Don't knock the B.A.s!

snapdragonfly
Mon, 09 May 2011 07:59:57 +0000

MomCares - exactly. This happened with us. Her final choice was a close second (and we are very happy with it) but after every school, her first choice was a WONDERFUL BA program and only the fact that she would have had to have more debt than we wanted kept her from picking it. And she did have several BFA options. But she (and I) absolutely loved this program and it has everything that any desirable BFA would have. ~her final decision is similar, though not exactly the same - but it has some other qualities that are unique, such as being an Equity program which none of the others were, so it’s kind of apples and oranges.

But my point is that you shouldn’t assume that a BA is a compromise, necessarily, in the quality of the training or how well it prepares one in a preprofessional way. That is not necessarily true.