<p>hi guys, I'm new here and I'm hoping you'll be able to help. I need to register for the SAT IIs TOMORROW so its kinda urgent.</p>
<p>My native language is Spanish, so a friend of my dad's who works at Harvard told me to choose the Spanish subject test 'cause I'll get a great score. But won't this look like I'm taking the easy way out to admission offices? Like, well duh we know you speak spanish..</p>
<p>thank you in advance!</p>
<p>positives: It is your native language, so in theory, you will get an excellent score.</p>
<p>negatives: If for some reason, you're having a bad day and aren't focusing, or if you basically if you do poorly for any reason, it could hurt you because it IS your native language.</p>
<p>hope I helped you out somewhat :)</p>
<p>Yeah that helped thaks! so you think it won't look bad to colleges that it's my native language?</p>
<p>This from the Harvard admissions office:</p>
<p>"Candidates whose native language is not English should not take any of their three SAT II tests in their native language."</p>
<p>That's at the following URL:</p>
<p>I'd go ahead and take the Spanish test if you like, because some colleges may accept it and it won't hurt, but <em>DO NOT USE IT AS ONE OF YOUR REQUIRED TESTS</em> :) . That's my best advice anyway.</p>