SVA-First Impressions

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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<p>taxguy, since your d is considering RIT, just wanted to clear up something about housing. My d just applied for 2nd yr housing. Lottery is later this month. You get tons of choices. My d wants an apt and they are hard to get. Once you have an apt, you can keep it the rest of your time there, unless you choose to give it up. The application website said that if a student is registered for housing, she is guaranteed housing of some kind. Of course, that could mean dorm housing or the RIT Inn. In her case, no matter what happens, if she doesn’t like what’s she’s given, she can always live in her current dorm, Arthouse. In fact, she’s already selected her room on the floor. Guess that’s a perk of being in Arthouse. A bunch of kids from her floor didn’t even apply for anything else; they simply plan to return to the same floor for next year (and they got to pick their rooms). The furnished University Commons apts are nice. Everyone gets their own bedroom, they share the rest of the apt. THese apts are very difficult to get into. You basically need to know someone with an opening.</p>

<p>ANd yes, RIT requires a lot of Liberal Arts classes. More than my d realized. RIT also revised their requirements this yr. My d must fulfill a core curriculum (typical stuff writing, humanities, social sciences), then complete either a concentration or minor in a Liberal Arts area. She’s considering Spanish or communications. Then she may minor or do concentration in marketing or something business related (you’re allowed to go outside LA). One of the advantages of the qtr system is the large # of classes you take. She may wind up with a collection (maybe associate’s degree or minor) in photography. Some older students did that. Not sure if it’s still workable with the new requirements.</p>

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<p>Jerzgrlmom, thanks for the clarification. It would be nice if, as part of the liberal arts, Allie could take photography or some other area in the college of Imaging Art. However, I think that the new requirements mandate that courses be taken outside of your college such as imaging arts, which would include photography.</p>

<p>I guess the liberal arts requirement isn’t as onerous as it may seem because, interestingly enough, RIT has a music minor too,which my daughter might like.</p>

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<p>//It would be nice if, as part of the liberal arts, Allie could take photography or some other area in the college of Imaging Art.//</p>

<p>TG, if your daughter has the opp. to take a photo class at RIT, I highly recommend Guenther Cartwright who was my mentor, but I’m not certain if he teaches Photo I level courses. He can be a demanding SOB, but always with your professional interests at heart. I learned more from him than any other faculty, ever. Plus, if her interests are in GD, the viewfinder is an outstanding tool to explore composition and translates very well to GD. Also, the ability to understand how to control color will be extremely beneficial.</p>

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<p>RainingAgain, thanks for the teacher rec - I’ll pass the info along to my d for when she’s registering next.</p>