<p>did anyone?
i thought they were supposed to send out letters till the end of march
or are they still sending out the mails?................
whew, although my status are low for RISD, Im still looking forward to it</p>
<p>They said by April 1st. My guess is most people will recieve the decisions by mail on that date.</p>
<p>wait listed:(:(:(:(
i still cannot believe. it is a nightmare:(</p>
<p>Anuka, sorry to hear that. I don’t think I’ll get in, but after hearing about their aid, I doubt I could affoard it anyways.
Did you get a letter today?</p>
<p>I received a letter today. I haven’t checked my rank in waiting list yet. I can never go to RISD without financial aid or scholarship. I dont think I have a chance, because i am an international student. Maybe it sounds too self-confident but i was so sure that i could get in RISD. I am shocked.</p>
<p>Did you apply to anywhere else?
Pratt offered me a 14000/year scholarship, which I believe to be pretty nice. So unless RISD offers something incredible, which is highly unlikely, I’ll probably end up at Pratt.</p>
<p>I always wondered to myself about getting into an art school since I’m just some kid at an unknown school. Very few people I know have majored in art, and even fewer have gone to an art school. I think I kept telling myself RISD is where I’m going and RISD will accept me. But now I’ve kind of come to reality and saw I’m lucky to get into Pratt and MCIA.</p>
<p>RISD is only art school I applied to. I will end up going to european managment school probably. Although i love art i didnt really had art classes at school. I was having some private lessons two years ago. I never thought of making portfolio, i was just painting. it was totally random to apply to RISD. </p>
<p>Congratulations about Pratt and good luck with RISD!</p>
<p>My D just found out she is accepted at RISD, and that’s validating, BUT…They also said they don’t have any scholarship money, and kindly added she could borrow up to like $5000 in federal loans. Wow! She was also accepted to Mica and Pratt, and she also got the $14K merit scholarship, but we are now waiting for the grant news from both schools. We just had the discussion that if no school ends up coming through ($14K alone is not nearly enough), she has decided to take a year off, continue working at the library, continue her portfolio, finish her novel, and reapply next year in hopefully a stronger economy and another year’s wisdom. She cannot take out mega-loans and then on graduation hope to pay them off. That’s the whole point of art school–that you are pursuing your artistic dream. I’m interested in hearing what you all think and what your own experiences are. Oh, by the way, she was rejected from cooper union, but its $20K-plus living expenses per year also put the damper on that.</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation in that $14,000 is still not enough to pay for Pratt. I haven’t really considered it, but I may offer the idea to take the year off to my parents.
It’s just if I do, I’ll begin to be paranoid that I won’t get in next year, or won’t get a scholarship. And I feel like I’ve worked hard this year doing applications and scholarships just to say I’ll wait a year.</p>
<p>brainm02, I know, it stinks. I hate being poor. I try not to be jealous of other people who can afford to borrow a ton of money! And I hear you about not wanting to wait. It’s a tough call. For my D., she is also really into her novel, plus we live close to Philly, so she can sit in on college classes as well. I don’t know. Tell me, what do you like about Pratt? My D seems to be rejecting it offhand, although we’ll visit (we live in South Jersey, so that’s easy). My D’s focus in painting.</p>
<p>Well actually, out of the three art schools I applied to, RISD, MICA and Pratt, they ranked in that order. Pratt was last.
I oringinally started my junior years looking at a major in architecture, so Pratt seemed like a good school for an architect. It fell off my radar for a couple months, but I decided to apply.
Mostly, the one thing that draws me to Pratt as of now is the scholarship they offered. My choice of school is basically choosen for me; it’s whichever offers me the most aid (that is, if that aid makes the price reasonable, otherwise I probably won’t be going).
I guess I like the location of Pratt, and I’m not too worried about bad parts off town, everywhere has them.
