<p>So, I am entering my junior year in highschool. I am an IB diploma candidate, and normally our district requires all students to get one year of a fine art-credit, one year of an occ-ed credit, a semester of life fitness, a semester of PE, and a semester of health, and then the normal core classes (3 years math, 4 english, 2 SS, 2 science). However, as of next year, IB diploma candidates can get their fine art, occ ed, and all of the PE/health/life fitness credits waived.</p>
<p>As an IB diploma, plus 7th period student, these will be the classes I'll take next year
Core 3 (doing IB Math studies SL as a senior)
IB Bio I
IB Junior English
IB History of the Americas
Japanese 300
Advanced Marketing
6th IB subject (this is where my problem comes in). IB Philosophy or IB film.</p>
<p>I really want to take IB philosophy. It sounds very interesting, and I'd like to take a class on it at least once. The teacher who teaches it is amazing, and an IB coordinator, so if I had him as a senior for history (he teaches IB philosophy and IB senior history) it'd be an amazing recommendation. However, in my highschool career I have yet to take a fine art credit class, and in my senior year (assuming I don't take IB film as a junior) I will not get a fine art credit.</p>
<p>IB film sounds interesting, but I am not sure if I'd like it as much as philosophy. I was considering chemistry or computer science prior, because they are more applicable, but my counselor said I should look for the 6th subject as a "career investor", but rather how I'd like to spend that 1/7 of my day, which would be film or philosophy, discussion and critical thinking.</p>
<p>I know for sure the UC schools require one year of the same fine-art credit. However, I am not 100% sure I'd apply to any of these schools because I've heard OOS publics don't give much financial aid to OOS applicants. But, I would think some other schools (private) would look for a fine art credit.</p>