<p>How important are class ranks, extra curricular, and having 3/4 year of a foreign language play in UC admissions?</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Office of Analysis and Information Management | AIM](<a href=“http://www.aim.ucla.edu/CDS/cds0910.asp]UCLA”>http://www.aim.ucla.edu/CDS/cds0910.asp) Section C7.</p>
<p>Class rank has one key importance for a limited group. If you are a California resident in the top 4% of your particular high school class (which is determined by the UCs using a calculation that depends on grades in college prep courses and weighting as applied by the UCs), you are guaranteed admission to “a” UC, not necessarily one of your choice, regardless of how bad your SAT (or ACT) and SAT II scores are (in other words, they could all be the lowest possible score and you would still be admitted). (Note, that system is changing next year for entry class of 2012.)</p>
<p>Otherwise class rank is only conceptually important in that the systems UC uses to admit – which include calculating minimum GPAs and combined test scores needed to guarantee admission to “a” UC – are designed to try to capture for admission about the top ranking 12% of high school students in California.</p>
<p>For UC admission requirements showing what you need as a resident to guarantee admission to “a” UC, but not necessarily one of your choice, you should go to the UC Pathways site (Google that, you will get) and start exploring. </p>
<p>For then being admitted to the UC of your choice, particularly any of the higher ranked UCs, grades, test scores, ECs, difficulty of courses taken (including having more language than required or recommended) are things that can and will be given consideration in the ultimate admission decision. You can assume ECs will receive less weight than grades, course difficulty, and test scores.</p>
<p>As for language, 2 are required, 3 are recommended. Looks like you are fine on that requirement. </p>
<p>Basically, as drusba points out, GPA, course difficulty, and test scores are MOST important to the UCs. Great GPA and test scores in a college prep curriculum will get you into most UCs, except for the top ones.</p>
<p>Did the OP mean he has had 3/4 of one year (three fourths?), or has taken three full years out of 4 years offerred?</p>
<p>I meant like if you only toke 2 years of French but 3 and 4 years are recommended will it make or break you?</p>