Myth?!! : Must take a humanities

fuzzyfirebunny
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:35:53 +0000

yeahhh…taking an SAT II in your native language doesnt help you. adcoms arent stupid. i think they’ll figure out that you’re a native speaker and while it wont necessarily hurt you, it probably wont help you either if they’re deciding between you and someone with otherwise similar stats
Also, @Islander, you may think that literature is “nonsense” but there’s pretty much nonsense in every standardized (esp SAT) test. we all know they’re not that great indicators of your actual ability. That said, imo, the literature test is pretty good at testing your innate ability, its a little harder to actually “study” and “learn” by rote. And if you think the entire subject of English is nonsense, well, thats your prerogative.