Excelsior - NYU Foreign Language Exam?

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NYU has the advantage of giving 4 UL over the BYU. Its greater difficulty gives it better professional standing. The BYU exam doesn't gives only 12 lower level and no upper level. The ACTFL isn't too expensive to take, but it seems much more difficult, at least for me. I'd like to be able to do it some time in the future.

I just took the Indonesian version today, and I didn't enjoy it so much. The test seemed designed to be tricky. The listening part was unsurprisingly difficult, but I was told not to mess with the CD player, so I couldn't repeat any of the questions. I didn't have any measure of time available to me. That made me anxious, though I ended up finishing with an hour remaining. I never have the energy to go back and check everything. This is the first test I have taken where I need to wait to see my score. That is excruciating.

Of course if I end up getting a satisfactory score, I'll have nothing but good things to say about the exam.

I looked it up with the link that you provided to the exams and the FAQ implies that native speakers are barred from taking them.

[COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="4"][SIZE="2"]6) [SIZE="3"][SIZE="2"]Q: I am a native speaker of [language] and would like to receive credit for my language. Can I use these tests for this purpose?
A: At BYU we do not allow native speakers of a given language to receive lower-division credit for that language. We have no jurisdiction over other institutions and their policies for language credit. You should discuss this issue with your institution.[/SIZE][/SIZE] [/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR]

I think that this would limit the testing range and thus the upper credits that an outside institution would award. Did you check with your school how they'll credit you?

W.