Suggestions for industrial design?

inamini
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:03:20 +0000

I took my daughter to the NPDs in Chicago each year beginning in her
freshman year of high school. She did not have much of a portfolio to speak of but all the schools, including RISD, were more than willing to give her feedback on what they saw as her strengths and they made recommendations on the skills she needed to develop. She found this very helpful and encouraging. My daughter took summer classes at SAIC most summers and learned a great deal but I think she made the most progress when she attended Pratt’s summer college program following her sophmore year of high school. Not only did her skills improve a great deal, but she found that she loved the environment. Other students realized they did not want to live in an art community 24 hours a day. My daughter is currently a freshman at RISD and she loves it all her classes. We did not have high expectations of the liberal arts classes since she had taken AP and honors classes in English Lit and Art History in high school, but she tells us the liberal arts classes, particularly the literature class is excellent. I worried a great deal about the overall quality of the education she would receive at a stand
alone art college but that is no longer a concern. She is getting an outstanding education. I think an important question to ask is whether your child loves art enough to do it 24/7.