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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably too many cowards on this list to actually get in touch with her. [/quote]

why does she need to do it privately?  Why not answer any questions here?
My only one is did the daughter really teach herself mandarin at 16?  Is she fluent? 
Off now to teach myself Arabic. I heard that is a hot one right now on college apps. :wink:[/quote]

Hello.  I would like to correct a misconception.  I DID NOT teach myself Chinese, nor am I fluent.  I have taken Chinese in school (thank you Fairfax County public schools) and I am above the proficiency level for an IB Chinese 1 student (the course I just completed).  This year I also won student of the year award for Upper Level Chinese during the awards ceremony for the Marshall Academy because of my hard work and effort.  I did not learn Chinese to pad my college application.  My college application is impressive as it is now.  I learned Chinese because China currently has some of the world's best doctors, engineers and computer programmers; I plan to use my Chinese in the future to create an organization to pool our countries' resources and brainpower.  If you have any other questions about my achievements, please reference my LinkedIn.

If you would like to learn Arabic, I would suggest Rosetta Stone; their software is very effective (not being paid to say this).

The only subject I did teach myself (when I was 14) was calculus.  Mathematics has always come naturally to me and I thought it was a good way to spend my summer.  This investment has led to my success in International Baccalaureate Higher Level Math, a two-year course that is considered by schools that offer both IB and AP to be more challenging and comprehensive than AP Calc BC.

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