<p>I am a Virginia public school. I have been filling out the UC Common app, and it has informed me that I need a visual arts credit. I never took a visual arts course in my four years of high school, and my counselor told me that I had completed many practical arts, so it was okay.</p>
<p>My question is: will I be disadvantaged or even denied for not having completed a visual arts course???? I think that would be kind of ridiculous, since I have taken many other valuable electives. Please somebody let me know asap. I'm freaking out!!</p>
<p>practical arts as in painting or sculpting or **** like that count for the VPA requirement 95% of the time.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the practical arts I’ve taken are in journalism, newspaper, sociology, philosophy, etc. I was planning to take Drama I senior year, but my counselor told me that would be ridiculous. I’m kind of upset with her now.</p>
<p>lol those aren’t art courses</p>
<p>Go take a community college VPA class next semester, register for it ASAP.</p>
<p>I know now, lol.</p>
<p>Yeah, I called Berkeley admissions and they told me to explain my situation, and that it should be fine…</p>
<p>thanks for the help!</p>