Hi @aquapt - glad to see another applicant post here.
My daughter reached out to admissions back in the early fall as well. They weren’t super responsive but we did learn that 1) there wasn’t really a cap on the number of students admitted to DIS and 2) that the studio class size is about 20 students.
RPI is in the running for my D - it’s in her top 4 schools. Merit aid is a must though, as we won’t qualify for need-based aid. We’ve been looking at schools that are a good fit + offer merit aid. This has been a challenge given she wants a program that has both design and technology… and would prefer that they are emphasized roughly equally rather than just a minor…