<p>In this wonderful maelstrom of college prep, I have taken eight subject tests so far, SPAN, SPAN/L, PHYS, USH, WH, MATH1, MATH2, LIT. I plan to report three or four of them (790 US, 780 Math 2, 770 World, 650 Lit). My father wants be to take the Chinese with Listening test next fall, because it will "cement my Chinese credentials" (I've been taking four years of weekly private Chinese lessons with a native tutor.) Should I take the test? Will colleges demand verification of my language EC statement? I really don't want to wake up early again to take another test.</p>
<p>I do not think you should do Chinese, and your doing way too much already I think you should have taken less and focused on them more…</p>
<p>For reference, the languages, Lit, and Physics were my dad’s pushing. And I’m not going into a STEM field, so I don’t need a passable test in Phys/Chem/Bio</p>
<p>Only 8? I took 10 of 'em in high school in the late 1990s, lol (not 10 different subjects, some were repeats). I don’t think you need to take any more Subject Tests, though. Focus on something else at this point.</p>
<p>Colleges that require subject tests require two and most of those consider only the highest two for admission and ignore the rest. You already have too many tests. You should also note that a number of colleges have mentioned, including Harvard and Yale, that they are not impressed when an applicant submits an 800 in his native language. You should also be aware that, despite only needing two, some colleges require you to provide all scores, so you won’t be permitted to withhold bad scores.</p>
<p>I’ll pass this on to him. I’m not really looking at no Score Choice colleges, so that’s moot. And I’m Caucasian, so Chinese and Spanish are foreign languages to me.</p>
<p>Although they probably wouldn’t consider Chinese for admissions, if you didn’t take the AP Chinese exam, you could possibly use your SAT II’s to test out of requirements in the school. Personally, I wouldn’t take it–the majority of test takers are fluent, so little curve–but it’s up to you.</p>
<p>Noooooooooooooo!!!</p>