<p>Well, I dug it up. It indeed says that. Very few high schools in California even offer Russian or German, and I’m sure some don’t offer French either. So like I said I wouldn’t give it another thought.</p>
<p>[College</a> of Chemistry - University of California at Berkeley - Freshman Admissions](<a href=“http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/prospective_undergrad/admission/freshmen.html]College”>http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/student_info/undergrad_info/prospective_undergrad/admission/freshmen.html)</p>
<p>"Students preparing for the major in chemistry or chemical engineering should include in their high school program: chemistry (one year); physics (one year); mathematics (four years, including trigonometry, intermediate algebra, and analytic geometry); and a foreign language (two years, preferably German, Russian, or French). "</p>