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I鈥檓 interested in pursuing engineering. I understand these programs are competitive and I realize, in comparison to other engineering hopefuls, I don鈥檛 stand out on paper (I鈥檝e taken all the STEM AP classes my school offers, several honors classes and a CIS class - pretty typical for someone who wants to go into engineering I would think). However, I struggled during our 鈥渄istance-learning/COVID year鈥�, and my GPA was negatively impacted. From what I鈥檓 reading on this site, currently, my GPA is lower than others (currently unweighted is 3.4 and weighted is 3.78). My only unique quality is that I鈥檝e been attending a Chinese Immersion school since Kindergarten so I鈥檓 bilingual in Mandarin. I鈥檝e taken the Chinese Proficiency Tests 鈥� YCT, HSK, and I鈥檒l receive the Global Seal of Biliteracy on graduation. I鈥檝e been attending Chinese language summer camps, traveled to Taiwan and we participate in every local Chinese cultural event that we can (Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn, Lantern, Spring, Dragon Boat Festivals etc..). I think my Mandarin competency and cultural awareness would be beneficial in the engineering field so I鈥檇 like to try and highlight this as much as possible. Besides, listing Mandarin as a language in the Common App, is there anywhere else that I can highlight this skill set to set me apart? I thought about listing it in the activities section under 鈥淐ultural鈥� but it doesn鈥檛 really seem to fit here. Does anyone have any insight?