If English is not my first language..

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<p>If English is not my first language, will colleges be understanding if my CR and W sections are a bit low? I moved from China to the US when I was 9. I'm more of a math/science type. OR will colleges say something like "It doesnt matter. It's just a challange you have to overcome." </p>

<p>I'm hoping to get ~2200 or higher. I'm not getting an 800 on the math on practice tests only because of careless mistakes; and with enough work, I think I can bring both CR and W to ~700 (both currently around low-mid 600s :( )</p>

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<p>They are going to say “It doesn’t matter. It’s a challenge you have to overcome.” But with a 2200+ you should be able to get into some very good schools.</p>

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<p>Nice, you’re even at a worse disadvantage. Asian = bad luck for you. I don’t think they’ll care if you came here when you’re 9. They expect you to know how to speak english fluently in a year, lol.</p>

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<p>^oh well speak fluently doesn not mean read '‘fluently’.
CR is still hard for non native speakers no matter how well they can speak eng.</p>

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<p>SOL.</p>

<p>P.S. Suck it up. There are many of people who are in the same position. Plus, 9 is a very young age. I had a friend who came when he was 9, spoke zero english and he was admitted to Stanford at age 16. So no leeway there buddy.</p>

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<p>There are cases where you can’t adapt to your language as easily. Especially if you’re of Asian descent, it is likely you’ll move to an “asian bubble community” (just a term I use, don’t take offense) where, if you weren’t a native, you weren’t given as much exposure to the language as you could’ve been. i’ve experienced something like this, except the language wasn’t english.</p>

<p>but still, you should be able to speak fluently, to a similar degree of your first language. just build up on it; colleges aren’t going to take you seriously if you fall behind because of a language barrier, as tough as it sounds. if you can get them to 700s though, that’s still a pretty nice score for any student, so good luck with that (:</p>

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<p>9 is a very young age. To learn a language as a native speaker in 8 years IN an English speaking country is quite feasible and in most cases expectable.</p>

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<p>^how about 14?</p>

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<p>If you didn’t know English at all before, explaining that you had been using English for only 3 or 4 years would be a great thing to do to compensate for lower scores on verbal sections.</p>

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<p>Well I’m 16 now, and I can speak english without an accent. </p>

<p>Thanks eveyrone; I was just curious</p>