Students, incoming and continuing, with any knowledge of Ancient Greek, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin, Russian, or Spanish who haven鈥檛 taken a course in these languages at The Claremont Colleges will be required to take a placement exam. The exams will need to be taken before your arrival on campus. Please read below for the various deadlines*. To take a placement exam outside of the dates listed below, please contact the language department directly.
The results allow the departments to place you in the appropriate level class to continue your study of a language.
All Pomona language placement exams will be available by July 08, 2024. The times listed are all PDT.
Ancient Greek
*All students who have previously studied Ancient Greek should contact Prof. Chinn (christopher.chinn@pomona.edu) to discuss their placement.
Chinese
All students must take the online component by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12th.
The Chinese placement test can be taken on the following website .
French
*All students must take the online exam by 11:59 p.m. on Thur. Aug. 15th.
The . Please read below for further Sakai information.
German
*All students must take the online exam by 11:59 p.m. on Thur. Aug. 15th.
The can be taken at any time. Please create the required login on the Emmersion website to take the placement exam.
Japanese
*All students should take the online component by 11:59 p.m. on Thur. Aug. 08th.
The Japanese placement test consists of 2 components; both are required. . For Part 2, you will be contacted by one of the Japanese instructors. Please read these directions carefully for further details on when and where the 2 components will be available.
Latin
*All students who have previously studied Latin should take the online exam by 11:59 p.m. on Fri. Sept. 13th.
The . Please read below for further Sakai information.
Russian
*All students with knowledge of Russian must take the online exam by 11:55 p.m. on Wed. Aug. 28th.
The . Please read below for further Sakai information.
Spanish
*All students must take the online exam by 11:59 p.m. on Thur. Aug. 15th.
The can be taken at any time. Please create the required login on the Emmersion website to take the placement exam.
Arabic
Primary Contact: Prof. Bassam Frangieh (Bassam.Frangieh@ClaremontMcKenna.edu)
The Arabic placement test is on Thursday, August 22 from 8:00a.m - 10:00a.m.
The exam will be in-person at Roberts Hall North 105.
Italian
Primary Contact: Prof. Becky Ballinger (rballing@scrippscollege.edu)
The Italian placement test open between July 1st and until August 12th.
If you have placed at an advanced level, this additional exam will take place in person on August 21.
Students should register on the Emmersion test site using your college issued email address:
If you are having technical issues with accessing the test please click the link here:
Korean
Primary Contact: Prof. Minju Kim (Minju.Kim@ClaremontMcKenna.edu)
The Korean placement test is on August 22nd from 8:00a.m - 10:00a.m.
The exam will be in-person at Roberts North 102.
Portuguese
Primary Contact: Prof. Norman Valencia (Norman.Valencia@ClaremontMcKenna.edu)
The Portuguese placement test is on August 22nd from 8:00a.m - 10:00a.m.
The exam will be in-person at Roberts North 211
Please contact Prof. Valencia by email in advance of the Portuguese placement exam, so that you can receive a specific exam time.
Accessing the Sakai based Placement Exams
The online Sakai exams will be available on July 08th; direct your browser to the site and perform the following:
- Click on 鈥淟ogin鈥 in the upper right corner.
- Then choose the name of your College from the pull-down menu under 鈥淧lease Select Your College.鈥
- Then log in with your College Login ID.
- Reminder: you do need to have set up your College email in order to access the Sakai sites.
- If you鈥檙e an incoming student you will see multiple placement exam tabs along the top in Sakai. Your college鈥檚 ITS will have automatically added you to any online placement exams that are available in Sakai.
- If you encounter difficulties logging into Sakai, you can contact your College ITS Help Desk:
- Pomona: servicedesk@pomona.edu or 909-621-8061
- Scripps: help@scrippscollege.edu or 909-607-3406
- CMC: help@claremontmckenna.edu or 909-607-0911
- HMC: help-desk@hmc.edu or 909-607-7777
- Pitzer: help@pitzer.edu or 909-607-3065.