<p>Thanks for the very quick and good advice.
I like the part about the “portfolio prep” and I will talk to her current art teacher about it.</p>
<p>I must say I cannot ascertain her talent in art - I am a lowly engineer - if she give me her C++ codes then I can tell whether she is a good programmer or not. :o
Her art teacher has told us that she is quite good - but I am not sure whether this is just polite banter.</p>
<p>My opinion is that I would rather her not go the dedicated art school route. I think once she commits to this, she needs to go down that path (I am not sure whether this is just a phase for her or not). I would like her to go to a national university. She can take a couple of years to see whether she still has the passion and more importantly whether she will be good at it (compared to peers).</p>
<p>However, I am not sure how to go about looking for a good national universities with good art program and more importantly how to go about applying (declaring major, etc).
My thinking (uninformed) is that she should apply to good liberal art schools with good art programs.</p>