<p>Ok, so not really native language..
but let's say your second language learned after English.</p>
<p>Is this seen as negative by the college admissions?
I've heard a lot of things:</p>
<p>Positive(+)... 1) Show what you know! Doesn't hurt
Negative (-)...1) It doesn't count. You knew how to speak the language fluently since you were little. </p>
<p>Can I get people's opinion on this?</p>
<p>i would take if i were you....just make sure you get an 800 or really close to it</p>
<p>it def cant hurt, so it could only help. they either consider it or dont, not use it against you.</p>
<p>It certainly won't hurt you, but I don't think it'll help a whole lot. Think about it: there are many, many applicants who speak other languages natively, so taking a fairly easy test on it doesn't really show much to the adcoms. The subject tests are supposed to evaluate, quickly, the knowledge you gained in AP courses (generally), and are easily presentable to colleges, not to mention more precise numerically than AP scores, which aren't reported until after the admissions cycle.</p>
<p>like Stanford said...Just make sure u get an 800</p>
<p>dont take it if ur gonna get in the 600s lol cuz then u just look like an idiot</p>
<p>that would be embarrasing (god I can never spell this word correctly...)</p>
<p>SO many people take the Chinese SAT and do well on it (they are mostly native speakers..)</p>
<p>I am in the same conflict... I know Hebrew really well and I'm learning French as a second language. I think I'll take both tests just to show colleges what I know!</p>
<p>So would you guys recommend I take SAT II Chinese? </p>
<p>Edit: Omg. It won't let me register anymore?! "There are no available test dates for the current year."</p>
<p>OMGOMGOMG.</p>
<p>^^ WHat??? Collegeboard always offers SAT II Chinese around November-ish of every year.</p>
<p>^^ Update. I just checked Collegeboard.com, and SAT II Chinese is only offered in Novemeber. </p>
<p>Here's the link:
<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two/chinese/chinese.html?chinese%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two/chinese/chinese.html?chinese</a></p>
<p>Aww it'll be too late by then. Guess I'll pass.</p>