Foreign Language Placement: Drop-in Advising and/or Placement Exams

Thursday, August 28, 2025
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m

Arabic: Chicago Hall 103. Contact Mootacem Mhiri (momhiri@vassar.edu)
Chinese: Sanders Classroom 008. Haoming Liu (haliu@vassar.edu)
Placement exam: 60–70 minutes, beginning at 9:00 a.m. (latest time to begin is 10:30 a.m.)
French: Chicago Hall 102. Contact Anne Brancky (anbrancky@vassar.edu)
Please bring a laptop to fill out an information form and to take a short online placement test before meeting with a faculty member to discuss your experience and place you in the appropriate level.
German: Chicago Hall 131. Contact Silke von der Emde (vonderemde@vassar.edu)
Greek/Latin: Sanders Classroom 118. Contact Curtis Dozier (cudozier@vassar.edu)
Hebrew: Blodgett Hall 105. Contact Agnes Veto (agveto@vassar.edu)
Italian: Chicago Hall 128. Contact Simona Bondavalli (sibondavalli@vassar.edu)
Japanese: Sanders Classroom 321. Contact Hiromi Dollase (hidollase@vassar.edu)
Korean: Sanders Classroom 304. Contact Jihye Seong (jseong@vassar.edu)
Placement exam: 60–70 minutes beginning at 9:00 a.m. (latest time to begin is 10:50 a.m.)
Russian: Chicago Hall 118. Contact Nikolai Firtich (nifirtich@vassar.edu)
Spanish: Chicago Hall LL 102. Contact Eva Woods (evwoods@vassar.edu)
SILP (Int. ASL, Hindi, Irish, Swahili, Swedish): Chicago Hall 131. Contact Silke von der Emde (vonderemde@vassar.edu)

Please contact the department if you have questions about placement into language classes.