Spanish Proficiency Examination

painca
Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:04:48 +0000

Hi,

Will you be in arts and sciences or business? If you’re in business, you’ll have to perform at the Beginning Spanish II level, which is two quarters of Spanish. It’s things like “Where are you from?” and “Do you have any brothers or sisters?” and “What’s your favorite food?” If you’re in A&S, you’ll have to go one quarter further.

My guess is that if you passed the initial assessment, you’re good. If not, you’ll probably wind up having to do one quarter of Spanish, which you’ll probably get a high score in.

Unfortunately, I only know one person who took the equivalency exam. She was Hispanic and completely fluent in Spanish, which the interviewer quickly found out. It wound up being a five minute conversation, but the interviewer (understandably) picked up the pace on her since it was obvious her Spanish was so good.