How important are language classes for admission?

mikemac
Tue, 29 May 2007 14:34:53 +0000

Don’t the UC’s “recommend” three years of foreign language as well? I think having completed three years at the hgh school level gets you out of having to take a foreign language at the UC’s.

Nope. Each college (engineering, letters and science, etc) sets its own requirements, but here is a typical one from L&S at ucla

he foreign language requirement can be satisfied by one of the following methods: (1) completing a college-level foreign language course equivalent to level three or above at UCLA or (2) scoring 3, 4, or 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) foreign language examination in French, German, or Spanish, thereby earning College credit or (3) presenting a UCLA foreign language departmental examination score indicating competency through level three.