對一些從小上中文學校，又不想花時間多第二或第三外語的學生來說，考不可以就去考個AP Chinese 或是 SAT Subject test Chinese就算了呢?
從申請UC的角度來看，答案是: 可以。
我們直接看UC官方說法:
E) Language other than English
UC-approved high school courses
Two years (three years recommended) of the same language other than English. Courses should emphasize speaking and understanding, and include instruction in grammar, vocabulary, reading, composition and culture. American Sign Language and classical languages, such as Latin and Greek, are acceptable. Courses taken in the seventh and eighth grades may be used to fulfill part or all of this requirement if the high school accepts them as equivalent to its own courses.
SAT Subject Test
The following scores satisfy the entire requirement:
- Chinese With Listening: 520
- French/French With Listening: 540
- German/German With Listening: 510
- Modern Hebrew: 470
- Italian: 520
- Japanese With Listening: 510
- Korean With Listening: 500
- Latin: 530
- Spanish/Spanish With Listening: 520
AP or IB examination
Score of 3, 4 or 5 on the AP Language or Literature Exam in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish; score of 5, 6 or 7 on an IB Language A2 HL exam
所以只要在SAT Subject Test Chinese有考到 520, 或是AP Chinese有三分以上，就可滿足UC A-G，裡面的E項目。
這是以滿足申請標準來看，請還是要跟自己的高中確認是否有關係到畢業學分。