<p>So, I'm OOS, and I didn't think I really wanted to go to berkeley because of the costs. So, in second semester, I decided to drop the second semester of an art class that i needed to fulfill the 1 year long course in visual art that the UC's require. Now, since i got into berkeley, i'm thinking i might want to go there. Did I just forfeit my admission by not taking the class? I was thinking i could just take a 3 credit hour art class in the summer to fulfill the art requirement. however, I don't know if UC berkeley would let me do that.</p>
<p>If you want to know what art classes i took in high school, i took art history and intro to 2d art. i was supposed to take drawing(the second part to the intro to 2d art class) in my second semester, but i opted not to since i don't like art very much and i already had enough classes.</p>
<p>since it was part of your application, the conditions of admission will require you to contact the school to discuss any changes. Yes, they have allowed incoming students to address requirements through summer college classes. You want to have a reasonable explanation when you contact them, but generally they are pretty accommodating for small scale differences like your situation. If you had listed four AP classes and dropped all of them, it might look deceitful and deliberate, but things happen to well intentioned students. Schools drop a class they intended to take, or the student has a home situation or picks a different equivalently hard class because it is more interesting to them. Personally, I would not explain it by “I wasn’t that interested in attending Cal so I dropped it after I sent in the application”. The fact that you found that art was not a good fit for you, did not inspire you or click, it more reasonable. The requirement to take a variety of subject areas is to expose students to areas they might discover is fascinating to them; nobody expects that every student will love every subject area equally. If the change does not make you look like you slacked off with senioritis and if you offer to meet the requirement with a different arts class in summer, it should be good. They might even grant you an exception and let you skip taking the class. </p>
<p>However, call them, don’t wait until they verify transcripts over the summer, do it proactively.</p>
<p>thanks a lot! from your advice, i’m sure they would still let me in.</p>
<p>most likely case is that they do ask you to take an arts course over the summer but that is the only added condition on your admittance. The next most likely case is that they waive the need for you to take that course, welcome you to Cal, and you stop worrying. </p>
<p>IMO, very very unlikely this will be a problem. A call and letter to the admissions office will get this resolved quickly.</p>