<p>Admissions Requirements
High School Preparation
Planning ahead is always a good idea, so when you’re mapping out your class schedule over the next year or two, make sure to include the most rigorous college-prep courses your high school offers. And, of course, we want to see a minimum of 20 core academic units, including:</p>
<p>Four years of English
Three years of a single foreign language*
Three years of mathematics
Two years of laboratory science
Two years of history or social science
Two years of other college prep electives</p>
<p>*Scoring 640+ on a foreign language SAT Subject Test or receiving a score of a 4+ on an AP foreign language exam or scoring a 6+ on an International Baccalaureate foreign language exam will also satisfy the foreign language requirement.</p>
<p>I am Korean and I immigrated here about 3 years ago.
do i still have to take sat Korean subject test to be a qualified applicant?
It's obvious that I speak, read, and write Korean fluently.
It is somewhat absurd i think</p>
<p>and i wont apply as international student. (for i have a green card and did not take toefl)</p>
<p>Schools vary on whether they require a native speaker/writer of a foreign language to go through the hoop of taking an AP or SAT test in the language. Some immigrant kids may be speakers, but not literate, in their parents’ languages. Call the specific school you’re quoting to find out their policy.</p>
<p>Regardless, however, you should take the most challenging curriculum available at the high school. Some schools may expect that if you already speak English and Korean, you should be taking Spanish/etc. in order to maximize the challenge. If you are using the would-be language space in your schedule to take other challenging electives, that’s probably ok too.</p>
<p>You need to find out whether your ESOL classes count as foreign language coursework or not. Sometimes they do.</p>
<p>But if you can take that Korean exam and get out of having to take another foreign language in high school, spend the money and do it. Unfortunately, there aren’t any AP or CLEP exams for Korean which would have been an easy way for you to get rid of a bunch of foreign language credits in college.</p>