But where ever I go I’m taking a gamble. My family just can’t take the time or money to visit the schools beforehand. The one week I could visit would be this week coming up, my spring break, but things haven’t panned out and my dad’s had to spend a few days in the hospitial.</p>
<p>Congrats to your daughter, hoveringmom, on her acceptance to RISD. And congrats to you too, brian02, on your acceptances to Pratt and MICA.</p>
<p>As far as taking a gap year… I know some schools will allow accepted students to defer for a year and then enroll the following year without having to reapply. You might want to check to see if RISD and Pratt will do that. (I’m not sure if/how financial aid would be (re)calculated for the following year.)</p>
<p>I was accepted to RISD and they gave me $30,000 in scholarship money!</p>
<p>entangled, that’s so great!!! congrats–Out of curiosity, was your EFC low? In other words, was the $30K merit/need?</p>
<p>Brianm02–I’m so sorry to hear about your dad. I hope he gets better soon. I know I said this before, but did you manage to contact the colleges to see if they’d help defray the cost of visiting? It’s just so important to visit the college beforehand; I know in my son’s case, he was dead-set about going to Columbia, until we visited. Pretty much literally the moment we got there and took a look at the student body–Just vibes, etc. But then the student tourpeople confirmed it; bad mix. However, it does sound like you’re very practical, and might well simply make the best of the situation. My own D is actually rethinking even her decision to go to art school; not so sure now, particularly since she’s interested in linguistics, writing and anthropology.</p>
<p>Great point about deferment, Austinhills. We will definitely contact the schools and see what they can do.</p>
<p>That is really awesome!
It is per year, or divided through the four?</p>
<p>Hoveringmom, I talked to Ama from MICA. I didn’t straight up ask if they could help with cost, but I definitely told her it would be hard for me to vist because of money. She was very nice, but didn’t mention that they might help pay for some of the trip. She also told me that if I was ever able to visit, just to contact her and she’d set up a tour.
The communication that MICA has to it’s prospects is really amazing, or at least in what I see. If I ever have a question, they are very good at responding fast. I think one reason I really like MICA is because of this conection I have gotten from the school. Although I haven’t emailed Pratt or RISD as much, they are both somewhat slow and don’t answer my questions, but it’s understandable.</p>
<p>brainm, that’s disappointing about MICA. Good luck with making your decisions-- We’re going to Mica tomorrow, and we’ll probably head up to pratt sometime soon. For what it’s worth, I can let you know my D’s opinion… On the other hand, not sure how much that will help you. For instance: I personally didn’t like Risd at all but my D LOVED it. I disliked Providence (I’m from NYC area), thought the town was depressing and depressed, and thought the students extremely pretentious. Worst of all, the work that was hanging up was really quite terrible, and frankly I was shocked at the general poor quality (not even good for high school). My impression that there were a lot of very rich kids who thought they were hot s***, and whose parents were used to forking over tons of money for them. (Before I get yelled at, this is ONLY my impression!! I realize I am stereotyping.) HOWEVER (a big however) my D really loved it. Loved Providence, loved the students (she talked with a bunch at a coffee shop), loved proximity to Brown, and loved the overall ‘feel.’ </p>
<p>What I mean to say is that each person is going to have his/her own impressions about the school. It’s very very personal. I guess that’s what I’m worried about with not visiting beforehand. On the other hand, as you say, what can you do?</p>
<p>I’m sure I won’t care were I live. I live in a town of roughly 15,000 and there’s not really much for me to do here.
So whether it’s Brooklynn, Baltimore, or Providence, I’m sure I’ll be in culture shock. I also think, or rather hope, that I am a strong enough person to withstand the change.</p>
<p>I would love to hear both you and your daughter’s input o nthe visits. I am wondering about the campus feel of the schools. I think I want a true college feel, with the buildings closer together. Th at was something that I didn’t like when I was looking at SVA with the different places spread throughout the city.</p>
<p>brianm, you do sound like a strong person, and you have a great willingness to take risks which will help you go far. Risd doesn’t really have a campus feel, but its buildings are close together and nice in appearance, and it’s really really close to Brown, which does have a campus feel; plus Providence is a cute town (certainly more stuff to do than in a town of 15,000!). I’ll let you know my D’s take on Mica, if that can be any help to you. As I mentioned, she’s interested in painting, has a pretty classical aesthetic at this time, and also enjoys learning; she’s not into cliques at all, and would much prefer a small group of true friends rather than a crowd; she dislikes partying, and has a pretty strong sense of who she is, probably more than most her age. So it’ll all come with that sensibility. And yes, SVA is very difficult to navigate and there is no campus feel at all–the ‘campus’ is downtown Manhattan.</p>