Graphic Design at Universities

Maggled
Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:26:49 +0000

Alright, so I’ll be straight with you. Traditionally, I’m an academic. I got into art at the beginning of last year, my junior year, and am now at a summer program for the arts. But I glanced at my list the other night–and I realized, I’m not fond of many of them.

My current list includes:
CMU
RIT
Syracuse
SUNY Purchase
RISD/Brown (possibly)
University of Hartford
Washington U
Lesley U (AIB)

I want to expand this list further–not because I want to apply necessarily to that many more schools, but I don’t know how badly I want to go to these. CMU is definitely my top choice, but it’s extremely selective.

My stats, other than that:
SAT I: 2100 (720 CR, 690 M, 690 W – weird because CR is my worst subject, but I hate standardized tests and I don’t really want to retake. I figure my portfolio means more)

SAT II
US History - 680 (blech)
Taking either lit or math 2 in the fall.

APs:
APUSH - 5
Calc BC - 4 (AB subscore 4 as well)

I’m a straight A student, except for one B+ (and 89%) in my history class in ninth grade.

ECs: volleyball, basketball, newspaper section editor, yearbook editor-in-chief-to-be, etc. I won’t go into detail much.

The only reason I provided these is, not so that you can chance me (you’d need to see my portfolio as well), but more so you understand the level of environment I want. I normally surround myself with people on my level or smarter than me. I don’t want a “dumb” school.

I hope some of that makes sense, and that you can provide me some insight! I’d really appreciate it.