So this is news to me, but apparently there's a loophole that can let you out of the 2 year language requirement that has ****ed up a good many GPAs over the years. The loophole is supposed to be for those with "language disabilities" but I think I speak for myself and I'm assuming a few others when I say that I am not able to learn another language. Sounds like a "language disability" to me.

What you have to do is petition the department (getting a letter from your prof reaffirming how terrible you are at his class) and then you take a language placement test. But not like the Spanish/French/Italian one you took during orientation. This one is written mainly in some made up language and it tests your ability to memorize. The last part is actually written in Kurdish, so presumably if you get that section right you're immediately shipped off to Iraq as a translator/liberator.

The loophole? You can purposefully bomb the test, which will in turn suggest that you in fact do have a "language disability" and voila! No more language requirement. But be careful:

"We compare the results of the aptitude test with your academic record," he said. "If you bomb the exam and you got into the University, it's usually going to be pretty obvious, and you're not going to get what you want."

That being said:

When asked how often waivers are granted to those who apply, Segal said "frequently," but that there were no official statistics to prove his estimate.

This does seem like a lot of work, so first I'd recommend the tried and true method of having your fluent friend who looks like you take your placement test. And if they don't look like you, make a new MCard on Photoshop. What? It worked at the gate for football games.