<p>I happen to be trilingual (French, English, and Spanish), how much should this help me during the college admissions process (finished AP French Junior year and had a 5 on the AP test taking AP French Lit IS next year, I am also Dual French citizen and lived there for 3 years)? Thanks</p>
<p>guess what i got a 5 on french lit as a freshman and a five on spanish lang as a junior / taking lit as a senior. oh and im advanced/fluent in arabic as well (about equivalent to grade level if i were to study in an arabic hs in the middle east).</p>
<p>b1tchhhhh</p>
<p>jk of course it helps you, but your set of languages isn't incredibly unique. (all the above is true)</p>
<p>I guess it sets you apart somewhat, but I know a guy whose taken AP Latin Vergil (5) AP Spanish (5), and is going to take AP Chinese, Japanese, English Lit, and the 2nd AP Latin next year.
He knows Japanese, Chinese, Latin, English, Greek, and Spanish. Compared to the overall pool, your distinct, but not unique.</p>
<p>Unless you've done something with all those languages, maybe worked as a translator somewhere, it's as cheesemaster said. =)</p>
<p>And wow, awesome guy cheesemaster. Is he fluent in all of those? As in near native speaker.</p>
<p>if he's fluent in latin he could probably study abroad in latin america</p>
<p>It's not at all unusual, many speak multiple languages.</p>
<p>cuz all the foreign people get in since they're so excellent in everything . . . kicking the americans out of their own colleges ;o</p>
<p>JuST kidding</p>
<p>Translate. Make use of your talents. Just knowing them won't help you.</p>
<p>If you've only learned a language in high school, then 5 on AP doesn't mean that you're fluent.</p>
<p>Speaking many languages is a good hook.</p>
<p>i am fluent and speak without an accent. i attended a french school (not an american french immersion school, but a FRENCH school accredited by the french ministry of education where almost all the subjects (except for english and US history) were taught in french. spanish wise i am still considered objectively fluent, i just am not as good at it as i am at french or arabic.</p>
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<p>No, he can't. Latin is not a conversational language, and name means nothing. No one speaks "canadian" in Canada, doh.</p>
<p>ok thanks for the clarification dumbass</p>
<p>im kind of disappointed nobody got the ross perot reference (or was it dan quayle?)</p>
<p>I'm trilingual</p>
<p>Korean English Spanish</p>
<p>Also trilingual :)</p>
<p>Russian English Ukrainian</p>
<p>Also trilingual (English, French, American Sign Language)</p>
<p>As others have said, knowing the languages is not unique. Perhaps your experiences as a dual citizen would be a better point of focus.</p>
<p>Where in the States do they have schools like that? </p>
<p>Inta masri? </p>
<p>I can speak English, French, and Arabic. I honestly think Arabic is a good asset these days, and colleges seem to be aware of this.</p>
<p>But languages generally won't help you if you're the ethnicity that you speak or dialects</p>
<p>like ukranian+russian are pretty much the same thing < - - - don't kill me...but it's true</p>
<p>Lots of Arab countries were ruled by the French</p>
<p>Also...colleges expect you to at least know 2-3 languages</p>
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You speak Russian or Ukrainian? :) I do, difference is as in German<->English.</p>
<p>Generally I agree with you; ethnic languages don't give much advantage. I'm learning German and French though :)</p>
<p>same with like indian languages and hindi....</p>
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<p>I am originally from India but was born and brought up in the middle east.... Does the following list of languages look good or is it something that I shouldn't bother highlighting since I am fluent only in Hindi and the other dialects?</p>
<p>1) English
2) Hindi
3) Sindhi ( dialect of Pakistan )
4) Gujurati ( dialect of India )
5) Arabic - Can read and write
6) Urdu - Can understand and read ( although I'd be slow in reading )
7) Spanish - In my third year in high school.</p>
<p>THanks</p>