Speak multiple languages on application

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is there a section to list languages other than English that we can speak? if so, is there a option to choose our level?

 

[ToofTeef]

Yes, it is under "Personal Information" in AADSAS, and you can specify your proficiency level.

 

[BluntForceTrauma]

Pretty sure yes, if I remember right. But then again, it was also 2 years ago that I applied.

I did talk about it in my PS though, because it applied to what I was discussing (did translation services in a hospital I worked in).

 

[weaselodeath]

Yes, it is under "Personal Information" in AADSAS, and you can specify your proficiency level.

Toofteef is right. I just wanted to add that I thought they overdid it a little on their choice of languages by listing a couple that literally NO PERSON LEFT ON EARTH speaks, like Sumerian and Protoslavonic. No achievement is too lofty for a truly qualified applicant.

 

[setdoc7]

Depending on what u speak, and where u apply, this can be considered a great asset which will set u apart from the rest of the pool.

 

[ProspectivePostPreDent]

Toofteef is right. I just wanted to add that I thought they overdid it a little on their choice of languages by listing a couple that literally NO PERSON LEFT ON EARTH speaks, like Sumerian and Protoslavonic. No achievement is too lofty for a truly qualified applicant.

culturae nostrae nunquam destruitur propter figuras qui adfligebant

 

[weaselodeath]

culturae nostrae nunquam destruitur propter figuras qui adfligebant

This is stretching my grammatical knowledge here but, "our cultures never destroy those that we vanquish?"

 

[ProspectivePostPreDent]

This is stretching my grammatical knowledge here but, "our cultures never destroy those that we vanquish?"

It's the google translate version of "our culture will never be destroyed by the oppressors".

 

[ncide]

If you can speak Spanish, you will love your clinical years in dental school.

 

[rebecca_chatul_tov]

If you can speak Spanish, you will love your clinical years in dental school.

I married into a Spanish speaking family and I can understand quite a bit, but my Spanish frankly sucks when it comes to speaking. I would put myself at an intermediate level, is that going to be sufficient for clinicals or should I really work on brushing up. Also, do you know if they will throw out a random person at interviews to see how fluent you are?

 

[Life of Pablo]

I married into a Spanish speaking family and I can understand quite a bit, but my Spanish frankly sucks when it comes to speaking. I would put myself at an intermediate level, is that going to be sufficient for clinicals or should I really work on brushing up. Also, do you know if they will throw out a random person at interviews to see how fluent you are?

If you can hold a conversation (your grammar doesn't need to be perfect), I think you are fluent enough. It never hurts to brush up on your Spanish and learn more, though.

In regards to them "testing you" - that's DEFINITELY possible. At my UCLA interview, the girl who interviewed before me spoke spanish, and her interviewer did too, so they ended up conducting the interview in Spanish lol. Obviously this is just one example, but it can definitely happen.

 

[dent for the win]

If you can hold a conversation (your grammar doesn't need to be perfect), I think you are fluent enough. It never hurts to brush up on your Spanish and learn more, though.

In regards to them "testing you" - that's DEFINITELY possible. At my UCLA interview, the girl who interviewed before me spoke spanish, and her interviewer did too, so they ended up conducting the interview in Spanish lol. Obviously this is just one example, but it can definitely happen.

Were you expected to answer in spanish? Lol

 

[ProspectivePostPreDent]

They can ask whatever they want if it's not too personal. When they found out I had a music background, the director of admissions asked me in front of the interview group to name the sharps in a key signature he gave me.

 

[weaselodeath]

They can ask whatever they want if it's not too personal. When they found out I had a music background, the director of admissions asked me in front of the interview group to name the sharps in a key signature he gave me.

My interviewer said he wanted to get a piano just to see if everyone that said they could play actually knew anything. That's funny that they tested your theory knowledge!