Taking CHINESE to boost GPA?

I speak and write Chinese perfectly.
To boost my GPA can I take some Chinese language courses??

Will firms ask for my transcript and reject me for taking my native language?
I know what I am trying to do is terrible but I want to hear your opinions.

Thank you in advance.

 

If you have the electives to take, go right ahead. No firm is going to look that closely or care. The only thing I would mention is that some teachers make you go to class and you might be bored out of your mind saying "Ni Hao Ma?" and "Zhe shi wo de bijiu"

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I had a guy in my second year Chinese class who did that, though he spoke better than he wrote.

Hopefully you'd at least test into an upper-level class.

There have been many great comebacks throughout history. Jesus was dead but then came back as an all-powerful God-Zombie.
 

It's fine unless you're taking Beginner and Intermediate.

There are tons of native speaking fellows that take writing courses to strengthen and maintain their understanding of their native tongue

Banking.
 

We had a test on the first day of my Mandarin 101 class to see who knew their shit and who didn't. A few of the Chinese kids performed extremely well and were forced to take a higher level class. However, there was one kid who really knew his shit but purposely performed poorly on the test so he could stay in the class and get an easy A. Needless to say, the kid ended up with a B because he thought he was so smart and didn't need to do the work...

 

Make use of your time at an institution of higher learning and actually fucking learn something new.

A handful of A's in Chinese courses is going to be a drop in the bucket GPA-wise (+ .02-.03) over the course of a 120 credit academic career. If your academic performance is borderline that you need those couple hundredths of a point to clear the 3.5 threshold for most banking jobs, you have a lot more to worry about.

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OK so most of you guys tell me its okay for landing a job...

but how about for Masters or MBA? Is it better to take a minor or another major than taking some easy electives such as Chinese?

 

The only circumstance where it can be justified from the point of admissions is if it somehow fits your overall narrative. Are you an American citizen? Did you attend high-school in the States or in China? Were you born in the US or China? These are all factors that the MBA office will take into account when evaluating your application - if you are a chinese citizen/received secondary education in china/was born in china --- it's hard to justify your taking loads of credits in Chinese. Also, if the Chinese classes have absolutely nothing to do with your interests/clubs/leadership/work experience, I'd say at best it dosent help at all and at worst the admissions office labels you one of those grade-grubbing GPA-whoring asians... which will not help you for admissions

 
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I don't recommend it. The first day of each of my Spanish classes the teacher identified students who were native speakers and just kicked them out of the class. They were then forced to find a new elective and all of the good classes were taken.

On top of that -- your plan is a huge waste of your education. I'd love to take time off work to take a few classes in subjects that interest me. Once you graduate, this becomes incredibly difficult to do.

Finally -- MBA admissions do look at your transcript. If you put "Chinese" as a native/fluent language on your application but your transcript shows you took Chinese classes, it will quickly become clear that you were attempting to pad your GPA. Not very helpful.

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