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The UC’s are very competitive and, as an international student, will charge full fees ($65K per year) since financial aid is for citizen residents. They expect their students to have a full, well-rounded curriculum. It isn’t, “load up on all the science courses available-if I want to go into science/medicine”.

If you did not take a foreign language, or a test in a language that is not native to you, you will not meet their requirements for admission. Other universities may have similar requirements.

1. Complete 15 A-G courses (11 of them by end of junior year)
   You need to complete a minimum of 15 college-preparatory courses (A-G courses) with a letter grade of C or better. For courses completed during the 2020 winter, spring or summer terms, UC will also accept a grade of pass/credit. You must complete at least 11 of these courses prior to the beginning of your last year of high school.

The 15 courses are:
a. History 2 years
b. English 4 years
c. Mathematics 3 years
d. Science 2 years
e. Language other than English 2 years*
*or equivalent to the 2nd level of high school instruction
f. Visual and performing arts 1 year
g. College-preparatory elective 1 year
(chosen from the subjects listed above or another course approved by the university)

Exams & coursework that satisfy “E”
SAT Subject Examination
The following scores satisfy the entire requirement:
Chinese With Listening: 520
French/French With Listening: 540
German/German With Listening: 510
Modern Hebrew: 470
Italian: 520
Japanese With Listening: 510
Korean With Listening: 500
Latin: 530
Spanish/Spanish With Listening: 520

AP or IB Examination
Score of 3, 4 or 5 on the AP Exam in Chinese Language and Culture, French Language and Culture, German Language and Culture, Italian Language and Culture, Japanese Language and Culture, Spanish Language, Spanish Language and Culture, Spanish Literature and Culture or Latin; score of 5, 6 or 7 on an IB Language A2 HL exam.

College courses
Grade of C or better in any transferable course(s) (excluding conversation) held by the college to be equivalent to two years of high school language. Many colleges list the prerequisites for their second course in language as “Language 1 at this college or two years of high school language.” In this case, Language 1 clears both years of the requirement.