<p>i have no idea... i am guessing it should help because most people just know english. and when i say multilingual i mean being FLUENT, learning spanish/french/german in high school doesn't count. but then again a lot of asian applicants such as myself often know 2 languages, english and mother tongue.</p>
<p>Well I think that I will be more impressed by someone who learn those languages at school then reach a fluency level near native speaker than someone who grew up speaking this language at home or in his community. Sorry to disappoint you but in your case, people tend to say"bilingual" rather than multilingual. I know that knowing two languages stand for multi but this is how it goes:
1 language : Monolingual
2 Lan... : Bilingual
3Lan... : Trilingual / multilingual
4LAn : Item
5 ... : Item
6-7 : Polyglot</p>
<p>I bilingual (mother tongue) + Speak English and Spanish fluently but I don't think that it will give me an edge in College. My goal is to become a polyglot but I am sure that you will impress the school if you speak 7 languages. There was an IB student who spoke 7 languages fluently -written-spoken-litterature- I don't know if she learnt them but I heard that she was good in languages. Guess what? The IB waive her language requirement because she was so good in languages. She did not even have to take an A1 language. Anywy, I hope that the school you wnat to go will look at you as a big shot because you are bilingual</p>
<p>thanks! i took the term literally as i thought multi = more than 1... and i use miltilingual with bilingual interchangeably. well that sucks colleges wont care... oh wells</p>
<p>Well they might not be blwon away by you being bilingual but they might like the fact that you are bicultural. So there is still hope</p>
<p>Well I know 5 languages - Bulgarian, Greek, English, German and Russian, but I honestly don't feel like the helped me much, it is however an added bonus.</p>
<p>Multiple languages (whether it is two or three or 10) can be interesting to a given college. BUT</p>
<p>How did you learn that language (or those languages) other than English?</p>
<p>Did you live abroad? For how long? In how many different countries/cultures? In which specific countries/cultures?</p>
<p>Are you the first generation born/reared in the US?</p>
<p>Do you come from an ethnic/cultural community that has been in the US for generations but has maintained the regular use of that other language?</p>
<p>Are you Native American?</p>
<p>Did you learn the language(s) only at school, and why did you choose (or why did your parents choose) that/those language(s)?</p>
<p>Did you learn the language(s) in a weekend school or private language classes, and why did you choose (or why did your parents choose) that/those language(s)?</p>
<p>Do you plan to study something related to that/those language(s), or a subject where multiple languages would be useful in your ultimate profession - say international business?</p>
<p>What sort of students are there at the colleges you are looking at?<br>
A college that is full of students who only speak English and who have grown up in a part of the country where they haven't had a chance to meet many people who are fluent in more than one language might really, really like to have you around so that those kids can see that people who speak other languages and/or come from other cultures don't have two heads. A college full of students with your same language/culture background won't find you quite so interesting.</p>
<p>In other words, it depends - The same way the sport you play could be interesting to a college, or whether you dance or play a musical instrument. Just make sure that the colleges you look at know this thing about you, so that if it does make a difference for them, you get the bonus points!</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>