<p>If I score about 750 on a exam like... Chinese, and its like 60 percentile, and I don't speak it natively, will colleges recognize this as an achievement?</p>
<p>If you are not a native langauge speaker and you score 750+ in
any Nov SAT II listening test it is an achievement that will stand
out</p>
<p>^ i think that logic is very flawed. i came to the united states in 97 and english is not my native language. i got a 640 in critical reading. i dont think its going to look better than someone who has lived here all his life and scored the same 640.</p>
<p>A 640 shows a little above standard achievement, which is not too much to brag about. But a 750 is a really good score, even for native speakers. And you have lived here for 10 years, while he has not lived in China for the past 10 years...</p>
<p>who says i was bragging? i am sorry if my comment gave an impression of bragging but i wasnt bragging. i am actually scoring mid 700s now in CR and going to retake in october. a 750 isnt a good score even for native speakers. have you seen the average scores for korean and chinese? its 750. my friend's score of 720 in literature in korea then must be impressive to you because english is not his native language.</p>
<p>Well, "technically" colleges aren't supposed to differentiate between native and non-native speakers. I would imagine that a 750 on Chinese "should" be the same as a 750 on physics. And a 750 by a native speaker "should" be equated the same as a 750 by a non-native speaker. Or so the colleges say. But application readers are people, not lawyers trying to avoid a lawsuit. Granted if you are ethnic Chinese, that might go against you slightly, since it is easy to assume that you speak it fluently. Perhaps you want to point out in your apps that you are non-native (which would be unnecessary if you are ethnically non-native as well).</p>
<p>Congrats for achieving such a high level in such a difficult language.</p>
<p>Also @ TheBlackLantern/khoitrinh: especially in the Asian languages, virtually all the kids who take the language tests are native speakers. That is why the average is so high. Also, the CollegeBoard does assume that American students will not have a lot of contact with these languages (just now are schools starting to offer Chinese/Korean/Japanese). But if a student did somehow come into contact with a language they are not fluent in, it would be admirable to score high, even if that happens to be a low percentile ranking. Remember, these are LANGUAGE tests. Critical Reading is difficult because it is English Literature, basically. If the SAT I had an English LANGUAGE section, I'm sure our average for that section would be in the mid 700s as well.</p>
<p>okay... Im Chinese, but I have no Chinese experience at home. I am ethnically Chinese, but know no vocab, grammar, or any conversational skills. How would I be able to prove that I am proficient and learned Chinese as a non-native speaker?</p>
<p>There is no way that you can actually prove that. You can tell the colleges that, but they might not believe you. And learning Chinese is probably easier for you than others, although you do not speak it natively.</p>
<p>Personally, I am Vietnamese, but I did not speak it natively. I managed to learn, to be fluent, but it was without a doubt far easier for me than others. I live in an Vietnamese environment and my parents know how to speak it. I do not know your specific situation, but I still believe that it is probably easier for you to learn Chinese than it is for someone else.</p>
<p>u guyz. seriously. colleges dont CARE about native languages if your asian unless you take spanish or sumthing. do the research</p>