I’m looking to finish my degree in art and I’m looking for major financial aid. I’ve been all over the place in school and I’m now 27. I originally had to leave art school when I was 19 because I could no longer afford it, which I why I am looking for major financial assistance.
My EFC is/ would be 0. My top choice is Wellesley. I would also consider Smith, Skidmore, Vassar, and the seven sisters. The Ivies would be a dream for me. I would be submitting a portfolio as a supplement that I believe would be strong. I’ve devoted my life to art in the past and am doing so again, spending all my efforts on it. I hope that with a combination of my transcripts and my portfolio I would be able to get accepted. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
I attended:
Massachusetts College of Art
Fall '07
Drawing… P
Visual language I… P
Form Study… P
Introduction to the History of Art…P
Vision… H
Spring '08
Drawing the Figure… P
Intro to Painting… P
Visual Language II… P
English… H
History of Renaissance Art… B
Rhode Island School of Design, 3.2gpa
Fall '08
Drawing I… A
Painting I… C+
Illustration I… IB
Intro to Western Art… B-
African American Literature… B
Spring '09
Drawing II… A-
Painting II… IB
Illustration II… A-
Modernism and Modernity… B
Worcester State University, 3.5gpa
Psychology (but nursing pretty req classes)
Fall '12
Anatomy and Physiology I… A-
Survey of Chemistry… B
Introduction to Sociology… A
(Remedial Arithmetic)… A
Spring '13
Anatomy and Physiology II… B
Introduction to Psychology… A
English II… A
(Remedial Algebra)… A
Becker College, 3.5gpa
Nursing (I didn’t finish the degree, I withdrew fall '14)
Fall '13
Fundamentals of Nursing… A-
Heath Assessment… B+
Techniques of Raster Imaging… A+
Spring '14
Nursing II… B
Statistics… A-
Fall '14
Nursing III… W
Technology and Society… W
**Local community college **
Fall '16
Speech… W
History… W
Critical thinking… W
At Massart, I’m not sure how they would calculate GPA because my year, everyone took classes pass/fail/honors, and I got two honors and a ‘B’ in an art history class (the only graded class we took). At Risd, I have two classes that have "I’'s in the front of them, indicating that they were incomplete at the end of the semester. And at Becker, in the fall of '14, I withdrew from a semester. I’ve had a lot of medical problems.
I just want to finish my degree already, and my heart is not in nursing. I love helping people, but I cannot handle the stress.
I think it might be a good idea to go back to the community college to knock out some A’s on a transcript of they see I’m capable capable of presently doing the coursework without withdrawing, but I’m not sure.
My passion is in art. I’m hoping that since I had the talent to get into RISD before, and because I’m making art again happiliy, I could make a new portfolio and get into a school that would provide me full financial assistance so I could finish my art degree, because I’m in too much debt to consider that otherwise.
I’ve worked as a PCA at a local hospital for the past two years.
What are my chances? Any suggestions for how I could strengthen my application, too, are very welcome!