<p>I'm currently taking Japanese as my foreign language. I have signed up for Chinese(2nd year) for my junior year because my parents want me to improve my writing since I know how to speak it already. It would be my sixth major so I would either get into Chinese or AP Stat. However since I am Chinese I'm wondering if Chinese or AP Stat would look better for college. My parents told me that since China is becoming possibly the best economy in the world it would look better. Any thoughts on this? Thanks.</p>
<p>Take Chinese. Colleges shouldn’t penalize you for knowing a language that other applicants can only claim they are fluent at.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that Chinese will look better because “it is becoming possibly the best economy in the world.” I think, like mrlauren said, that it shouldn’t be detrimental to your application. However, I would argue that it won’t necessarily look better than AP Stats - I’ve heard of colleges preferring that people take other languages than their native one. However, take my advice with a grain of salt because I don’t know what colleges actually “want.”</p>
<p>Take Chinese because you need to improve your reading and writing in that language, and don’t worry about how it "looks to someone else. There are precious few ways to demonstrate fluency in a home language, and few opportunities to master the literacy skills you need. Count yourself fortunate that your school offers your home language, and that there is a formal evaluative tool (the AP exam) readily available.</p>
<p>Thanks alot!</p>
<p>Well, my friend told me that AP Statistics is useless… (in her words, don’t get mad at me)
so yeah.</p>