For all the average kids out there, I wanted to share that visiting Southern Maine Community College’s open house moved it up beyond “consolation prize” for my D24. Three beautiful waterfront (as in feet from the ocean, on beaches) art studios, new dorm with preferred bathroom layout, 2+2 option with UNE for art ed (UNE is also on the list.) If the numbers don’t work for her 4 year schools, SMCC will still offer a lot, and seeing the studios and dorms, in aprticular, made it more positive than she was thinking it would be.