Fine Art Credit

Applying to College
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<p>I am applying for colleges and I feel like I have a lot of things going for me. I have a 2200 SAT score, I will have 8 AP courses under my belt by the end of the year, good EC's, etc.</p>

<p>One thing I am worried about is that I don't currently have a fine art credit. I have a practical art because I took culinary as an elective one year but no fine art credit. </p>

<p>Will schools look down on me because of this? I know that the UC schools have a fine art credit requirement; will they absolutely deny me if I don't have a fine art credit?</p>

<p>I am considering taking the AP Art History exam to meet this Fine Art requirement. Is this a good idea? Is it unnecessary?</p>

<p>I'll appreciate any feedback. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I believe that you will not be UC eligible if you don’t meet that requirement. Not eligible = easy deny. So if you want to apply to a UC you should satisfy that requirement via the AP exam.</p>

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<p>There are “admission by exam” and “admission by exception” for those who do not have complete a-g course requirement coverage, but expect to be held to a higher standard if you try for one of these routes.</p>

<p>[University</a> of California - Subject requirement](<a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors) describes other ways of fulfilling the visual and performing art requirement.</p>

<p>Note that South Dakota public universities also have an art requirement for admission.</p>