Temple BFA vs MICA Animation

NSG420
Fri, 08 Apr 2016 13:37:08 +0000

@nanava I just read this thread as I was about to post a similar thread. My daughter sounds a bit like yours. Creative, good in math/computers, but slow in getting projects done (perfectionism +anxiety). She wants to study animation but we are concerned that she might not love it as much as she thinks she might. We are thinking perhaps she should get a broader education. We didn’t have her apply to straight art schools. Right now we too are considering Temple because she got honors program and a big scholarship. We are not able to go to accepted students day tomorrow but did tour the honors program and were very impressed. She applied as a Math/computer major, and we figured she’d take classes in film and art as well. Their programs in LA and abroad are impressive as well. but the lack of animation classes (and those that are their are available to upper level students) is concerning. Price --a big consideration–is right though.
Her other choices at this point are Northeastern Computer sci/digital art degree (wonderful progam but very expensive, even though she got a scholarship) and Drexel (Visual Arts/Animation major). Drexel is appealing because of the impressive dept and she got a substantial scholarship that makes it affordable (although not as inexpensive as offer from Temple). My concern with Drexel is that it is separate from Computer Science (no crossover classes) and I am afraid it will over-specialize her …or if she wanted to change majors she would be in school much longer.

Did your daughter apply to Drexel?
It is a tough decision.
Feel free to PM me if you have any input.