I’m really good with languages. I pick them up very easily. My great grandmother knew seventeen fluently and graduated from University of Chicago. Ironically, that’s where I want to go also. I want to get fives on all of the languages. I think I can. I don’t know if the University of Chicago will accept all of the language subject tests, but I guess I can try, right? Any way to stand out from the immense competition to get into a school that only has a seven percent acceptance rate. Well, if I have to do it, I will. Any thoughts? Oh, and I don’t just like speaking different languages. I love anything to do with writing. So if I don’t become a translator, I guess I could become a journalist or an author.
Yet, you title the thread as “If I want to, can I take all the SAT Language Subject Tests?”
Are you talking about AP language tests or SAT subject tests?
SAT Subject Tests. I believe the scoring is the same, but I’m not sure.
Your raw score is your point total on the SAT Subject Test before it’s been converted to your final score on the 200-800 point scale. So if there are 60 questions, the highest raw score you could get would be 60.
I was mistaken. I found this through prep scholar. Never mind.
Being multilingual will not stand out, although it is rare for an American.
Is it physically possible? Unless you are currently a freshman, no. Japanese, Chinese, and Korean are only offered in November, and each can only be taken as the first test of the day. So unless you take one as a sophomore, one as a junior, and one as a senior, it’s not possible.
As part of the admissions package, yes. As an option to meet Chicago’s language requirement for graduation, no.
https://orientation.uchicago.edu/page/foreign-language
Ok thanks. I heard the maximum they would accept would be three anyway, but I wanted to see what I could get away with to stand out.
More than taking a lot of tests, you need to score high (700+) on each. Also, not all languages are offered for each session, and of course unless you take the ACT you need to keep some sessions for the actual SAT.
It would be a plus if you want to double major in foreign languages, comparative literature, international relations, CS+x for machine translation, or a combination thereof.
What languages do you currently know well?
I know the Scandinavian languages pretty well. French pretty well. Learning Russian and Arabic. Hebrew is easy. Japanese can be too except for the Kanji which is Really annoying. Learning German too. Just all kinds really. Languages aren’t a big deal for me.
There aren’t any Scandinavian language test.
French, Hebrew, German are possible at some specific testing dates.
Oddly, no Russian and no Arabic. You should really go to the collegeboard website and read up.
You’re better off learning two languages to POST AP level thanks to study abroad and dual enrollment, than learning a little of everything.
Obviously it’s even better if you can score 4*750 but I’m not sure you can do that Sand have two languages at advanced level.
Alright. Thank you.
Chicago will ‘accept’ them in that you can send the scores and they’ll look at them in the admissions process. But I suspect they’ll mean very little in the decision process.
Subject tests won’t do anything for language requirements they have for actual students,
you can but not too impressive.
Honestly, I’m not sure 3 language tests would even be your best strategy. You have to come with a full academic arsenal to schools asking for subject tests. You can certainly play up your language fluency in your application in other ways. I’m not sure I’d choose this way.