Online Placement Test
FRENCH PLACEMENT TEST
Colby’s placement test for French is taken online. This exam may not be used for automatic exemption from the language requirement (see below**).
Please note that the test will be made available to first-year students from May 20-31 only. The test is required of all incoming students who have taken French before. Students who have never studied French do not have to take it.
Students can sign-up for and take the exam as soon as they obtain their username and password here. It takes a maximum of 45 minutes. Should you have questions, contact Prof. Mouhamédoul Niang, [email protected].
LANGUAGE PLACEMENT SCORE CUT-OFFS FOR COURSE ENROLLMENTS:
A student can fulfill the language requirement at Colby in several ways:
1. By achieving a score of 640 or higher on a foreign language SAT Subject Test taken in the student’s high school, or on the Colby online French placement exam taken in June
2. or, by a score of 4 or 5 in an Advanced Placement exam,
3. or, a score of 6 or 7 in an International Baccalaureate higher-level exam,
4. or, a 7 on a standard-level International Baccalaureate exam.
SCORE | FRENCH COURSE
200-450 | FR125*
460-530 | FR126
540-610 | FR127
620-630 | FR128 or FR131**
640-800 | FR231 and above
*Students who have completed two or more years of French cannot enroll in FR125.
**If you achieve a score of 620 or above, in order to fulfill the language requirement, you must contact the French Studies department chair and schedule an interview to verify your level.