@Gumbymom @10s4life I’ve received a reply from UCLA admissions. They have stated the following:
"Our application readers have expertise in different curricula and educational systems from around the world. To be considered for admission to UCLA, international students must have completed secondary school with a superior average in academic subjects and have earned a certificate of completion which enables the student to be admitted to a competitive university in their home country. Below are some of the most common educational systems and average admission requirements for each.
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The UC system has Freshman Subject Requirements which are included below. We encourage international freshman applicants to fulfill as many of these as possible in their education system. International applicants will not be denied admission solely for not completing all of the subject requirements.
History/social science (“a”) – 2 years required
Two years, including one year of world history, cultures and historical geography and one year of U.S. history, or one-half year of U.S. history and one-half year of American government or civics.
Mathematics (“c”) –3 years required, 4 years recommended
…etc.
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What’s interesting to me is that in their email the requirement is listed as “history/social science - 2 years required”, but on their website it’s “history - 2 years required”. Would this imply that 1 year of history + 1 year of social science is enough? It could also mean 2 years each of history and social science, or two years of either subject. Because while I haven’t had two years of history or social science, I have had one year of each. I’ll be sure to ask.
So it seems that while UCLA won’t dismiss and application based only on if all subject are completed, they probably will favor an application (at least in terms of subjects) where all of the requirements have been fulfilled compared to one where they have not.
Do you have any thoughts on this?
I’ve also seen a page on their website where the requirement is the same as in the email. If I can find it again I’ll post it here.