I am wondering if three years of high school science (Bio, Chem, and AP Bio) are ok to meet the “3 years recommended” for lab science at UCLA? I know I’d meet the general a-g UC requirements, which require “fundamental knowledge in 2 of the 3 disciplines,” but I would hate to be out of the running for UCLA because my third year of science is Bio again.
I have a u/w 4.0 GPA so far, as a junior, and could still take physics next year, but I have lots of APs in other subjects and I am just not into science. Obviously, I won’t be a science major. Possibly political science, econ, or Spanish.
According to the UC Website:
For the UC’s, students must complete two years of coursework from two of the three fundamental sciences of biology, chemistry and physics, or the last two years of an approved three-year integrated science sequence.
You meet the minimum UC science requirements but you are talking about UCLA, which is extremely competitive for all majors, so if possible you should go above and beyond the minimum and include at least a Physics (does not have to Honors or AP) or AP Environmental Science course in your Senior year.
@mikemac, My counselor has no idea. The emphasis at my high school is not on how to get into competitive colleges.
@Gumbymom, yes, that’s what I’m thinking as well (that I should take another science, even though I really don’t want to). My school doesn’t have AP Environmental Science, so I would have to take that through ucscout or else take Physics at school.
For anyone interested in this question, I wanted to let you know that I stopped by the admissions office at UCLA after a campus tour last week.
I asked my questions in person at the admissions office. The front desk person spoke to admissions officers in the back, who confirmed that my 3 science classes (AP Bio, Bio, and Chem) would meet UCLA’s “recommended” 3 science criteria (for non-STEM majors). I has been concerned that my classes might not meet the recommended criteria because two of the classes are biology.