SVA vs Prat vs Parsons vs SCAD vs Ringling

MazeArtCrew
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:12:24 +0000

scrapgal,

My daughter has applied to:

LCAD - Laguna College of Art and Design (nice merit, though I wish it was more - great school.)
Ringling College of Art and Design (just heard she got in - no idea if there is any merit - they don’t give much.)
DePaul College of Computing and Digital Media (new program, generous merit)
RIT (haven’t heard yet, though her portfolio was accepted at National Portfolio Day, and her SAT is high for her major.)
VCUArts (she is in - no merit yet)
MassArt (haven’t heard yet - she should get in for a variety of reasons)
Otis (haven’t heard yet)
SCAD (in, but weird merit switch - I am not impressed.)

My daughter has a 3.2 UW GPA - 2030 SAT.

She has an ld which makes rote memorization challenging - she has worked very hard for that GPA. Frustrating that art grades are not included in their GPA! (At least at her school.) It is a well regarded public high school.
She is also involved with community service.

Next year will be tough financially with my son in in his last year of college. We may need to take out a loan for then,
but we will not be able to beyond that.

We filed the estimate for the FAFSA, but my husband is self employed, so he has his taxes completed by an accountant. We put together the numbers/ receipts, etc, then send it all off to him. We are waiting for that now.

We are in the midst of trying to plan the visits as well. The frustrating thing is that LCAD requires an April 1st decision if you want to use their freshman dorms We will have just received financial aid awards from all of the schools, if we are lucky. We all would love to see her in a dedicated Motion Graphics/Design program.

May I ask if your son received any merit from Ringling, and if so, was it in the acceptance packet? (That was an amazing package design, by the way!)

Finding schools which offer Motion Graphics/Design is very difficult. Most have Graphics with perhaps one or two motion classes. You really need the broad experience with stop motion, rigging, computer animation, etc. Internship opportunities are also so important.

Best of luck in this quest!