Advice for visual arts "late bloomer"

<p>AdvMom, I don't want to tell you that if your daughter has less than a 3.5 GPA,she won't get it. This isn't true. My daughter had a 3.45 and got in for the Digital Design program. </p>

<p>UC's hardest programs for admission are Architecture, Industrial Design, and Interior Design. Graphic Design and Digital Design are next in difficulty, followed closely by fashion design and urban planning and art.</p>

<p>My daughter had a bit over 1200 on the SAT (Math and Verbal). I would say that if your daughter does 1300 (math and Verbal) or better on the SATs or doesn't apply to Architecture, Interior Design or Industrial Design, she would have a good chance.</p>

<p>Taxguy, I am going to encourage her to look at the information we have from Cincinnati. If she feels it is a good fit, I will encourage her to apply. I would not discourage her based on GPA alone. </p>

<p>She has not taken the SAT. She had a 28 on her first try at the ACT. We are waiting for her score on her second try before she decides whether or not to take it for a third time.</p>

<p>Thanks again.</p>

<p>I think a 28 on the ACT correlates to a 1300 on the SAT, or is it a 30 on the ACt that correlates to a 1300?</p>

<p>28 ACT is equivalent to about 1300 SAT M+V.</p>

<p>taxguy, I'm sure your information is correct about UMich. We really didn't pursue it further because my son decided against applying to UMich or any large university.</p>

<p>Now that he's thinking about getting an M.Arch, Cincinnati keeps appearing on his radar screen. His architectural drawing instructors both of whom are practicing architects with degrees from Yale, have encouraged him to look at Cincinnati on the basis of its faculty. So you may be hearing from me on the subject.</p>

<p>Momrath, Cincinnati is REALLY that good and well-known for many design fields especially architecture. Most folks on CC want to gravitate to certain schools such as Carnegie Mellon, Rice, Syracuse, Cornell, etc. However, Cincinnati not only has similar rankings as these schools but also has guaranteed coops,which are usually paid too. In fact, when you filter in the lower tuition at Cincinnati (net of the Cincinnatus Scholarship that any good student gets)plus the money that paid coops bring in, it becomes the "steal of the year."</p>