I am somewhat bilingual in Spanish, but the way I speak it is clearly not the same as the proper Castilian style Spanish. I would still have to learn how to speak proper Spanish more accurately. So being a “native speaker” is not 100% true in my case. Having said that, I have to complete 2yrs of Language for UC admission. The scenario is the following: I have satisfied my CC Language requirement for German 1 from taking it in HS but would still need to take German 2 at my current CC to have my CC clear my language requirements. BUT… since I am applying for next fall 2018 admission, I don’t want to overload my final (Spring) semester since I am scheduled to complete my Stats,Linguistics,Humanities by end of Spring 2018. I could add German 2 or I could try SAT subject test in Spanish this December. What would you suggest I do? Keeping in mind that I need to keep my GPA up to remain competitive as a transfer student from a CC. What would you recommend I do?
What does Castilian Spanish have to do with being bilingual? The Spanish spoken in Latin America is not less “proper”, and neutral Spanish is actually more useful in the U.S. because that’s what our immigrants speak. That being said, I don’t know anything about the UC system, but some colleges don’t count your native language and want you to learn a different language, so you should check on that. If they are fine with it being your native language, then you could do the Spanish subject test.