Berkeley language requirement

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>(I originally posted this in the wrong section. Sorry for the double thread.)</p>

<p>California universities require at least 2 years of the same language with a "C" or better. During my freshman year, I took spanish 1A and 1B quarter classes and got lower than a C. However, during my softmore and junior year, I took Latin 1,2,3 and got all "A"s in them. Does this mean that Berkeley will consider my Latin courses instead of my Spanish courses to fulfill the language requirement? Does Berkeley or any other UC school require that ALL courses taken must be better than a "C" in order to meet minimum requirements for admission? Thanks.</p>

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<p>Does Latin 3 refer to the third year or third semester of high school Latin?</p>

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<p>I took Latin 3 in my Junior year, second semester. I took Latin 1 softmore year, first semester, and Latin 2 the semester after. So I believe that should be two years.</p>

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<p>It has to be 3 years if I am correct. What you have is only 1.5 years.</p>

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<p>The requirement is not 3 years, it’s the equivalent of the 3rd year (3rd level) in that language. </p>

<p>ie. I only took 2 years of French in high school but I took French 2 and French 3 in high school and that satisfies the requirement.</p>

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<p>Looks like Latin 3 gives you the level equivalent of 1.5 years (UC and CSU allow the highest level passed to validate the lower levels). You need the 4th semester or higher (2nd year or higher) of high school foreign language.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/csu-uc-a-gcomparisonmatrix.pdf[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/csu-uc-a-gcomparisonmatrix.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I am confused. So when the minimum requirements are 2 years in another language, that means you need to take 4 semesters of a certain language? I thought that 2 years just means 2 levels of a certain language, like Latin 1 and 2? Thanks for the replies though.</p>

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<p>It is the second level, but the level corresponds to a year of high school language, not a semester of high school language.</p>

<p>Your high school may be confusing you by designating levels by semester. So completing level 4 (4th semester) at your high school is the same as completing level 2 (2nd year) at many other high schools. The exception is if it is a college course, rather than a high school course.</p>

<p>If you can score a 530 or higher on the Latin SAT Subject test, or a 3 or higher on the Latin AP test, then you can fulfill the UC language other than English requirement that way (not sure if CSU accepts that).</p>

<p>[University</a> of California - A-G courses](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/a-g-requirements/index.html]University”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/a-g-requirements/index.html)</p>