<p>Hmm well I cant make any analysis if I dont see your portfolio....since thats what will be deciding whether or not you get into most of those schools. </p>
<p>And if you're truly invested in art, and want to pursue a career as an artist, I would highly recommend considering other schools. I don't see how you can call those the best fine art schools in the country while leaving out:</p>
<p>School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Maryland Institute College of Art
Rhode Island School of Design
Yale
Cal Arts
Ringling College of Art and Design
Massachusetts College of Art
Art Center College of Design
Pratt
Parsons
Cranbrook
Syracuse</p>
<p>Granted, I don't know how talented you are or what your art resume looks like, as I just listed some of the hardest art programs in the country to get into. However, your title says best, so I'm assuming your good, in which case you should be considering at least SOME of the schools listed above.</p>
<p>The fact is, if you are interested in art and want to pursue a career in art, you will receive a better education at any of the schools I just listed than you would at a university. Sure, telling people you went to some big name university is well and good, but name recognition doesn't get you anything in art; your portfolio does, and the better program you go to, the better the portfolio will be. </p>
<p>If you want to be a dentist, you go to dental school. If you want to be an artist, you go to art school. (No I'm not saying you have to go to art school to be a great artist, but this is a college forum.) I'm saying there really is no comparison to the artistic education you receive at a full art curriculum school than a regular school. Deciding what kind of education you want will be the hardest part: a full art curriculum, or a few classes here and there. I think your summer at SCAD will be an excellent experience in helping you to determine that. </p>
<p>On a final note, your grades and scores and everything are fine. Art programs care about your talent and work ethic, and I think you have demonstrated the latter through your grades and course selection. The best course of action now would be to photograph your portfolio, upload it, and post this in the Art Major forum subsection. </p>
<p>On a side note, I don't know how appropriate it is to call your own portfolio and home-test (which you're a year away from) "amazing". How many art classes have you taken at a high level - colleges or art academies? Make sure you know the difference between "amazing" to laymen and "amazing" to an educated art community - if only to keep yourself and your possibilities in perspective.</p>