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To be UC-eligible, students must receive a high school diploma or equivalency and satisfy the Subject, Scholarship and Examination requirements.

Subject Requirement - To satisfy this requirement, complete the 15 yearlong high school courses listed on the A-G List. At least seven of the 15 yearlong courses must be taken in your last two years of high school. The courses you take to fulfill the Subject Requirement must be certified by the University as meeting the requirement and must be included on your school's University-certified course list.
Scholarship Requirement - The Scholarship Requirement defines the grade point average (GPA) you must earn in the "A-G" subjects and the ACT assessment plus Writing or SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Test scores you must achieve to be eligible for admission to UC. The University uses an Eligibility Index- a combination of GPA and test scores- to determine if you meet this requirement. In addition you must earn at least a 2.8 GPA (3.4 if you are a non resident applicant).
Examination Requirement - You must submit the following test scores:
ACT Assessment plus Writing or the SAT Reasoning Test. The verbal, math and writing scores on the SAT must be from the same sitting. If you take the ACT, you must report each test score and your composite score.

Two SAT Subject Tests in two different areas, chosen from the following: history, literature, mathematics (level 2 only), science or language other than English.

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Private Colleges and Universities
Entrance requirements vary from institution to institution. It is important, therefore, that students obtain catalogues for all schools being considered. The Career Center has catalogues from many different institutions that can be checked out. The counselors can give students the address of any college in the country if they wish to send their own copies of catalogues. Also, most institutions have their information available on the internet. Serious consideration concerning college application should be no later than the 11th grade. Students are encouraged to see their counselor for college and financial aid information.