Should I take SAT Chinese with Listening even though I am a native speaker?

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there is no literature component to the test

There is no literature component for any AP modern foreign language exam (AP Spanish Lit being a separate exam).

most of the classic Chinese works of literature will be written in Traditional Chinese, which is not emphasized in most high school Chinese classes

I don’t think that’s the reason. The schools that don’t give credit for AP Chinese usually also do not give credit for AP Japanese.My guess is that those colleges do not equate the level AP tests for Japanese/Chinese to be comparable to Spanish/French/Italian/German.

But for the OP, I agree with the others; you can take it for possible placement/exemption for college, but don’t use it as one of the required/recommended Subject Tests.