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Do colleges look at your ESL records?
I've been in ESL class since 6th grade. Now i am a freshman in high school.My teacher told me that it's not good for when colleges look at your information if the record shows you had been in ESL for over 3 years. Is it true? Do colleges really care about it? Also, if it's true, I already had 4 years of ESL class,but 3 years was in middle school, i heard that colleges don't look back your middle school record. Does it means my 3 years of ESL won't count in my high school record?
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To be honest they don't care much about your high school record with a few exceptions either. Let me give you an example.
If you wanted to take journalism they won't care if you failed courses or got low grades in subjects that have no relation to the program you are applying for unless you're always scoring real low. Elementary and Middle school isn't even considered at all.
I think your teacher is concerned about you but it's really an opinion of what he/she feels ESL students have to deal with based on a few bad experiences with students.
What the college is looking for if you have ESL in your background is that you can print, write, understand English at a Grade 12 level and know verbs, adjectives, adverbs, nouns, pronouns and proper grammar. They'll give you an entry exam and if you pass it the fact you were in ESL won't be of their concern.
They will only know of your high school background and that's in. You'll get into the program if you are suited for it and based on passing the entry test for English proficiency and nothing else. You may want a tutor but that's about all. As long as you pass that test, the interview process and are selected you're a normal student to them and they can't discriminate against you if you know 12th Grade English.
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