Sat french subject test

Test Preparation
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<p>Hey guyz,</p>

<p>My country does not offer French with listening and only French Sat 2 without listening. Do you think this could be problem? Like do colleges prefer the with listening option?</p>

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<p>If that is all your nation provides, then they will not hold it against you. Its a similar situation with AP’s, although it is encouraged to self-study those if needed.</p>

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<p>no, it is not encouraged to self-study APs. It doesn’t impress colleges or give you any benefit for admissions. The only point of self studying APs is to get college credit.</p>

<p>But i digress. French without listening is fine. Many people take without listening, that’s what I did back in my freshman year.</p>

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<p>Should I tell my college that in the application? Should I like write in the extras that I would have took french with lsitneing but it wasnt offered?</p>

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<p>No, they wont care.</p>

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<p>My son self-studied AP Calc AB so he could get into AP Calc BC from regular Calc.</p>

<p>I’m not sure if it matters if you are not going to be a French major, and most schools will test students to see where they would place in their language hierarchy anyway.</p>

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Many schools will use SAT II’s/AP’s in lieu of their placement tests.</p>

<p>Back to the OP. French with listening vs. French w/o listening is no big deal. No need to mention your inability to take the listening test on your app.</p>

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<p>Placement tests??? Is there really such a thing ( being serious ) ! Do they occur before or after I get into the college?</p>

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<p>Yes, there is really such a thing. Some colleges also give math/writing/science placement tests. They occur after you are accepted. Some may be online during the summer; others will be when you arrive on campus.</p>

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<p>The placement tests occur during the first week (new student orientation). They typically involve foreign language (unless you have a good SAT Subject score) and math (regardless of score); for ESL/international students there’s also an English test with writing. Some colleges also have a swim test, a computer use test, and/or a science test for future STEM majors. </p>

<p>French without listening is the most popular option. I’m not even sure why French with Listening is still being offered. I’d switch it out and replace it with Arabic, which is weirdly not offered at all (at least you have at least one date for Italian or Hebrew.)</p>

<p>Obviously, don’t take a Language Subject Test in your native language. :)</p>

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<p>Why can’t a take a subject test in my native language??? thats what im doing… I have two native languages, French and English…</p>

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<p>You can certainly take a subject test in your native language, as long as it is over and above the specific college’s requirement of the number of subject tests to be submitted.</p>

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<p>I am taking it as the 2 subject tests im required to do. not anythign additional.</p>

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<p>Well, I guess it depends on how selective the colleges you are applying to are.</p>

<p>Here’s Harvard’s thoughts on the subject:

<a href=“Application Requirements”>https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/application-process/application-requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Columbia:

<a href=“http://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/ask/faq/topic/402”>http://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/ask/faq/topic/402&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I’d read between the lines and say using an SAT subject test in your native language as one of the required/recommended tests is not the best idea.</p>

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<p>You can take it <em>in addition to</em> a language you learned in school but not as a foreign language since it’s not foreign to you. The exception is if you live in a non-French speaking country and attend an English-language school but have French-speaking parents). Indeed, what would it prove that you can get an 800 on a test at CEF A2, meant for kids who had between 2 and 4 years of the language in high school? Nothing at all. If you’re worth anything you better beat anyone who’s had 3 years in a language when you’d have 17 years in it… and if you don’t, then there’s a huge problem. So, it’s lose-lose. In addition, the most selective schools consider this a “lazy choice” since you attempt to pass for legitimate a test that doesn’t reflect your background or study skills.
If French is the language in your school, but not in your country; or if French is the language in your country but not your school and family, you can take it as an additional test (ie., in that case, you could take Math2, English, and French.)</p>

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<p>I live in a non-French speaking country and attend an English-language school but have French-speaking parents and i am an american citizen, so is it ok?</p>