<p>Hmmm... is it really true that the curve is harsh? I mean, I know that the curve should be tougher than other subject tests, but it is not THAT harsh, like 780~790 if one gets 2 questions wrong. I am thinking of 3~4 questions for a 780~790.</p>
<p>Is there a website released by collegeboard that has the curve for SAT II Chinese?</p>
<p>Chinese rock!</p>
<p>yeah i thought the test was harder than what people told me. maybe they made it harder this year?</p>
<p>I really dont see what's so bad about taking Chinese if you're a native speaker. there is nothing wrong with showing colleges that you know another language besides english.
I'm a native chinese speaker and i took sat 2 chinese this saturday, and i have to say, it is not as easy as you think. In many cases, if you dont recognize one or two key characters, then there is no way of knowing an answer to a question. </p>
<p>and plus, I'm sure a large amount of people who take the SAT 2s spanish are hispanics, and the same goes for japanese, korean etc.</p>
<p>I agree. asians in general just do better on tests :p and that's why scores are so inflated</p>
<p>haha, don't take this test, especially if you are native chinese, it doesn't count for anything. I got 790 through tunning out during the listening section (I'm chinese) and afterwards felt like a moron, so while I can't use it as app material, its more like a scar on my score report.</p>
<p>Oh 790 is not bad. I don't think anyone could keep your nerves cracking during the listening part, and I don't think that section accurately portrays a student's Mandarin listening ability.</p>
<p>Why do colleges discount your score if you're a native speaker? I came to the U.S. when I was 1. My family speaks Shanghainese at home, and I learn Mandarin every Sunday. Does that give me an advantage?</p>
<p>If you have the advantage of a chinese ethnicity, why not use it? It would be stupid if you tried to conform with the opinion of others and disregard your advantage. Therefore, take what you'll do well in. College admissions know that not all chinese americans speak chinese.</p>
<p>Nearly all chinese kids are smart, so go figure on the SAT II.</p>
<p>may i know will taking chinese put me at a disadvantage when it comes to admissions proces? did 'chinese' who took 'chinese' not being able to get into ivy league? btw, i am a chinese. haha</p>
<p>well, my take on this is that if you end up having to resort to taking a chinese/jap sat ii, you just arent good enough in other subject areas to feel confident enough to take tests in those subject areas. heck, for any student wanting to go to a top tier school anyways, most sat iis should be easy enough that a 750+ in three subject areas should be a given for asian students. </p>
<p>and for those who say that its an advantage that asian students should just take advantage of, consider how hard the chinese/jap test is relatively compared to like the french or the spanish test. for those languages, native speakers actually have to be really good at the language to ever hope to get an 800 on the subject test. conversely, on the chinese/jap test, the depth of the test is so superficial that basic understanding of the language is pretty much enough to get you an 800. my reasoning behind this? sentence completion sentences are given in phonetic form for both tests, and all of the reading comprehension questions are asked in english. the difficulty of the test is however sufficient from the perspective of who collegeboard writes the test for. that however takes away from the credibility of any asian student who decides to take the test.</p>
<p>Well I'm black and I study Chinese.
My parents never taught me, and so should I take the exam?
I also speak Spanish (from school), French and German (independently studied).
And I want to study political science/international relations.</p>
<p>So, once again, should I take it?</p>
<p>^As long as you're not entering college next fall do it!
Otherwise, it's too late. The exam is only offered once a year.</p>
<p>Should I take Chinese if my race is chinese but the language I speak at home is English and I am being taught my subjects at school in English?</p>