Temple BFA vs MICA Animation

nanava
Mon, 04 Apr 2016 04:48:14 +0000

@calicogirl Did she receive $50K total from MICA, or over 4 years? Our daughter received a similar amount (over 4 years) as part of the early action scholarship. I can’t imagine sending her to MICA unless she managed to win a decent amount of scholarship in this round as well. But your guess is as good as mine as to what the likelihood of that is!

I will say, we went to the MICA Open House this morning for scholarship finalists, and it’s the first time I’ve been with her to MICA. Her dad had to take her to previous visits. I was struck by how much the students there seemed like her people. I could see my introverted, different, artsy girl really blossoming there. I was really impressed with the discussion of multidisciplinary approaches. The animation professor who sat down at our table (Clarissa) talked about her background in theatre and lighting and how movement and lighting informs her animation art. I loved that.

My girl was very excited to talk about her own interests. As she told the professor, her interests were in “Pre-production and storyboarding.” She had to explain to me what that was about later. Who knew she’d thought it through that much? (Hint: Not her mom!!!) The prof also talked about the foundation year, how they receive a broad art education, and all the opportunities for the kids to explore different areas even beyond the foundation year. So I’m leaning back toward the MICA camp after today. But money is money. If you can’t afford something, you just can’t. So a scholarship will unfortunately be a key part of our decision. Best of luck to you.