Comparison of MICA with RISD

ktwofish
Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:16:30 +0000

My daughter and I visted MICA and RISD in the Fall of 2003. We felt the housing at MICA was very nice…more along the lines of the newer “suite-style” of dorms. We appreciated the opportunity to see the MICA dorms as RISD would not allow us to see the freshman dorms…something about “security issues”. The food was also good at MICA, but it was also good at RISD. As part of the MICA open house, they scheduled portfolio reviews…this is not the case with RISD. The MICA representative who reviewed my daughter’s portfolio was not very friendly or tactful. She would not let me be present during the evaluation…I think she could have done this without making me feel left out…afterall we did travel from Florida to Baltimore. The extent of my opportunity to talk to the rep. was standing in a full waiting room and having the rep. ask if I had any questions…not good. Daughter received positive feedback, but did not get a “warm fuzzy feeling” from the rep., which played heavily on her decision to not even apply to MICA. We received subsequent mail from MICA (2 or 3) encouraging daughter to apply, which RISD gives the impression that they do not need to “recruit”. After these trips and trips to Pratt, SCAD, and Ringling, daughter chose RISD and she is very happy with her choice (as am I).