<p>i heard from someone on this forum that said that the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at UPenn doesn't prefer applicants who choose their native language as their target language... but that doesn't make a lot of sense since i'm pretty sure most of the mandarin concentrators at huntsman are native speakers & etc. i also met with a lady there that said that chinese would be the best bet for me because i am fluent in the language, but now i have doubts? should i put french then? i'm taking AP next year but i'm not nearly as good as it as chinese.</p>
<p>I think you should just submit your best language. I have a friend who got into Huntsman too but he was fluent in both French and Chinese (his native), Im not sure which one he submitted though. Perhaps both? Is that possible?</p>
<p>I really don’t think it would make that much of a difference. I think the point of a second language is so you can study abroad in another country during your four years at penn to learn about their culture and stuff. In which case, your most fluent language seems more appealing to me.</p>
<p>say my native language is chinese, and i do really well on the chinese sats, but screwed up my national examinations, will that put me in a bad spot? i did consistently well for chinese all along, but was sick on the day of the national examinations so i failed my chinese…</p>
<p>I don’t think it’ll make much of a difference, but serioualy, you’re going to need to know Chinese in the future.</p>
<p>i already know it pretty well, i can speak in it kind of fluently, but nothing so spectacular so as to be able to know all the bombastic words…the programme that i took in grade 10 would have allowed me to use chinese as a subject for university admissions, but im kind of afraid that i might get blacklisted should i apply because of that stupid fail…</p>
<p>should i take the SAT for chinese? im pretty sure that i can get a 800 on it, and even a 5 on AP chinese hands-down…</p>
<p>What country are you from?</p>
<p>singapore…but i will be going to italy soon to study for 2 years, so i think by then, i will be semi-fleunt in italian, and somewhat fluent in chinese assuming that the standard of it doesnt deteriorate over time…does that make it more attractive should i apply? knowing 2 languages other than english?</p>