<p>Even though you CAN qualify by exam, with UCLA/UCB, nothing is guaranteed. Most everybody would qualify by exam for those schools.
Are you a in-state resident? </p>
<p>I really think you should attempt to take the [url=<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board]Chinese</a> with Listening - SAT Subject Test Practice Questions<a href=“SAT2%20Chinese%20Listening”>/url</a> just to be on the safe side.</p>
<p>The thing is you came to this country in 1999. You had plenty of time to take a foreign language and I think Adcoms may have mixed thoughts about that. At least prove you are proficient in Chinese. Even though English is not your first language, you still need to prove your proficiency by taking the subject language tests.</p>
<p>And sorry for the rant, but I just wish school counselors would impress this on HS students so kids are not in their senior year with this situation. And it is upto the students and their parents too to be on top of these things. Anyway, sorry, I had to put that in. I still think you might be able to do well in the SAT2 subject chinese listening.</p>