Cornell On-Line Language Tests

The following tests are currently offered at this site:

English
Describe What You See: A Sample Test in English [Requires Shockwave® Player 11.5 or later] ]
EISS Placement Test [Requires Shockwave® Player 11.5 or later] ]
French
Language Placement in French
German
Berlin Consortium Entrance Exam [Requires Shockwave® Player 11.5 or later] ]
Italian
Cornell Advanced Standing Examination in Italian (Cornell students only)
Language Placement in Italian
Korean
Korean Placement Test [Requires Shockwave® Player 11.5 or later] ] (Cornell students only)
Russian
Advanced Russian 3303 Take-Home [Requires Shockwave® Player 11.5 or later] ]
Beginning Russian Quizzes [Requires Shockwave® Player 11.5 or later] ]
Harvey: A Sample Test in English and Russian [Requires Shockwave® Player 11.5 or later] ]
Intermediate Russian Exercises [Requires Shockwave® Player 11.5 or later] ]
Spanish
Language Placement in Spanish

CASE (Cornell Advanced Standing Examination) in French, Italian, and Spanish are not online tests, but in order to find out whether you're eligible to take them, you must register (click the button above this paragraph). You may be qualified for a CASE on the basis of your previous study, or you may qualify after taking an online Language Placement test. Click the button below to find out.

Some of the tests are offered only at certain times of year. For a schedule of Spanish, Italian, and French placement tests, please see this schedule.

One of the purposes of online testing is to make it easier for first year students to determine their placement level prior to arriving to campus. We will develop tests in more languages over time.

Note on supported browsers: While we aim to support as many different computers, operating systems, and browsers as we can, we cannot support all of them. The exact list of supported browsers keeps changing as they continue to evolve and we try to catch up. Please use one of the more common Windows or Mac OS browsers. Otherwise you may see a warning after you log in.

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Language Departments and Programs

The Language Requirement

You can find the most recent information about this in Cornell University's Courses of Study, under the College of Arts and Sciences, General information. For questions about the language requirements in other colleges, please contact the registrar of the other college directly.

For other information you may use the Search link at the top of this page

Your COLLT History

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COLLT was created and is maintained at the College of Arts and Sciences. It was designed and programmed by Slava Paperno and owes many of its features to advice from other teachers. Questions? Write to Richard Feldman at rf10@cornell.edu. © 2006-2010 Cornell University and the authors. All rights reserved.