<p>I have a question about this section of the Harvard supplement. My dad is Mexican, but when I was very young I spoke English only because my mom didn't know Spanish and didn't want to have problems communicating with me. I had never learned to read or write it at home.</p>
<p>Over the years, my dad begin to teach me more and more Spanish. Nowadays, my dad speaks to me in Spanish and I answer in English. That is the way we have nearly all of our conversations. Basically, I am fluent, but I'm not a native speaker because English was my first language and my dominant one.</p>
<p>I took the Spanish SAT II without Listening (I meant to sign up for the one with Listening) and scored only a 700 on it because my reading skills aren't as proficient as my speaking ones. I can, however, read and write Spanish from instruction that I have received in school. On the section of the Harvard supplement, should I put that I can read, write, and speak it? That is the truth, but I am afraid that given my background and the fact that I wrote that, my 700 (which is only 64% percentile) will look low. Additionally, Harvard says that you shouldn't take a subject test in your "own language." </p>
<p>I could just put that I speak it but not that I read/write it because I'm better at speaking.</p>
<p>put that you read write and speak it, b/c you do. it doesn't matter if you need to improve on some areas, who doesn't? but as long as you can communicate write all three down.</p>
<p>I'm not complaining about a 700, but I'm just worried that perhaps my alleged fluency listed on the supplement will contradict the information obviously stated in the SAT score report, especially because I am Mexican.</p>
<p>Is there a way to say "I'm not a native speaker" in that section?</p>
<p>I am from Chile, so I speak Spanish... and I made a mistake in the sample questions of CollegeBoard... it was a word that may have a lot of meanings.. so, if I can be confused, of course you can be as well..</p>
<p>If you want to practice written Spanish, send me a pm and we can chat =)</p>
<p>"Harvard says that you shouldn't take a subject test in your "own language." "</p>
<p>That doesn't mean you're not allowed to take it. That just means they don't recommend using it as one of your 3 subject tests for the application. Don't worry about it.</p>