I’m (hopefully) going to UofT next year and I’m not really sure whether or not to continue French. I also want to take Mandarin and I thought you couldn’t take two first year language courses. Since I will have grade twelve french do I get to skip right to FSL 221Y? Thanks.
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As a matter of fact, you can take two first year language courses. The only restriction that you have on first year courses is that no more than 6 first year credits will count towards your GPA. If you do get into FSL221Y, though, it wouldn’t actually count as a first-year course.
If you’re passionate about languages, I would suggest that you give a French course a try. You don’t have to continue on with a French program if you find that you don’t like it. You’ll find that many people in University will change majors so you don’t have to decide what subjects to continue in right away.
As for which French course you will be placed in, I actually just called the French department and they told me that the course you take depends on the your results on the placement test only, and that there is no general “trend” as to which course Grade 12 students are placed into. And the test is mandatory, so you might as well wait until you get into University before trying to figure out which course you’ll be placed in! Slow down there, eager beaver.
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melissa
thank you!