Will only 2 years of a world language hinder my chances of getting in to UC Berkeley?

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<p>Hello, I am applying to UC Berkeley, and I only have 2 years of Spanish in high school. Will this hinder my chances of getting in?</p>

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<p>Probably, if you have only level 2 instead of 3.</p>

<p>Note that in L&S and some other divisions with a foreign language graduation requirement, level 3 in high school fulfills it, but level 2 does not.</p>

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<p>Sorry, probably should have cleared something up. I’m interested in a computer science major. Does that change anything?</p>

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<p>No, that doesn’t change anything since you’ll be applying as an undeclared.</p>

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<p>I got into Cal in 2010 with only two years of Spanish into BioEngineering (If you apply to college of engineering you have to declare) and then switched into EECS. (Unless they changed the minimum foreign language requirements for applying to Cal). So I’m guessing it’s not a hard rule?</p>

<p>I say you should still apply and see what happens or call them if you’re uncertain I guess.</p>

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<p>Note that the College of Engineering does not have a foreign language graduation requirement, but the College of Letters and Science does.</p>

<p>Whether admissions readers for applicants to each division evaluate the level of high school foreign language completed differently is not published. But if you get into the College of Letters and Science without having completed level 3 in high school, you will have to fulfill the requirement some other way.</p>

<p><a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/fl.html[/url]”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/fl.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;