If all of your high school/secondary school education was completed in English, you are considered proficient and do not need to satisfy this requirement. Learn more about country-specific requirements.Įnglish language proficiency is critical to your success at UCLA. Education System Requirementsĭepending on your country and educational system, you may have to meet additional admission requirements.

To learn more about applying, including important dates and deadlines, visit the freshman or transfer page. Historically, over 80% of admitted international transfers were attending a California community college when they applied. UCLA gives preference to students transferring from California community colleges, including international students. Transfer applicants need to be at the junior level, that is, have taken college level coursework amounting to 90-130 quarter (60-90 semester) units of credit. You may not disregard your college record and apply as a freshman. UCLA does not admit students into any undergraduate program who already hold Bachelor’s degrees, nor do we admit students who have the equivalent of three years (130 quarter-units or more) of transferable university work. You’re a freshman applicant if you completed secondary school and have not enrolled in a regular session at any college or university. But it's not really necessary you can use 'laten zien' in almost every context.As an undergraduate, you may apply for admission as a freshman (first-year) or a transfer student. So I suppose you could say 'tonen' has an added sense of 'to prove' or 'to demonstrate', whereas 'laten zien' is more literal. It's also commonly used in situations where the act of showing something fulfills some official requirement, such as showing your passport or movie ticket. Zijn ware aard tonen - show one's (true) colours It's usually reserved for more figurative uses such as in your Duolingo example, in the sense of 'display' or 'demonstrate', even in spoken language.īelangstelling tonen - show one's interest I suppose you could characterize 'tonen' as more formal but it's not quite that simple. In the most literal sense of 'to show', such as showing someone your new phone, 'tonen' is indeed not commonly used and 'laten zien' is usually used instead. Disclaimer: I can only speak for Dutch as spoken in the Netherlands.

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