HELP!!!! Korean SAT II by Korean??

Test Preparation
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<p>Hello, I'm Korean American and I took Korean SAT II last year. Is that okay??
I want to apply to Stanford, Duke, UC Berkeley, UC LA, etc. But would I be disadvantaged by the fact that I took Korean SAT II test as a Korean?
I took Biology M and Math IIC too. But the scores were only 650 each, so I'm retaking them on November. And my SAT I wasn't so good either... So I'm spending my whole summer just studying for SAT I and SAT IIs. </p>

<p>If Korean SAT II is a disadvantage for me, then I'll have to add another different SAT II to my agenda. And that's not good... </p>

<p>So please HELP!! I need to know as soon as possible. THANK YOU!!!</p>

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<p>well an 800 on the korean subject test is only like the 67th percentile or something. So i dont think it is very impressive to colleges.</p>

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<p>and you might NOT get a 800...</p>

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<p>hey OP--I'm not Korean myself, but I'm a hakwon director, so I'm very familiar with the issue. Most super-competitive schools will not look very favorably an SAT II taken in your native language. The Harvard website, for instance, says explicitly that they will not take such an SAT II (if I'm remembering correctly). So unless you have enough SAT IIs without that Korean test, you should take another exam.</p>

<p>Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.</p>

<p>If you want another opinion, I'd suggest you call the schools directly and ask.</p>

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<p>The schools you list require two SAT IIs (except Stanford which requires none but highly recommends two and that one of them be Math II). Many who apply to UCs use an SAT II in their native language as one of the two (the UCs expressly state that doing so will not be a negative). If you are retaking Biology and Math, not sure why you believe you might need another since you will have three total.</p>

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<p>What if I am Chinese and I want to take the Chinese one?
It is Mandarin though and I am Canto. I've sort of just watched dramas and have been practicing by reading Chinese magazines. And after seeing the questions they had on the test on the Collegeboard website, I found it fairly easy.</p>

<p>Will it still look bad? Cantonese and Mandarin are spoken differently, but like all Chinese dialects, we use the same characters.</p>

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<p>^ You might have a tiny bit of trouble during the listening portion.
But the reading should be a breeze.
I'm in the same situation.. except.. I'm fluent in both dialects. XD</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure it isn't a "disadvantage" to take the Korean exam.
Most colleges only choose your best scores anyways.. regardless of what exam it is. But it'd probably look bad if you speak it, and read it, but bomb the exam.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that's what I was also thinking about the listening portion.
That's good that you're fluent in both :)</p>