English Assignment: Announcement

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS

UCLA receives applications from far more students than it can admit. To gain admission to UCLA, you need to present an academic profile much stronger than represented by the minimum UC admission requirements below. The Freshman Profile gives some idea of what the academics of competitive applicants look like.

The "a–g" subject requirements represent the 15 minimum academic preparatory courses that freshman applicants must have to be eligible for admission to the University of California. Applicants must complete 11 of the 15 "a–g" requirements by the end of their junior year. For more information on these requirements, please visit the UC a-g interactive Web site. The University of California also maintains a list of certified "a-g" courses for high schools in California.

(a): History/Social Science

2 years required - Two years of history/social science including one year of world history, cultures, and geography; and or one year U.S. history or one half year U.S. history and one half year of civics or American government.

(b): English

4 years required - Four years of college preparatory English that include the reading of classic and modern literature and frequent and regular writing. No more than one year of ESL-type courses can be used to meet this requirement.

(c): Mathematics

3 years required, 4 years recommended - Three years of college-preparatory mathematics that include the topics covered in elementary and advanced algebra and two and three-dimensional geometry. Approved integrated math courses may be used to fulfill part or all of this requirement, as may math courses taken in the seventh and eighth grades that your high school accepts as equivalent to its own math courses.

Note: beginning with the class entering UCLA in Fall Quarter 2015, these 3 years of mathematics must include one year-long course in geometry.

(d): Laboratory Science

2 years required, 3 years recommended - fundamental knowledge in at least two of these three foundational subjects: biology, chemistry, and physics. Advanced laboratory science courses that have biology, chemistry, or physics as prerequisites and offer substantial new material may be used to fulfill this requirement. The last two years of an approved three-year integrated science program that provides rigorous coverage of at least two of the three foundational subjects may be used to fulfill this requirement.

(e): Language other than English

2 years required, 3 years recommended - Two years of the same language other than English. Courses should emphasize speaking and understanding and include instruction in grammar, vocabulary, reading, composition, and culture. Courses in languages other English taken in the seventh and eighth grades may be used to fulfill part of this requirement if your high school accepts them as equivalent to its own courses.

(f): Visual and Performing Arts (VPA)

1 year required - A single year-long approved arts course from a single VPA discipline: dance, drama/theater, music, or visual art.

(g): College Preparatory Electives

1 year required - One year (two semesters), in addition to those required in "a-f" above, chosen from the following areas: visual and performing arts (non-introductory-level courses), history, social science, English, advanced mathematics, laboratory science, and a language other than English (a third year in the language used for the "e" requirement or two years of another language).

For additional information regarding the University of California a-g subject requirements, please visit the UC's Doorways Web site.

TEST REQUIREMENTS

Students must submit scores on an approved core test of mathematics, language arts, and writing. This requirement can be satisfied by taking the following:

·         The ACT Assessment plus the ACT Writing Test. Both tests must be taken at the same time; we do not combine test scores from multiple sittings.
- or - The SAT Reasoning Test with critical reading, mathematics, and writing scores from the same sitting.

Applicants to the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science also are strongly encouraged to take the following SAT Subject Tests: Math Level 2 and a science test (Biology E/M, Chemistry, or Physics) that is closely related to the applicant's intended major.

Take these tests as early as possible, and have your test scores sent directly to UCLA. December of the year prior to the fall you intend to enter UCLA is the latest you can take any test in time for scores to be used for our selection process.

SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENT

The Scholarship Requirement defines the minimum grade point average (GPA) in the "a-g" subjects to be eligible for admission to the University of California. The minimum GPA for California applicants is 3.0. It's 3.4 for nonresidents.

Source: http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_fr/fracadrq.htm

Question:

1.  What is the purpose of the text above?

2.  What scores do the students must submit?

3.  What the Scholarship Requirement defines?

4.  What tests do the applicants should take?

5.  What is the minimum grade point average (GPA) for California applicants?

6.  What is the minimum GPA for a nonresident?