<p>Hello!
So basically i'm ahead in language i took chinese 3 in freshmen year and this is the last year i can take language because my parents say that we are moving to a new district next year and unfortunately theres not chinese in the new school district! and since i only had one year left anyway i just skipped to AP chinese instead of going to chiense 4 honors this year, in sophomore year. </p>
<p>is this going to affect my collge admissions because i didnt take enough years? Would me being 2-3 years ahead in language possibly make up for it? My counselor said that its not years that are being counted its like levels? is this true? for example being in chinese 3 already equals 3 levels/years? is this going to affect my admission to top schools like the ivys or ucb, ucla??? would any colleges care about this?</p>
<p>are you sure it doesn’t matter? why? yeah of course i trust her but i just don’t feel like she knows the right answer because everywhere i look on the internet they say at least 3 years if not 4 years! of lang for top universities. shes the only one who said otherwise thats all…</p>
<p>Did you take the AP Chinese test? or the SAT subject test in Chinese? If you did and scored well on either of them[ 4 or 5 or 750+] then relax. Those test results validate your knowledge of Chinese is comparable to those students who have taken 3-4 years of classes. If you didnt take either test, then be sure to continue to study Chinese online, with the Collegeboard SAT Chinese prep book or AP prep book, and either take the subject test as soon as it is offered [If you are NOT a native Chinese speaker, then be careful to take the non- listening Chinese subject test if it is offered, as the listening is horribly curved], or take the AP test next May.</p>
<p>yay!! i got the answer i needed… yes yes thanks for the advice i will score high on all those tests without too much worry though because i speak very fluent chinese almost like a native speaker…im half chinese half jewish so…did i already say that? :/</p>
<p>No i am born here but my mom only spoke chinese to me when i was young when i got a bit older she stopped but i didn’t forget, my relatives from china are around sometimes too, i spend plenty of time with chinese people anyways so i speak very well…i chat to kids my age in china for fun so i can write too! ^^ …why?</p>
<p>Lily, the guidelines on language are for monolingual American students who are only taking a foreign language at school. They don’t apply to people who are seriously fluent in two languages–in other words, much more capable than anybody would be after 3/4 years of hs foreign language classes. Take the AP or subject test to demonstrate your proficiency in Chinese, and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Kudos to your mom, and you, for maintaining your language skills.</p>
<p>Take the SAT Subject and AP tests for Chinese. Some schools (such as UC, as noted below) accept one or both with sufficiently high scores to validate foreign language knowledge.</p>
<p>In the UC context, completion of an advanced level is sufficient to assume completion of the earlier levels (see last sentence of note 3 in the following):</p>
<p>Private universities with holistic admissions tend to just eyeball transcripts; it would only be sensible to look at the level completed, rather than the number of years.</p>
<p>Note also that foreign language graduation requirements may be greater than foreign language admission requirements at some universities.</p>
<p>alright thanks guys! even if you sufficient enough to score high proficiency unfortunately my school still requires us to take 2 years. i even heard some schools wouldn’t let you take a foreign language class if you already have a lot of knowledge in it! D: luckily for me my school is not like that! kudos to all hehe~ ^.^</p>
yeah of course i trust her but i just don’t feel like she knows the right answer because everywhere i look on the internet they say at least 3 years if not 4 years! of lang for top universities. shes the only one who said otherwise thats all…</p>