[applelew]

I'm planning on taking the test in Nov, so I was wondering if anyone took it yet and if so, was it difficult? What type of questions does the test ask you? What do I need to bring for the listening part of the test? Thanks

[mojomunkeez]

Don't get a single question wrong. Because no one else does. One question wrong bumps you down to 750. And no, that is NOT a good score for this test.

[skadoosh!]

ah, yes, ive taken this before in like 7th grade.
it was a practice thing and such.
the listening part isnt that hard; they have ping yin on EVERYTHIGN so yeah. its usually a conversation about something.
and i dont really think you need to bring anything special.
theres reading comp, listening, and grammar.

like ^ said, do really well. all the chinese students take it, so they all get like perfects etc etc etc >D
good luck!

[swtangel]

I'm planning on taking the test in Nov, so I was wondering if anyone took it yet and if so, was it difficult? What type of questions does the test ask you? What do I need to bring for the listening part of the test? Thanks

I took it last year too and it wasn't hard. I got a 790 on it. The listening part(bring a CD player and extra batteries just in case) is in mandarin and the CD would read you a short passage or ask you a question and then give you a list of answer choices to choose from. It's like multiple choice questions, except the questions/choices aren't printed in front of you. so PAY ATTENTION cause the CD doesn't rewind (sucks >.<) And for the other part, it's also reading short passages and answering questions, filling in the blanks, and multiple choice questions.

by the way, chinese wasn't my first language, so i think as long as you took like 3+ years of chinese, you should be fine. good luck!

hope this helped

[xingjing]

You should be fine with it. But like someone previously said, don't miss an easy question. That's bad. There's pinyin for almost everything except for a few questions on signs. And the listening [bring a CD player with batteries] portion. It really is not all that difficult. :]

Are you a native speaker? If you are, you should be more than fine.

[a&k*]

i can read it just fine but not listen cus i'm cantonese D=

[heartdrops]

Don't get a single question wrong. Because no one else does. One question wrong bumps you down to 750. And no, that is NOT a good score for this test.

I don't think that's true, is it? Because I got a 790 and I KNOW I had more than 1 question wrong since I only got a 70 something on the listening part.

Anyways, if you've taken years of Chinese, you should be totally fine. I speak Cantonese and I got the lowest score out of the three sections in listening (but the listening questions were pretty easy).

[applelew]

Thank you guys. Well, I speak Cantonese.. so I'm not a native speaker :| But I did go to chinese school for like.. years. It's been a while since I actually spoke Manderin. Ahhh! I'm quite nervous.. but I heard that many people get really high scores on this test. So I am a big disgrace to the asian nation if I don't at least get 750..

[mojomunkeez]

The AVERAGE score is 760. As of two years ago, anyway. So if you got a 750, then you'd be BELOW average. Colleges look at the percentile of your score, especially for this test. Don't get a single question wrong and you'll be fine. But really, doing that shouldn't be hard at all.