<p>The last time I read something on it ... probably the lj cooper community sometime late 2003? I've known about it since 2001 ... yeah. They are really into helping you get your education's worth. Like some guy decided he wanted to be a doctor, so they tailored his curriculum around which classes he could take, and which NYU classes would work ... </p>
<p>I think there was rumor that they would eliminate the NYU option awhile back, but I still haven't heard a thing on it. Rumors rumors rumors.</p>
<p>you're right, Cooper attracts artists like us who live to create, express, question, explore........
...but are you a little afraid of getting in? i mean what if you get in? will you go?<br>
i keep thinking:
what about my other interests? does anyone think of this besides me?! i mean, i loooove to play my violin and i am starting to get into music composition and i love contra dancing and swing dancing.....will i have to give all that up if i go to Cooper?</p>
<p>matth,
thanks for the post about art at nyu. i was wondering about that. i've been accepted into the studio art program at Steinhardt, and i don't know much outside of what's on the website.
-do you happen to know if/how art students can take music classes?
--any additional info. on art at NYU would be awesome
Cheers all</p>
<p>yes, i'm really concerned about all of that. i've worked extremely hard in hs...so that i could have the choice between art school and prestigious liberal arts schools ...and now i'm dumbfounded...which way should i turn... nothing is more important to me that art...but my art is most definatley influenced by my other studies...as is my everyday life. I want to be a well rounded artist.</p>
<p>ah decisions....(well maybe not concidering i prob don't have to worry about cooper hah)...yeah i was accepted into steinhart too ...hey maybe i'll see you next year</p>
<p>i have been thinking about how you need good liberal arts courses to stimulate your art and how cooper makes up for not having those classes..</p>
<p>my mom works with a guy who graduated from the engineering school. she's told me that he says it was more intellectually stimulating than any place he's been, including medical school, which is where he went afterwards. I was somewhat concerned about the liberal arts courses, english namely.. but I think that one of the best things about cooper is the way it teaches you to think. it seems to me that the art classes themselves would serve the students in the same way that a literature or philosophy or science class would at another art college. teaching how to think seems to be part of their philosophy.</p>
<p>but of course, why am I making all these crazy projections, as if the place is a possibility.</p>
<p>anyway, I've found out that RISD isn't quite dead for me yet, my parents still might be able to scape the cash together with special loans or something.. also I don't think they quite want me going to school in Baltimore because they've heard about its crime rates, hah.</p>
<p>oh, to answer your question RnssncArtst, I would definately go if I got in. Free. Free. School is free. (of course I've got other reasons that I prefer it over the other art schools but that's the big part of it..) (and an aside - I play violin too, or rather played - but still play, sort of? hahaa.. but I like it. i do guitar and ukulele now)</p>
<p>Weile, just for elaboration: Cooper isn't Free! It is a bit misleading. Yes, the tuition is free. However, they have high fees and the room and board in NY is very expensive. When you factor all that in, Cooper may not be cheaper than attanding Mass Art or some state university. It many not be even cheaper than attending another art school that gives out a decent scholarsip ( generally at least 50% or more of tuition).</p>
<p>In my situation, Cooper is by far the cheapest option. I only applied to Cooper, MICA, and RISD. As I'm sure you know, MICA is (in total) $38,000 per year and RISD is $40,000 per year. And when I say 'free,' I mean free for me. My parents would be able to pay for Cooper, including the living expenses. I would have no loans to pay off after college. If I go to MICA or RISD, my parents will pay for some but I will have very large loans to pay off later. Even if I get a scholarship to MICA, the money I'd save still would not compare to what I'd save by going to Cooper. The most money I could possibly get is a $40,000 scholarship, which is very unlikely and still much less than the $100,000 or so I'd save by attending Cooper. (When you talk about a 'decent scholarship,' one that covers 50% of tuition.. I don't think that happens often at all. I think it's extremely unlikely that they're going to want me so badly that they're going to chuck money at me like that, especially RISD. They don't really give them out.)</p>
<p>I said, 'It is free!' but I don't actually think that you get to go for zero dollars. I'm not that ignorant, I know New York is expensive. The fact that the tuition is free (you say 'only' the tuition, but that happens to be a large fraction of collge expenses..) is very significant, and when you're comparing it to expensive places like MICA and RISD, it's a good deal.</p>
<p>And I feel that it is necessary to add that you simply cannot compare the quality of the education you'd get at a state university with Cooper. I wouldn't care if I -could- study art at a state university for less than it costs to go to Cooper, or even for next to nothing.</p>
<p>Yup... the nerves are setting in.
