<p>Some of the supplements ask what other schools your child is applying to. How have your kids been answering this question? I read the posts elsewhere on CC, and the answers are all over the place, but wondered if it were different for art schools, as clearly no one is just going to apply to one place (well, I guess that is true for most everyone, unless applying ED). Thanks. Hope everyone has power by now and is drying out. We got power yesterday afternoon, after going out Saturday and there is a fan that blew off the roof, that let a small amount of water in the attic but otherwise, we are great. Good luck with the continuing launches!</p>
<p>There were talks here, esp. MICA asked this question rather shamelessly.
what I learned is to list peer schools, so less popular or prestigious school that you are still considering won’t feel like obvious safety/planB.
and no need to list everything religiously unless you do ED EA that is a-go, for some art school has open or late admission. Sometimes at that point, you really don’t know yet.
Then again, if you put an image of bike drawing in your portfolio, well…</p>
<p>In our case, always listed Cooper (was true, applied, yes. did hometest or not came Feb. was another story) and nobody took it seriously anyway.</p>
<p>Thanks Bears. There will be no bike picture for us! Dd felt that some schools were just not her thing! The whole question is kind of nervy to me, dd may only apply to 4 or 5 schools, as a couple are rolling and not sure schools need to know this. Also, list could still change during the next couple of months. Oy!</p>
<p>Hi phillyartmom and Bears, Glad to hear you came through the storm OK! We got our power back on Tuesday evening, and fortunately had no damage from the storm. Whew! My heart goes out to those in NJ, upstate NY, and New England who are suffering with all the massive flooding in those areas.</p>
<p>I don’t know for sure, but can’t imagine that the question regarding other schools has a lot of weight, if any. My feeling is that the schools use it as a measure of who their competition is more than screening applicants. Of course I could be way off base! I’ll have to see if I can find dd’s application. She only applied to one school and said she knew it was the right one for her, and if she didn’t get in she’d go to community college and re-apply! Gutsy kid, LOL! I guess they felt she was a good fit, b/c she got her acceptance and has been happy as a clam there. Anyway, maybe the colleges use the info about where else the kids are applying to target their marketing or just know what they’re up against. I always wondered about that, too! I guess your kiddo is beginning the application phase. Good luck to her! I hope she lands in her dream school and has a terrific college experience!</p>
<p>D only applied to 3, because she had early acceptance to her #3 choice. The other 2 were pretty much tied, and we were honest with both schools, listing all three. One school sent us a questionaire about why she didn’t choose them, and we answered that diplomatically.</p>
<p>D is applying to 13 schools. 4 of them reaches. One of her match schools asks where else she is applying. We will selectively list some of the other matches and safeties and probably one reach. I think if they didn’t see at least one reach the list might not ring true. But I really don’t think it is their business where else she is applying. We won’t lie, just not fully disclose. But we have a lot of schools to pick from.</p>
<p>It depends on kid/family what “reach” is.</p>
<p>It was in generic app advice book I read, said school ask this question to see if the kid knows where s/he is realistically and knows what s/he want to study.
If someone would list MIT, Juilliard, CIA, West Point and RISD it is clear that s/he has no direction (with exaggeration, of course)
then again, I would want to meet this kid myself, don’t you?</p>
<p>If you are covering schools known for strong art dept or art schools only, I’d think “peer” school means size, COA, selectivity, demographics, vibe sort of thing, and it would somewhat match to strength of kid’s portfolio.
Amimation for here, traditional fine-fine art for there, fashion there, new media over there.</p>
<p>Some schools get sensitive if they feel they have a reputation as a “back up” school and may be trying to protect their yield by only accepting kids they think will likely attend. I don’t know if this is the case with some art schools as well, but it may be safest to list a few peer schools and one safe school and one reach. </p>
<p>However, if the school really really wants a particular student, they may be inclined to offer their merit $$ (if they have any to give) to woo someone who may have other desirable schools on their list.</p>
<p>So… perhaps listing at least one reachier school isn’t such a bad plan?</p>
<p>Best of luck to applicants in this year’s cycle. Sooo delighted my kids are now past this phase. But it is an exciting time–so enjoy.</p>
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<p>I’ve seen this theory on cc frequently, but never attributed to an (ex-)adcom. Can anyone? A school certainly should avoid kids who have no intention of attending, but rejecting applicants just because they are also applying to schools that are higher ranked?</p>
<p>^I’m familiar with this, but hate to perpetuate a myth, if it is indeed an urban legend.</p>
<p>you mean,
[Urban</a> Dictionary: tufts syndrome](<a href=“http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tufts%20syndrome]Urban”>Urban Dictionary: tufts syndrome)
or
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tufts-university/72457-tufts-syndrome.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tufts-university/72457-tufts-syndrome.html</a></p>
<p>it is well known but I can’t say how true it is. and not “just because”, but if 2400-5.0-36-EC galore-full pay kid says I am dieing to come to Tufts, why would they waste their time?</p>
<p>art schools are different, like everyone else are saying. (I hope)</p>
<p>to Phillyartmom: Your original question may have been answered already, but listing other colleges applied to is strictly optional. Colleges like to collect intel for their databases, if you are willing to supply it, regarding which colleges they can consider “overlaps” or part of their “peer” group. It has little effect on an admissions decision, particularly in conservatory art schools.</p>
<p>Schools that seem to care about accepting students who are most likely to attend (yield) typically are schools that track an applicant’s demonstrated interest. Many many universities simply do not care at all. For example, Stanford admissions says they do not have students sign in or fill out info cards when they tour the university–doesn’t matter to them if an applicant does or does not visit-- but some other schools do seem to care (visits, optional essays, email, attending (and signing in at) city or HS visits by U adcom) or why else would they track it?</p>
<p>OTOH, I have never heard this type of yield protection sort of concern applied to art school admissions. In fact, many travel the country to hold joint portfolio review sessions, so they would apparently expect most applicants to be applying to many programs.</p>
<p>MIT, Juilliard, CIA, West Point and RISD</p>
<p>I know that child!!
Kidding, but I wish I did.</p>
<p>Seriously, when D was applying to film schools 2010, only school to ask about other schools was Chapman. Gave honest answer: Chapman, LMU, Emerson, Montana State. Looking back on it, did not applying to NYU, USC affect Chapman’s interest? If she had lied and listed them, would they have stepped up? She did not woo Chapman with multiple contacts to admission rep. is that why she was waitlisted there? Water under the bridge, she loves LMU, but does anyone have insight into whether that question should be gamed for Chapman admission?</p>
<p>where is OCELITE when we need him/her???</p>