All students who have prior exposure to Chinese (e.g., taking Chinese in middle schools,  US high schools, overseas international schools, or Chinese heritage schools) and who haven’t taken a Chinese class at Penn need to take this test if they wish to continue studying Chinese at Penn.
All students who wish to be exempt from the foreign language requirement in Chinese must take a placement/proficiency exam.  Neither the Chinese SAT II, AP scores nor the HSK certificates can be used for this purpose.