SVA vs Prat vs Parsons vs SCAD vs Ringling

honestmom
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:49:56 +0000

@scrapgal Keep in mind that SVA/Pratt/Parsons are in NYC which means extremely expensive housing and living costs in upper class years, as well as significant travel costs for you. Pratt would probably be the least expensive of those since it is in Brooklyn and closer to LaGuardia for flights to and from home. (It’s a $30 cab ride from LaGuaradia into Manhattan.)Ringling is in a much less expensive city, and of course your travel costs will be much less there as well. SCAD students generally find decent off campus housing at a reasonable cost. But I recommend visiting there to see where most of your S’s classes will be, as some of their buildings are really far from the main campus and dorm area. It’s a very disjointed campus and some students really don’t like that.

If you can afford the tuition I would choose Ringling if I were you. New York can be a heck of a culture shock (and does your son really want to slog around in snowstorms for 2 months every winter?) for someone from Florida. The art programs at all of those schools are comparable I think, though I don’t know specifically about motion graphics. We looked at all those schools for my D for animation/visual effects.

@MazeArtCrew Your D will get a substantial merit scholarship from RIT with that SAT score, and it is a lower price school to begin with than most art-only schools. If you like the campus at all it will be a very competitive price and is a great program. You can also take advantage of RIT’s excellent computer science classes.