Complit major with foreign language concern

<p>Hey guys, I decided to post a new thread for this since it's so important to me. It may be the difference between getting into UCLA or not.</p>

<p>Comparative Literature major, 3.9gpa, 4.0(major), great EC's. Transferring next year.</p>

<p>I'm a little concerned because I will only have Spanish 1 and 2 done by the end of next Spring for my foreign language major requirements, however under the complit major it states, "Students must demonstrate one year proficiency in a foreign language, however, completion of two years of a foreign language are highly recommended as major preparation for upper division coursework."</p>

<p>Do you think I'm in trouble here? It's just so vague. I will be calling UCLA too, but was hoping someone here might have some insight?</p>

<p>Do the summer intensive course - you can get intermediate done in summer session so you will be advanced. I think you are fine. You aren’t a language major exactly…your gpa is basically perfect too, so you should be fine. I went in for Spanish, and I have all intermediate done. If all your courses have that prereq though, ou may have a problem, bu tI doubt that all the classes will be in Spanish…I mean, it is comparative lit. YOu could just do the other concentration you are choosing. I a comp lit major applicant for ucsd and before I could take the classes in spansih, I will have to take the advanced semesters. Maybe print out the major worksheet online and compare it with the catalog prerqs. Good luck!</p>

<p>I’m not familiar with the summer intensive, what do you mean? At my CCC there is no Spanish offered in the Summer, especially any intermediate Spanish. They might offer a beginning Spanish at some point in Summer, but that would be it.</p>

<p>And it being the prereq is the question. All it says is that quote I posted in OP, it’s vague and I’m unsure if it’s actually a prereq.</p>

<p>It’s not that vague actually. You are required and expected to complete one year of proficiency in Spanish. This is usually up to Spanish II. They do recommend, however, that you should prepare yourself for higher level Spanish classes (up to Spanish IV perhaps) to satisfy prereqs for upper division work. In other words, the admission requirement seems to be only the one year of proficiency in Spanish while the two years is just recommended. I don’t think you will be penalized for not having two years of Spanish done under your belt since you have an impressive GPA.</p>

<p>Seems like you can finish your foreign language sequence after transferring. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.complit.ucla.edu/undergraduate-program”>http://www.complit.ucla.edu/undergraduate-program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>That makes me feel much better, thanks for your help. I’d just hate to get turned away because I didn’t have the “suggested” courses, when I can only assume many of the other applicants will. I do think my 3.9gpa will put me in the mix considering their average gpa for acceptance into this major is 3.4. Thanks again. :)</p>