taken for a grade if it’s to fill the req.</p>

<p>I’m in the beginners and will be entering yr. 2 of the language. To be honest, i’m not sure how the structure changes, if at all. There’s also Business Chinese for those interested.</p>

<p>There was a girl in my Chinese class taking French and some other language too. Whether it’s doable or not depends on the languages you take and how good you’re at with languages, but I think even two would be fine.</p>

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<p>im def taking hindi or kannada since i speak both.
im so TIRED of being the only non-native spanish speaker in my class :frowning: </p>

<p>(ps: im from miami…)</p>

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<p>4 classes? sheesh.</p>

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<p>Ok, i found out.</p>

<p>College students have to take the language class for a grade to fulfill the req.
“Courses taken to satisfy the Foreign Language Requirement must be taken for a letter grade, not pass/fail.”
<a href=“http://www.college.upenn.edu/curriculum/policies/language.php[/url]”>http://www.college.upenn.edu/curriculum/policies/language.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“Wharton students are permitted to take language courses on a pass/fail basis; however, first semester freshmen and transfer students cannot take any courses pass/fail.”
<a href=“http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/curriculum/foreign_language.cfm[/url]”>http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/curriculum/foreign_language.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I’m not sure about engineering students. Do they even have a language requirement?</p>

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<p>SEAS students have no lang. req.</p>

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<p>sucks. I hv to taken an interview to pass Chinese. Altho I am still an CHINESE PASSPORT HOLDER
geeeesh…</p>

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<p>How strict are these interviews/oral tests? Are we assigned a numerical grade? or is it just subjective?</p>

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<p>Most SEAS students speak Perl or C++, not Spanish or French</p>

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<p>Do C++ or Java count as languages?</p>

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<p><em>thinks</em> lol</p>

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<p>c++ is def. not a foreign language. sorry if i didnt catch the sarcasm.</p>

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<p>Damn :(:(:frowning:
It was partial sarcasm partial optimism.</p>

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<p>Not foreign languages loooool
Try COBOL</p>

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<p>So anyone know how well we have to perform on the oral exam/interview to be exempt from the language requirement? (provided we score just below 650 or something on the SATII)</p>

<p>Do we get assigned a numerical grade for the oral exam? or does the interviewer just subjectively pass/fail the student?</p>

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<p>^Chillax bro. It’s summer. Worry about it in mid/late August.</p>

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<p>All I saw in that sentence was “perform” and “oral”</p>

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<p>-_- legend, lets try and keep that sexual tension confined to ur summer camp this year. </p>

<p>and, once again, i’m with venkz! chill premedguy (ur name, btw, gives everything away) you can start spazzing about school once school starts.</p>

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<p>And yet again paro and legend prove why Penn is the best school for me while premedguy is someone I want to get mugged.</p>

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<p>Oh, you’re a teddy bear and you know it, Venkat - you don’t want him mugged.</p>

<p>PreMEDguy, just do your best. I have a feeling that no matter what the answer to your question was, you’d still do just as much preparation for the exam/interview (whether that’s none or studying all summer).</p>