<p>Would speaking four languages increase your chances at selective schools. Because I speak Hindi, Telugu, and English at home and i learned Spanish at school.</p>
<p>I don't think so.</p>
<p>Most Indians speak more than one Indian language because they are all similar.</p>
<p>unless you speak spanish fluently, learning spanish at school won't help you.
i know indian friends who speak 3+ indian languages.</p>
<p>would speaking/ learning more than 2 Different languages be an advantage???</p>
<p>It makes you seem more interesting, but a better advantage would be if you actually went to the country where the language is spoken.</p>
<p>I lived in India for the first five years of my life, so Telugu was actually my first language. Does that help any</p>
<p>heck yea if u know how to put it in your essay</p>
<p>It isn't going to help you in the way you think per se. It is a plus, I'll give you that, but it isn't gonna make you stand out, especially since they're related languages (Indian). At least you got something out of it, like being able to talk in some parts in India, which is cool! Ya...hazhulkhen hit it right on the spot...learning it in school is different than actually using it.</p>
<p>it's true that it won't count, but Telugu and Hindi are pretty different in terms of grammar... and difficult x:</p>
<p>In my area, there are fluency tests that people can take... Hindi is one of them, and Telugu used to be offered as well. Check your area to see if you can take one of these fluency tests -- they count for 2 credits in my district. Other than that, I'm not sure how much it'll count because more and more people have fluency under their belts (Korean and Spanish, for example). Even if it was your first language, they might not be as sympathetic because a lot of English-as-a-second-language people move here halfway through highschool and have to face difficulty because of it. </p>
<p>btw, I'm Andhra Pradeshi too :D</p>