<p>My son went through this last year. The COM2 requirement at UR requires proficiency in a foreign language. You can test out of it in the following ways for Spanish:</p>
<p>1) AP score of 3 or higher
2) IB exam score of 5 or higher
3) SAT II score of 630 or higher (language or listening)
4) on campus placement test</p>
<p>complete detail here: <a href=“University of Richmond”>University of Richmond;
Note: the link above is last year’s policy. I suppose it could change.</p>
<p>You might want to consider taking the SAT II because it will simplify your course registration. Registration occurs before you take UR’s placement test. If your rely upon the placement test and are not exempted, you will need to take Intensive Intermediate Spanish, which is a 2 unit course. Since you will probably not want to delay in taking this course, lest your Spanish gets rustier, it would mean that your first semester would consist of Core, Spanish, and one other class, unless you want to take 5 units. (UR recommends 4 units.)</p>
<p>If you take the SAT II and score 630 or higher you would eliminate schedule changes to accommodate Spanish. If you score lower than 630 you can still take the placement test.</p>