Orient/Placements/etc

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>Alright, so my orientation session is in a week or so and I have a couple concerns and questions. </p>

<li><p>Foreign Language Placement - reading online it says "Foreign language is a requirement in the College of Letters and Science. However, any one of the following criteria will fulfill this requirement. If any one of the following apply to you, you do not need to take a foreign language placement exam. " Does this mean the PLACEMENT exam is required? Or just taking a foreign language in college? I havent fufilled the requirements to avoid the placement, so I am concerned about this. If I am required to take this placement exam, when can I do so? It doesn’t mention online and I am completely unprepared to do so at orientation.</p></li>
<li><p>Math Placement - I plan on taking the 34 series math, and to my understanding, this does nottt require a placement exam, correct? </p></li>
<li><p>Major- My current/applied as major is Undec. I want to change this to biology or history or literature sometime. I am completely unaware of how I do this, and when? After my first year? If it helps I am interested in the medical field, but I have read somewhere it may be beneficial to have a non-science major if applying to med school?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks…I’m going at this blind and hope the folks at orientation will guide me with their insight and position. </p>

<p>Also, for those of you who have gone to orientation, if you are staying off campus (I’m staying at FPDT), are we requiered to be there for breakfast?</p>

<p>Thanks for any answers and for reading.</p>

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<p>I am in the same position as you, i am going to the orientaion next week (17th and 18th) and lost on whats going to happen. </p>

<p>I want to eventualy do dentisty but not sure if i have to major in biology or any other science. As far as i kno you can major in anything appyling to dental or med schools as long as you fufill the schools general reqirements. But i dont know if it is best to just major in a science to insure that you fufill the reqirements. </p>

<p>I am exempt from the Language Exam because i fufilled the reqirements.
I read that unless you are majoring in one of thr majors listed on their website you dont need to take the exam. I called the school and they said if later on I decied to major in one of them or take a couse that reqires it i can, the exam is available online and can be taken anytime.</p>

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<p>guys, I just went to the orientation, don't worry about anything, they will guide you throughly with 3 academic advising sessions. Most people are just like you guys have no idea about the major and the academic requirement. Yes there will be foreign language placement exam at the first day of orientation afternoon.
Biology is certainly to most popular major for med. school, but major like chemistry is fine as well.</p>