<p>Applied to DAAP: Industrial Design</p>
<p>-In state
-Top Ohio School
-3.5uw
-27ACT
-1200SAT (CR+M)
-Top 30%</p>
<p>Lots of great EC's including:
-Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony I
-Student COuncil VP
-Charity Committee
Plenty of Service Hours:
-Red Cross
-Cleveland Foodbank</p>
<p>Also, any idea of when ID is being evaluated for decisions?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I think you have a 50-50 shot.</p>
<p>I got accepted!</p>
<p>I got accepted for industrial design also and I am enrolled for next year. Are you planning on attending UC?
It’s always nice to know a few people that might be in some of my classes these next five years</p>
<p>Yes, I’ve already confirmed my admission!</p>
<p>Congrats Just11</p>
<p>Hi just11 and amyjohnson117,
Congratulations to both of you. My son was accepted to ID too. He has also already confirmed his admission. It seems like the few people he knows who were accepted to DAAP play an instrument and I noticed just11, you were in the Cleveland Youth Symphony. What instrument do you play? </p>
<p>Taxguy,
I have spent quite a bit of time on here reading your posts and they have been very informative and helpful. Thank you so much. I am now looking at the dining options. Any insight as to how often the students eat from the meal plans? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi Ocomom,
That’s great! I’m a percussionist and a prospective UC band member. What instrument does your son play, and is he thinking about joining the band? Me and amyjohnson117 are looking to get to know more people before actually heading to UC. Let us know if he would be interested in finding eachother on facebook.</p>
<p>Hi ocomom! I’m attending UC for ID also and since I’m out of state, I would love to get to know as many other ID students as possible before school starts.</p>
<p>Re: meal plans for DAAP students. My son is first year now. We got the mid level plan and it is very underutilized, as DAAP seems to run on a different daily schedule than the cafeterias…I would not recommend the fullest level plan. And frankly for us, the lowest plan, supplemented by gift/meal cards at the near/on-campus fast food places would have worked better. If you choose prepaid gift cards for healthy (ier) places like SubWay, Starbucks or Panera - kids will gravitate to those places versus really junky food. Students can use their BearCat (debit) card also at DAAPCafe for quite bites at odd hours.</p>
<p>IDMom2015…thanks for the insight. My older son who knows people at UC said the same thing about the underutilized meal plan, but we chose the highest meal plan. I noticed we have some time to change that, which I do intend to do. I wondered how much he would be eating at the DAAPCafe. </p>
<p>Just11 and Amyjohnson117…I haven’t been on for awhile, so I missed your posts. I will pass on the information to my son. Where have you requested housing for the 2011 school year? My son and a friend requested Stratford Heights DAAP. My son is also a percussionist. He was the drumline captain of the marching band this year. I am thinking at this point he thinks band may take too much time, since he has heard DAAP requires so much. It is his passion, so I hate to see him give it up.</p>
<p>Ocomom- definitely get the 132- I had the 154 for my first quarter last year (I’m an industrial design sophomore right now), and had well over 50 swipes by the end. The 132 is the best since you can use the extra bearcat dollars any quarter, so they roll over (Unlike the swipes), and I promise your son will still have left over swipes- and if for some strange reason he runs out, there will be lots of others with many swipes remaining. During the first year, most students don’t eat too much at the daap cafe- students usually eat there once they no longer have a meal plan (since the cafeteria is so close to daap), as the meal plan offers more than enough swipes for food any time.</p>
<p>Hope this helped!</p>
<p>Thank you so much ineo42. I certainly appreciate your insight. You answered all my questions and have been very helpful! He will definitely switch over to the 132 plan.</p>
<p>Ocomom - DAAP does take lots and lots of time. Projects take aesthetic and precision skills in equal measure and are equally demanding. That being said, DAAP students also need an outlet other than studio time. Marching band may not be feasible time commitment, but do encourage other outlets that match your son’s interests and passions. Maybe less formal musical activities/events ? And if your son has public service commitments that come along with any UC scholarships, that is one more item to juggle - perhaps combine music/drum line experience with volunteering with local youth groups once or twice a month ?</p>
<p>Ocomom,
I was also the percussion section leader at my school, and I can’t imagine not being involved with band. I do agree that there are possibly other ways to keep involved with music, but I did email the director to ask about time committment, even mentioning DAAP. He answered me saying that the UC Drumline is often considered one of the best, and the UC band is a “smart kid” band and doesn’t take even as much time as high school band.
Also I think that I’m going to choose to be part of the band as a social aspect, compared to a fraternity or sport. Plus, you get addmissions to most of the sporting events, including larger “bowls” and championships.</p>
<p>IDMom2015- I really appreciate your post. My son already spoke of doing less time consuming musical activities, so I believe your post will help him to feel confident that he is making the right decision. </p>
<p>just11- I discouraged my older son, a trombonist at Miami University, from joining marching band his first year. However, as a sophomore this year, he joined band and told me that he regretted not being in it last year. And now I regret discouraging him from joining the band his freshman year. I only discouraged him from joining band because I had a cousin who was in the band program at the University of Wisconsin and she dropped out of school her senior year. I always thought it was a result of taking on too much with all her music obligations, but now I realize it has more to do with an individual’s personality. My son took 21 credit hours (microbiology major) while in marching band and was able to handle it all and end the semester with a 4.0.</p>