<p>I am interested in applying to Berkeley RD this fall. However, if I am not mistaken, all of the UCs have a one-year art requirement, and I have only taken one semester's worth of art (I don't plan on taking any more fine arts courses.) The only way I can have a shot at Berkeley is if I rely on admission by examination. I calculated my UC score with my SAT and SAT II scores and got a total of 485, which more than clears the 425 minimum for nonresidents. However, I know two academically outstanding friends who cleared the 425 minimum by wide margins with ACT and SAT II scores but were rejected (neither of them had one year of fine arts). Realistically, what are my chances of getting accepted to Berkeley without fulfilling the fine arts requirement? Also, if anyone has been accepted to Berkeley in this situation, could he or she provide some input? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I also have another question: what is the UC definition of a "transferable college course"? Does AP count?</p>
<p>By admission by examination, the UC score, and the 425 cutoff, I mean the criteria outlined on this page:</p>
<p>Don’t bother with “Admission by Examination” to UCB. It exists only on paper. That was what I was told by a UCB admissions officer about my daughter’s case. Her total score was 490. She ended up getting admitted to COE through “regular” process.</p>
<p>I don’t think “one-year art requirement” is a hard and fast rule. My daughter had only a one-semester music class.</p>
<p>pretty sure it isn’t one year, but one semester (I also had only one semester, and I remember people in my hs only doing the one semester of art). </p>
<p>Yes, AP credit does count, however, a lot of majors want you to retake the requirements anyway.</p>
<p>“Transferable college course” means a college course (not AP course or score) that UC accepts for transfer credit.</p>
<p>“Admission by examination” merely allows one to be eligible for admission; it does not mean that you will be admitted. It is probably most useful for home schooled students or other unusual cases, rather than students who attended a regular high school but did not fulfill all of the a-g requirements.</p>
<p>Note that the art requirement can also be fulfilled by a 3 on AP history of art, studio art, or music theory, or a 5 on IB HL dance, film, music, theater arts, or visual arts.</p>