<p>I've been US for 2 years, and my Chinese is much better than most students at my age in China, do I need to take this test and get an easy perfect score? I can only get my 800s on math and Chinese. My CR and Reading score are around high600's, will this hurt me? Waiting for your answers.</p>
<p>I'd say no. I had this question before, it's meaningless to take SATII Chinese as a recent immigrant..................</p>
<p>yeah for chinese sat II even if you get a 800, you'll still be in the 50th percentile or something. Taking it won't look very impressive or say much about what you learned and what you know, because it would be expected from someone with Chinese as their native language. How about taking something related to math, like physics?</p>
<p>should u take chinese if you moved here when you were 3 and have been speaking English ever since? Also, if your verbal score was very high AND you had a high score in another foreign language, should you take Chinese even if you are of Chinese descent?</p>
<p>If you had a high score in another foreign language (750+), taking a test in your native language is not a bad idea. Especially if your foreign language is something like Korean and you are of Chinese descent (yeah, as terrible as it sounds, most of the college admissions officers couldn't tell a Kim apart from a Chen). But it is pointless to take Chinese, even if you were born in America. I'm beginning to believe that taking the SAT II Chinese won't hurt you if you get an 800 (but it probably won't help you), so if you take it, you better be sure that you don't make that 1 careless mistake that will take you down to 790...</p>
<p>It's not a good idea...I know you've only been learning english for 2 years, so you feel you need to counter english with chinese, but it doesn't impress, and sometimes does the opposite.</p>
<p>I would suggest you take it as a fourth SAT II...take three others first , a writing, a math, a science (if possible), and if those are truly abysmally mad, then perhaps then it might help to have an easy 800 in your pocket.</p>
<p>Also, you said you're better at Chinese than most of your peers in China. I think it would be a shame if you didn't show this. However, the SAT II is at a Chinese 6-year-old's level, so that isn't the way to go - an 800 is around 65th %ile. Take some other Chinese standardized test or something that you can stick that on your resume with a note that might say '5% of students score perfect on this test [and i'm one of them!]'. Or, perhaps call up your colleges and say you'd like to show that your Chinese is really good, can they suggest any exams they might have heard of that they would be impressed with (if you scored well on it, that is).</p>
<p>gluck</p>
<p>I mean is there any kind of tests in any universities like for those ph.D candidates in majors of Chinese Literature or History, I know it sounds crazy, but I can handle the toughest Chinese exams in America.</p>
<p>Maybe you could ask to interview one of the chinese Professors at wherever you want to go.</p>
<p>If professors are American, they won't be able to follow my speed, I speak so fast. If they are Chinese, they will be ashame of themselves, because most of them are not so good as a conversationalist, since they deal with non-native speakers for decades.</p>
<p>Surely if you found a professor that had a Chinese wife and family he/she would still use it on a day to day basis and be able to follow you. Or maybe I am vastly underrating your Chinese. Although maybe you thought I meant a professor that taught Chinese. I guess I just assumed they would be from China, which is a poor assumption. Find one from China and ask if you can interview him.</p>
<p>Isn't the reason CB made SATII Chinese & Korean for them to take it? (i mean, it's not like many HS offer SATII Korean anyway) I lived in Korea for 5-6 years about 5 years ago and took the SATII and got 790.</p>