<p>My daughter posted that reply, she’s the senior VC major, but she’s traveling right now, so I can try to answer.</p>
<p>You are accepted into the Art program. Every freshman takes the foundation art courses. At the end of freshman year, you apply to the Fine Arts Program or the Visual Communications Program. This did cause some anxiety freshman year, but overall I think most students ended up in the program that they wanted to be in. </p>
<p>My daughter looked at RIT and Drexel also. I’m a Temple alum and though I’m sure Tyler has an excellent program, I didn’t want my daughter living there. Drexel was a bit too urban for her too. I think Drexel’s program is more technical, maybe a BS not a BFA. At the time, my daughter did not think that was what she wanted. Given the same choice today, she might reconsider. She is doing the interactive media minor at UDEL but I don’t think it is as technical as the Drexel program. She had a tough time deciding between UDel and RIT. But in the end, the only thing stopping her from choosing UDel was “the cut”. I told her that although there was no formal cut at RIT, if you weren’t doing well enough, you’d end up cutting yourself, that is, changing majors. And that I didn’t think there was another major at RIT that would interest her, where as, I thought she’d find something else at UDEL. Typically, UDel VC students do an internship during winter session of senior year. It’s a good experience, but 5 weeks probably isn’t long enough. There may be better opportunities for internships at Drexel and RIT which are “co-op” schools.</p>