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Old 12-30-2007, 12:41 PM   #1
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Native Language?

I never really thought of this, but I know that some colleges wont count SAt 2s if theyre in your native language.

What counts as a native language? Like, I live in Canada. My first language is English, and my parents speak only English. But I'm, fluent in French. French wouldn't be one of my native languages, would it?
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Old 12-30-2007, 06:53 PM   #2
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You can ask the college. I would imagine it might depend on the college.
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Old 12-30-2007, 06:56 PM   #3
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They might count it against you if you don't get a perfect score.

Just kidding. Let's take it to extremes: You say you speak four languages fluently and you prove it by scoring above 750 in all four tests. Do you think it won't count? I don't think they'd care if you scored a 0 in Math II!

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Old 12-30-2007, 07:04 PM   #4
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Are you mentioning on the application that you are fluent?
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Old 12-31-2007, 05:38 PM   #5
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I think it depends on the college. It shouldn't really count because French wasn't your first language.
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Old 12-31-2007, 10:40 PM   #6
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im from canada too!=D
well, i dont think they will consider French as your native language its your "second" language
i think its the same thing as students in the states taking Spanish

just take French im sure its fine
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Old 01-01-2008, 03:26 PM   #7
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okay thank you. im going to tell them that im fluent, yes. but i hope they wont count it against me, because none of my family speak french. i just was put into the immersion program.
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