Question... does everyone who is admitted receive a phone call prior to the acceptance letter? I'm pretty sure that at least some people do.</p>
<p>ah o well.</p>
<p>everyone make sure to post your result on the first..we can console/congratulate.. (hopefully the latter) each other (;</p>
<p>however I don't think I'll get my letter right on the first - I live by Chicago so it may take a few extra days for it to get here.</p>
<p>not sure about the phone call. I thought maybe that was just ED people? but then, they could call everyone because there's so few. this is so lame.. but whenever the phone rings somewhere in the back of my mind I think.. ooh.. what if that's cooper calling.. </p>
<p>we've been waiting so long that it'll feel so weird to actually know.</p>
<p>Well, I already know my answer, even though I haven't gotten it offically; Disqualified. I have to be, I never sent that secondary package that contained my questionarre and my hometest question #6. </p>
<p>But, I'm strangely happy though. Weird. No, not weird, just happy. I'm on this entirely different path that might veer me back to the Cooper Union trail in a few years (probably 2 or 3). And I'm definately not feeling that, "oh well. On to Plan B ... At least I have this blah blah blah ..." </p>
<p>Let me put it this way: Art school is definately not for me, but art classes/workshops are. ehehehe.</p>
<p>I'm really happy for you all, and I'm definately rooting for each and every one of you!</p>
<p>halfsorry, where you headed?
def. happy for you. it's good to understand...things. about where you're going. it's a cumulative process i guess. it's gonna take me a while to figure out what i'm doing.
i'm headed for my plan b and blah. hehe. nah. jk.</p>
<p>As the title says. I called Cooper Admissions today and they said decisions would come MID to END of April! If true I think that is insane. </p>
<p>Any time I have ever called they are totally clueless. For example aside from getting and emailed list of part II questions I have never heard a peep out of them. Calls to check on my application status have been fruitless. So although my son sent all of his stuff we never could verify that Cooper got them.</p>
<p>Doesn't really matter anymore becuse my son hated the school but I did pay my $50 so I would like to know if he got in...</p>
<p>Besides art, I've always wanted to enter the medical field/health field, and since that field pays extremely well/gives great benefits/has flexible hours, I will be able to work three or four full days, and have the rest dedicated to my art (and not associate financial security with art as much). I don't see myself staying with the health field longterm (7+ years), not saying I won't give it up, because I feel that I'll really like/love it ... but I'll play it by ear and see where this illustration/health thing goes. </p>
<p>I'm definately still going to take art courses and classes (but ones I want to take. hah. I refuse to be cornered into a "specific" program.). I'll mainly screenprinting classes (because making your own tshirts and selling them in small shops/websites absolutely rule)</p>
<p>absolutely. i def. like tshirts...especially ones made by people who aren't...cornered...=) good luck with all that. i admire the fact you're heading into medicine...health. anything like that...it's good.
take care.</p>
<p>i am sitting before my television in sweats watching felicity. I am a little depressed because i just got rejected from upenn (sniff). The phone rings in the kitchen--i figure it's my dad- so i don't pick up because i don't feel like explaining how much of a failure i am . Then....my brother scurries into the t.v. room and drops the phone inot my lap - annoyed at having to walk 15 yards away from the computer.
"hellO" i say, expecting to hear my father</p>
<p>" hello, this is Proffeseur Day Glesson from the cooper union, i'm just calling to inform you that you've been accepted"</p>
<p>congrats on your cooper acceptance. I have posted only a few times, but would like to know if you know anything about the u of delaware art program. again, great about cooper union.</p>