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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also get the sense that the resume value of it, for older kids, is declining.  One interesting tidbit: [b]at Blair the highest SATII score is Mandarin, and they do not offer it.  Why?  Because so many of the kids there, of Chinese background, speak at home and go to weekend school[/b] (something that seems just fine to me, so not looking to start a row about that).   There are a lot of advanced Mandarin speakers in this country already ... children of immigrants.  [/quote]I was told by a senior staff member at Hope Chinese School (which meets on weekends and is open to anyone) when a native Chinese speaker takes the SAT II in Mandarin, the colleges do not view the score the same way as they would for a non-native speaker regardless whether they get an 800.  Since they do SAT prep, I tend to lean towards their understanding of prep tests.  However, anyone anywhere can take the SAT II Mandarin, so if Blair does not offer it, that's certainly their right.

If I went to school in China and got an SAT II [u]English speaking/translation[/u] 800 score (or the equivalent of a similar test) , I'm not sure how much weight it would carry with a college.[/quote]

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