@morkatmom. Don’t stress yet and have a honest discussion with your daughter. My D19 who is majoring in art had similar stats - 34 ACT, 1530 SAT, high GPA, etc, no IB (bc her HS does not offer), no ranking at HS either, but took mostly honors and AP classes. She took AP Calc AB which was not requirement. She was always a solid B+ or A- student in all her math classes, but she took them even though she didn’t love math and felt she wasn’t that good in math.
Back last fall, she thought she wanted to attend an art school but she applied to many types of colleges - art specific schools, smaller private schools and our state flagship - Ringling, RISD, Pratt, USC (animation in the School of Cinematic Arts), WashU, Skidmore, Wesleyan, RIT, and our state’ flagship. She got into all, with the exception of being waitlisted at Wesleyan and WashU. The flagship was my request, since it was the least expensive option even though our flagship’s costs are considered high compare to other states’ flagships.
Ringling and Pratt offered 1/2 tuition merit awards, USC and RISD offered similar amounts in need aid, RIT’s merit was less generous than USC and RISD, and Skidmore offered a surprising larger need aid that we didn’t expect. Guess what, she decided to attend her flagship at the very end of the long process. It offered her a full ride scholarship for 4 years that she couldn’t turn down; she’s very practical. She’s also very happy now that she took the calc class and got a 5 on the AP exam, because it got her out of 5 of 6 credits of the math requirement.
Applying to art schools at a stand alone or at a larger university requires more work for the student because she has to submit a portfolio to each school and each school will want different things. There’s no getting around the amount of work. She and you may want to look at her load honestly and see what’s really doable. Senior year is a lot of work overall, and many students are stressed with keeping up with academics, EC, sports, college applications, jobs etc. I know my D was stressed and I wish she could have enjoyed her senior year. One thing she did was dropped her sport, which she played since 6. It was her choice and she felt relief from the extra time she gained.
Your D seems like a strong academic student, things will work out for her.