text: Applicants to Notre Dame are encouraged to take the most demanding curriculum offered at their high schools. Usually this includes four years of English, math, foreign language, science, and history. The minimum requirements, however, are as follows: \nFor students intending to enter the College of Arts and Letters or the Mendoza College of Business, excluding the Arts and Lettrs premedical/predental program and the combined Arts-Engineering program, the 16 required units must be distributed as follows: 4 units of English; 3 units of math, including Algebra, Advanced Algebra, and Geometry; 2 units of foreign language; 2 units of history; and 3 units of additional history, science, foreign language, mathematics, and English courses. \nFor students intending to enter the College of Science, the College of Engineering, the School of Architecture, the Arts and Letters premedical/predental program, or the combined Arts-Engineering program, the 16 required units must be distributed as follows: 4 units of English, 4 units of mathematics, including algebra, advanced algebra, geometry, and advanced mathematics (e.g., trigonometry, pre-calculus, or calculus); 2 units of foreign language; 1 unit of chemistry; 1 unit of physics; and 2 units of additional history, science, foreign language, mathematics, and English courses. \n\n____________________________________________________\n\nDue to the arrival of the "new" SAT I in March 2005,  we have decided that we will accept scores from both the "old" and "new " versions of the SAT I.  If you take the SAT, our office will combine your highest Math score from any sitting and your highest Critical Reading/Verbal score from any sitting. We will not require the new SAT I Writing component in 2005-2006.\n\n____________________________________________________\nWe do award credit for scores of 4s and 5s on AP exams, 6s and 7s on IB Higher Level exams, and 700 or above on SAT IIs in Foreign Language. Check the First Year of Studies website for specific tests and scores we accept for credit