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[skieurope]

@aunt_bea

Agree with @TomSrOfBoston.

In a previous post, you’ve listed your coursework which indicates a schedule of science-prevalent courses in the place of courses that should have been taken (like foreign language and fine arts).

I am really surprised that your high school guidance counselor approved of your schedule if he/she knew you were attempting to apply to US universities.

I think your gaps in the area of foreign language and fine arts will be detrimental to your acceptance to top schools.

As of now, if you were to apply to the UC’s you would be rejected for lack of the expected “well-rounded” coursework.

Also, med schools in the US, limit most of their acceptances to US citizens, so you may want to apply to some Canadian schools.

Drafting and Design meets the UC Fine Arts requirement. The OP is from the Middle East. If proficient in French or Hebrew, the UC requirement can be met through AP testing (for French) or a Subject Test. If the language is Arabic, though, that option does not exist. But agree that the lack of FL will be problematic for many colleges

@SJ2727

@Omar909

I couldn’t take foreign language becuase it couldn’t fit my 6 hours schedule. Also, I’m a foreign and I’m bilingual. I literally came here in 2016

We were just having this discussion on another thread. See following quote from moderator @skieurope who (if I am recalling correctly) also attended HS in the US as a foreign student.

Your recollection is correct. And my HS required FL study even though I was proficient in several languages, which rather ticked me off at the time, but in hindsight, they were right.

@Omar909

I couldn’t take foreign language becuase it couldn’t fit my 6 hours schedule. Also, I’m a foreign and I’m bilingual. I literally came here in 2016

This comes across as disingenuous. You chose not to take a FL, preferring to double up on sciences. This is not the UK; colleges are not looking for specialists in HS.