<p>Yes, I'm taking it again. I had pneumonia during the last ACT so I should score higher next time :]. </p>
<p>Thanks for all the Chicago advice :].</p>
<p>re: A-G questions-Calif schools are required to have their classes approved by the UC system, in order for them to qualify for the A-G requirements. Since you are coming from OOS, you are going to have to check if the AP History class will qualify. I would think it would.
If you go to the 3rd line on this link, it recaps what the UC A-G classes requirements are.
<a href="http://websearch.ucop.edu:8765/custom/uc/query.html?col=ucal&qp=&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=0&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=1&rq=0&qt=a-g%5B/url%5D">http://websearch.ucop.edu:8765/custom/uc/query.html?col=ucal&qp=&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=0&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=1&rq=0&qt=a-g</a></p>
<p>I saw that. </p>
<p>This is my conclusion about the UC schools. I know they don't like outsiders too much so I'm not going to stress about it. If I get in, that's great, I'll go there. But if not, then I wouldn't have been a good fit anyways and it's no loss.</p>
<p>Good luck. Let know if I can help with any other Chicago questions. The Chicago forum on CC is also a great resource for potential applicants.</p>
<p>You're right - my bad. Art history qualifies as a visual or performing art.</p>
<p>Are you sure though? Because I'll take another class if it doesn't.</p>
<p>Thanks menlo, I probably will have more questions :].</p>
<p>The universityofcalifornia.edu and ucop.edu websites have a wealth of info on UC admissions, including qualifying course lists. University</a> of California - a-g Guide says that Art History qualifies:
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Visual Art. Examples of acceptable courses include painting, drawing, sculpture, art photography, printmaking, video/film production as an art form, contemporary media, ceramics, and art history. Examples of unacceptable courses include craft courses, mechanical drafting, web page development, yearbook, and photography offered as photojournalism (i.e., as a component of yearbook or school newspaper publication).
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Community College and University Transferable Courses. The University of California will accept three semester unit (four quarter unit) UC-transferable college/university courses that clearly fall within one of the four disciplines of the arts (Dance, Music, Theatre, or Visual Arts).
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Oh, that's the easy part. The hard part is getting in. The schools that offer your major are some of the most selective schools out there- Yale, Brown, Penn, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Michigan, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. To a lesser extent, Emory, NYU, Cornell, Brandeis, and Harvard. </p>
<p>Michigan is probably your best bet. Since you're in-state, I really don't see much point in applying to the UCs.</p>
<p>Art History does count. I know D's high school, kids take AP Art History instead of any other art because they get one extra point.</p>
<p>menoparkmom is correct about the difficulty of admission. I guess I assumed that was a given....the note I posted in the beginning of this thread about the a-g requirements was just because I have seen lots of posts where students are focused on what their UC gpa is only to find out that they did not take the required courses.<br>
And yes, Art History counts.</p>
<p>Why no languages senior year? The field you want to go into is language-intensive, especially for graduate school. Archaeology usually requires not only language skills in the ancient languages of the region of concentration, but the ability to read in other languages--such as French, German, or whatever--in which scholars are working or have worked.</p>
<p>Taking two AP math courses instead of a high level language seems like a questionable choice, unless you have languages covered some other way.</p>
<p>I might take Spanish again, but I'm not sure. I'm going to self-study Latin and maybe Egyptian. </p>
<p>I have a good background in French because of years of ballet (our teachers only spoke in French) though and could probably learn to read and write it quickly. </p>
<p>The reason I probably won't take Spanish again is because I am dyslexic and can read and speak it with no problem, but I have some writing issues. The language department at my school is very bad but I will be taking it again in college.</p>
<p>warblersrule86, I don't believe Michigan has my major which is the only problem.</p>
<p>Whoops nvm, it does, but it took me awhile to find it :].</p>
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Whoops nvm, it does, but it took me awhile to find it :].
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This is the field I'm interested in, and believe me, I've thoroughly examined every program out there. Michigan offers Egyptian, Hittite, Hurrian, Akkadian, Sumerian, and tons of archaeology courses. One professor is the editor of the Journal of Cuneiform Studies, and another professor is the director of a dig at Abydos. Students also have the advantage of the Kelsey Museum, which has loads of archaeological material. An excellent department, albeit fairly new.</p>
<p>Ahh... I know they have one of the top anthro departments in the country, but I didn't know about archeology or NEC. I like that you can concentrate in Ancient Egypt though because that's what I want to do.</p>
<p>If you want to present yourself as a future major in ancient languages, I think you really should take that fourth year of Spanish and put your energy into mastering it instead of self-studying other languages.</p>
<p>I know it's tough for a lot of dyslexics, but it's a problem you will encounter in your chosen field, and showing that you can do it now ought to be a plus. You might be able to write a great essay about conquering Spanish despite dyslexia. <g> And if you choose to take the SAT2, it sounds like you might benefit from the version with listening.</g></p>
<p>I am going to :]. </p>
<p>I'll talk to my Spanish teacher. If I have her next year then I will take Spanish 4. But if I have the other one then there really is no point because... well it's a long story but her approach is story-based and you can't go on to 5th year after having her (yes it really is as screwed up as it sounds. Her 4th years are p***ed because they can't go to AP).</p>