phd2 Thanks!! Why did you choose to learn hindi?
I guess we might be competeing, although we're applying for different levels I have a feeling they group all the levels together.. because my friend who went for Turkish was tested on proficiency when he arrived, then later he was placed in his respective level. Who knows?
I haven't applied for CLS before... but it would be a dream to study my fave language in India my fave place so yeahh. It was something I started learning on my own bc I thought the script was so neat, and took tutoring at a native speaker's house, and now I can read and write in Devanagari. very motivated to keep it up..