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Who Here Is Multilingual? 17 Jun 2007, 09:49
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Cool!!!
Is this a + factor when applying to US Bschools?

I know someone who got into Harvard (undergrad)
Harvard admitted her because she could speak 8 languages.

I can speak a few.

Tagalog - native
English - native
Chinese-Fookienese - native (language at home)
Spanish - intermediate
Chinese-Mandarin - intermediate (13 years in school)
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Who Here Is Multilingual? 17 Jun 2007, 09:54
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Cool!!!
Is this a + factor when applying to US Bschools?

I know someone who got into Harvard (undergrad)
Harvard admitted her because she could speak 8 languages.

I can speak a few.

Tagalog - native
English - native
Chinese-Fookienese - native (language at home)
Spanish - intermediate
Chinese-Mandarin - intermediate (13 years in school)
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I promise you Harvard didn't admit her just because she spoke 8 languages. Thats like my saying I got into the GSB because I had a XXX GMAT. It's not that cut and dry - don't fool yourself into thinking it is or you wil llikely be dissapointed....

That said, multilingual is definetly a nice thing to have for your apps.
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Who Here Is Multilingual? 17 Jun 2007, 12:26
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English - Fluent
Oriya - Native
Hindi - Second Native
Gujarati - Can get by
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Thinking of taking French/Spanish classes if I get some time off in the evenings - my work schedule has been killing me! :oops:
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Who Here Is Multilingual? 17 Jun 2007, 12:39
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Who Here Is Multilingual? 17 Jun 2007, 14:59
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Who Here Is Multilingual? 18 Jun 2007, 07:53
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native in italian and venetian
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i so love languages! :)
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Who Here Is Multilingual? 18 Jun 2007, 08:01
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