chinese satII

Test Preparation
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<p>has anyone taken the chinese satII? are there different levels of the test? i would like to get some basic information please</p>

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<p>Uh one level, real basic test, and common characters.</p>

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<p>nope, only take it if you can get an 800!</p>

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<p>Only one level. Three sections (listening, reading comprehension, and... don't know what the last one is called).</p>

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<p>Yeah..only take if you can get 800, because the averages for the Chinese SAT II are effin high..</p>

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<p>I doubt it if SAT II Chinese will help your applications, even if you get 800; especially if you are Chinese.</p>

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<p>listeing- mandarin, usuage- traditional, simplified, letters, and another charcter, reading- traditional and simplified...</p>

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<p>My friend said its about Chinese 3rd grade level. I was going to take it, but I can't read or write and only speak so I would've gotten a 200 =P</p>

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<p>Well, I'm almost completely illiterate...and I got 710</p>

<p>-_- It's not that bad, you can probably do pinyin and read through the sentences and grammar and I did well on listening</p>

<p>so, I just f-ed up the reading pretty badly (69 subscore)</p>

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<p>who cares, just take it. try to get 750+ though. not all chinese know chinese very well, and a score is a score. percentiles dont matter</p>

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<p>do colleges see the percentile or the score? and to goldtx, how would satII chinese not help? the colleges have no way of knowing if you're chinese or not....</p>

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<p>Don't you submit your ethncity?</p>

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<p>yeah but they cant expect all chinese to KNOW chinese..can they? im pretty sure some chinese parents do not emphazise chinese culture/language at home and value american/english. and usually you can decline to state ethnicity, but your last name probably gives it away anyway</p>

<p>when scores are sent, percentage is not shown, only subject and score</p>

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<p>colleges should not have the right to judge scores based on ethnicity</p>

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colleges should not have the right to judge scores based on ethnicity

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<p>True, but it's hard to eliminate prejudices...colleges tend to belittle Chinese scores when you're Asian. This puts ABCs who are not fluent/literate at Chinese at a disadvantage.</p>

<p>Take the test if you feel like it...but try to get high scores in at least some other tests so your Chinese score isn't the only 800 on your application (that looks pretty lame, especially if you're Asian).</p>

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<p>is there pinyin throughot the test or is it only characters.......like are the questions written in characters or pinyin or both?</p>

<p>just wondering because pinyin is easy but not so good with characters.....</p>

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<p>Well there's 3 parts to the exam: listening, grammar, and reading.</p>

<p>In the grammar (they ask you questions and you fill in the most appropriate idiom or expression) the questions are given in four formats: traditional characters, simplified characters, pinyin, and bopomofo.</p>

<p>In the reading part everything is only given in traditional characters and simplified characters, but the characters are really basic...about 2nd to 3rd grade level.</p>