SVA vs Prat vs Parsons vs SCAD vs Ringling

honestmom
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:33:30 +0000

@MazeArtCrew My D has been accepted at Temple U./Tyler, Drexel, and SAIC. She got nice merit aid from all three. Still waiting on Syracuse. She just applied to Pratt after getting a letter from them last week begging her to apply and hinting that she would qualify for a $20k academic merit scholarship. Temple is by far the most affordable since we are in-state, but it doesn’t have the program she wants. But she LOVES the school and may go there anyway. Drexel is expensive but has the program she wants, amazing facilities, and she could get additional money there for choir or theater. It’s been quite a journey from when she started out in love with SCAD, and would not even look at Temple or Drexel!

She has a lower SAT but higher GPA than your D. We were told by RIT that she would get a Presidential scholarship which is about half tuition. She did not like the school when we visited so didn’t apply. If your D is accepted but did not get the scholarship her SAT would qualify for because of her low GPA, you should appeal.