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<p>I’m a junior in high school and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for where I should be considering for college. My dream is to become a costume designer, and I konw that there art schools that have costume design majors. But I also have other interests. I don’t want to completely focus on costume design throughout college. Here’s a little bit about myself:</p>

<p>Weighted Academic GPA: 4.68
Non-Weighted Academic GPA: 3.97
Class Ranking: 1/261
SAT: 1910 (but I’m taking it again tomorrow, so hopefully I’ll do better)
ACT: 26 (I’m also planning on retaking this as well)
SAT Subject: US History: 660</p>

<p>I’m my test scores aren’t the greatest compared to my grades in school. I know that with the SAT, the math portion really brought my score down. I don’t want to list off excuses, but I know I’m not bad at math. I’m going to be taking multivariable calculus at my school next year. I think it might be because the SAT tests geometry and algebra skills, which I have not taken since 8th grade. I know that’s not an excuse, but I just wanted to explain myself. And as for the ACT score, the science really hurt me. I honestly just don’t like science. It just bores me. I’m so excited to not be taking a science next year, which I know is not good for college applications, but I just really don’t want to take a science class. I’d much rather be focusing my time on something art related. </p>

<p>Sorry for rambling. But I just wanted to know where would be the best place for me: somone who wants to focus on the arts (specifically costume design), but is also interested in academics. Any suggestions? Please help me. Thank you!</p>

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<p>I would recommend looking at your flagship public university first. I’m willing to bet you could find professors with similar interests in Fashion or Theater departments. </p>

<p>For example:
[UConn</a> Advance - February 2, 2009 - Costume design professor helps students fashion their careers](<a href=“http://advance.uconn.edu/2009/090202/09020210.htm]UConn”>UConn Advance - February 2, 2009 - Costume design professor helps students fashion their careers)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the article. It was very interesting. Well I live in Calufornia, and I know most of the UC’s have pretty theater programs, I’ll look into them more.</p>

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<p>NYU may be a good option.</p>

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<p>Strong theater programs in California that would offer opportunities in costume design that you may wish to consider: Cal State Fullerton, Cal State East Bay and UCLA(a reach-based on test scores-but they are holistic in their admissions) and UC Irvine.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions. I’ve looked into UCLA, and I know that I would only be able to take one year of costume design, and I would have to spend another year on another aspect of design, which I don’t know if I want to do.</p>