<p>Does anybody know how many people apply for this ED? Or total?
If I'm bilingual, can I use my second language for the Huntsman program? The Huntsman website says people have done it before, but i wonder if it hurts at all?</p>
<p>I dont know how many apply collegefreak1, but I did sort of figure out that they accept a total of around 50 students, and about half of them are international, so that makes only about 25 seats open, and if they go for gender parity, then you’re (and me too!) competing for only about 12 or 13 slots of your gender and citizenship status (US or foreign),</p>
<p>SO – I’d say it’s tough to get accepted no matter how many apply!</p>
<p>Looking at the student profiles on the Huntsman website it’s clear that many students are using their “ethnic” language (ie, Hindi for Indian-Americans) as their target language, but I got the slight impression that the school would prefer to see, for example, a Chinese-American student targeting Spanish or German or some such. But I may just be over-analyzing that.</p>
<p>Anyway – good luck to both of us!</p>
<p>same here…</p>
<p>It’s certainly an advantage not to use a native language, but rather a language you learned on your own. That’s what most people who I know in the program have done, but don’t kill yourself.</p>
<p>It’s a very diverse program and people come with lots of different language backgrounds.</p>
<p>I’m in the program, and a number of students use their native languages as their targets. It is allowed, though I myself view it as a missed opportunity. But sometimes it makes sense–if a students comes knowing English and their native language only, it’s not always possible to just start from scratch to learn a new target language, or maybe some other thing. People have their reasons.</p>