<p>Do you think knowing 5 languages(maybe showing you know the lang. well by taking AP tests)could work as a hook in HYPS? there are so many amazing students here and I would like to know if this could stand out in the adm. office.
Also, do you know which selective schools likes students who seem to be talented in multilanguages?(son is interested in HYPS)
My niece got accepted to MIT this year. She tells me that for a girl interested in math and engineering was a big plus for her getting accepted.
Do yo think my son interested in foreign languages could be a big plus. We are international and we have limited knowledge in american admission process. Thank you for your advice</p>
<p>I feel that knowing 5 languages is definitely a plus ( 2 or 3 might be average, at least in the people I'm sorrounded by but 5 is another thing). I'd say it will definitely help.</p>
<p>J mom, Speaking 5 languages is more the side issue than the real prize. The life experiences that led your son to learn 5 languages is what selective colleges would be very interested in. </p>
<p>Multiculturism, global thinking and international exposure are all valuable assets in college admissions, thus if you son has had this experience he needs to get this across in his application, especially in his essays and resume. </p>
<p>Admission to selective colleges for internationals is greatly influenced by individual circumstances which country, which ethnic group/religion, what your financial aid requirements are? HYPSM being the most selective, of course, require top grades and scores as a starting place. After that they do consider life experiences and an international portfolio CAN be a hook, depending on the context.</p>
<p>Without knowing where you come from its difficult to predict your sons chances but I would say as a general statement that it helps to go against the grain that is, apply to colleges that dont attract a lot of kids of your ethnic or national origin. Also, think about some of the smaller, less well known but still excellent liberal arts colleges. These colleges often use internationals especially non-Caucasians to fulfill their diversity needs and may offer merit aid as a further attraction.</p>
<p>thank you megaman and momrath for your reply. actually my son is a Korean-american living in asia. He just loves learning new languages. It seems to come to him easily. He studies chinese at school as a 2nd lang. plus he is self studing Japanese and Latin.
so he really speaks 4 and know latin. He has never been to Japan and had visited China only for few days in 8th grade. He has passion for learning different languages. After he masters Latin he is thinking about learning spanish or french.
I just want to see if any of you know a lot of future HYPS or HYPS with such talent? Or is this very common among many college bounds.
Is multilingual more common for girls or boys?
I just hope this could somewhat stand out during admission process.
My son will be a junior.</p>
<p>I agree ability to speak several languages is a plus but not enough to get your son into top schools on its own. Superachievers among asian kids are plenty here is US as well.
Any school will look at your son from the standpoint what he has to bring to college- how his diversity will improve college needs, what his international experience is all about, how it changes him, what did he learn, etc, etc.</p>