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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" size="3">Students must satisfy
the writing requirement to graduate from any UC program.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" size="3">Here are the details
from the UC Admissions web site:</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" size="3"><a href="http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/graduation-requirements/writing/">http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/graduation-requirements/writing/</a></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" size="3">Meet the entry-level
writing requirement in any of the following ways:</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">•<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Score 680 or higher on the Writing section of the SAT
Reasoning Test</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">•<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Score 30 or higher on ACT English Language Arts</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">•<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Score 30 or better on ACT Combined English/Writing (last
administered June 2015)</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">•<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Score 3 or higher on the College Board Advanced Placement
Examination in English (Language or Literature)</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">•<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Score 5 or higher on the International Baccalaureate
Higher Level Examination in English: Literature (formerly IB HL English A1)</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">•<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Score 6 or higher on the International Baccalaureate
Standard Level Examination in English (Language A)</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">•<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Complete with a grade of C or better an acceptable college
course in English composition worth 4 quarter or 3 semester units</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">•<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Achieve a passing score on the UC Analytical Writing
Placement Examination, given in the spring every year (freshmen who are
admitted to UC will receive detailed information in April about the exam;
nonresidents may take the exam in the fall after enrolling)</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">•<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Complete an appropriate English course at UC with a grade
of C or better.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font size="3"><font color="#000000">REMINDER:<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Check your portals and emails from UC for
your requirements and deadlines!</font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" size="3">The UC Analytical
Writing Placement will be at BHS on Saturday, May 14, 2016 from approximately 8
AM to 1 PM.</font></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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