How much will Suffolk or Cazenovia cost you per year?
How much in loans?
From your previous posting, Mount Ida was not affordable anyway since you would need more than the 5.5k you could could borrow as a freshman. the 25k in loans that you need for Parsons, you are not going to get without your parents taking the loan or a co-signer.
Did you apply to any affordable options. While your “dream” is Parsons, it is not affordable.
Again, did you apply to any affordable options. What is your home state?
It sounds like you’re in state for MA. Are there any colleges within commuting distance?
How much can your parents contribute without borrowing? You said that $15k was doable. Can they pay that with earnings and savings or does that figure include the ~$5500 federal student loan? If your test scores and GPA are high enough for free tuition, $15k would cover room and board.
If you don’t have any affordable acceptances your choices are attending community college or taking a gap year and applying to a new set of schools. Community college would work because the first 2 years are mostly gen eds anyway, but you’d have to have a transfer plan. Another option is the NACAC list that will be released May 1st. It will have schools that are still accepting students, but I don’t know if they offer any financial aid.
I understand unique majors. When I was your age I was a low income student with a specialized major (broadcasting) and the area I lived in had no 4 year universities within commuting distance that offered it. So I got a degree from our local cc and moved to a town that had a state school with the major I wanted. I worked full-time and took a class or two at a time as I could afford it. If finances aren’t a consideration you can do what you want, but when money matters you can’t hold out for a specific anything – major, location, dream school – because the chances of financing it are remote.
If you tell us your stats and your parents’ budget, we may be able to offer viable suggestions. But there’s nothing anybody can do if your net cost is $30k and your parents can only pay $10k.
UMass Dartmouth has a very impressive School of Visual and Performing Arts. All visual arts students take a foundation year. This will be very helpful going forward in any design discipline. I’m thinking UMass D is less expensive than Mt Ida?
This poster needs to tell us what state she is from. She claims that NO colleges in her state offer interior design degrees…but clearly several in Massachusetts do including one community college and in engineering four year public.
If she isn’t from Massachusetts…the costs to attend the Massachusetts public universities will be high.
Unless she is from another NE state and the state really doesn’t offer the program. There might be reciprocity.
I’m sorry, I am from Maine, so I would be paying out of state for mass schools. Mount Ida was the most affordable out of all, I did not know the U mass Amherst has a concentration in Interior Design! Thank you!
Maine College of Art in Portland has this…but it’s not cheap.
@thumper1 they do not have Interior Design… but thank you for looking!
If a major isn’t offered at a Maine school, check to see if you can pay instate tuition in Mass under the reciprocity agreement.
http://www.nebhe.org/programs-overview/rsp-tuition-break/overview/
Be wary of Newbury College, too. Just read an article last week about how their enrollment is down something like 86% since the early 90’s and they are very concerned about the future.
Have you looked at Boston Architectural College? One thought is you could do at least your first year of foundation and gen eds at an affordable state school in Maine and then transfer (of course check with them first to see what they’ll accept). I don’t know what housing options exist for BAC. Good luck, and keep us posted on what you decide to do. So sorry you have to be doing this right now. I’m hoping Mt Ida is advising what your options are!
The most promising option is to look into the New England RSP which would offer you instate tuition for your major at a New England University since your major isn’t available in Maine. Research the possible places, contact nebhe.oeg, and the possible college explaining you intended to attend mount Ida and due to its closure you need to find a new college with your uncommon major very quickly.
Note that Interior Design rests on ‘Habitus’ a lot (look up the word if you don’t know it) so make sure you take the classes that go with it - art history, French, Italian (including a tailored study abroad), sociology, plus leadership and entrepreneurship.