<p>I was talking to some friends and my English teacher today at lunch in his room, and someone said that the UC schools require you to take two consecutive art classes in the same subject. </p>
<p>Are they really going to care if I don't meet this? Does it even exist?</p>
<p>P.S. I have 2.5 art credits(required for graduation) but none are consecutive or in the same subject matter. </p>
<p>Everyone hates administration at my school for requiring such a large amount of art credit to justify their ill-thoughtout multi-million dollar Fine Arts building.</p>
<p>Yes, it exists. Those are the minimum requirements for admission into the UC.</p>
<p>You are required to take 1 year of art. (AP) Art History would easily fulfill this requirement. Please check with the list of approved courses which would fulfill this requirement if you live in California.</p>
<p>You may also attend a community college.</p>
<p>aren't there three ways for qualification? one is the course requirements, one is pure test scores, and the third is something else... this is straight off of pathways admissions website. correct me if i'm wrong.</p>
<p>There are three ways of being eligible. Fulfilling one of the three does not automatically mean you're admitted, it just means your application will be considered.</p>
<p>Successful applicants will exceed these minimum requriments.</p>
<p>"Keep in mind that becoming eligible is only the first step toward admission. When campuses receive applications from more students than they can admit, they use a process called comprehensive review to make their selections." (<a href="http://universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/pathstoadm.html%5B/url%5D">http://universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/pathstoadm.html</a>)</p>
<p>The three pathways are:</p>
<p>Eligibility in the Statewide Context-courses, grade point average, test scores</p>
<p>Eligibility in the Local Context-Ranked in top 4% of your high school (if it participates with UC)</p>
<p>Eligibility by Examination Alone-Really high SAT scores.</p>
<p>Most in-state students attempt to use ELC and statewide. Most OOS students use examination.</p>
<p>"Because many campuses receive applications from more eligible students than they have space for, meeting the minimum requirements for any of these paths may not be enough to gain you admission to the campus of your choice. When you are considering where to apply, you can learn more about how each campus selects students from the pool of eligible applicants and who is admitted." (<a href="http://universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman.html%5B/url%5D">http://universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman.html</a>)</p>
<p>A note should be added that the information listed refers to Freshmen Admissions.</p>
<p>The OP has options if he/she is ranked in the top 4% or has high scores. However, when he/she applies and competes with other students, he/she may lose out.</p>
<p>Getting into a UC of your choice is a completely different matter than being eligible for a UC.</p>