<p>Hey everyone! I'm new here, and I just wanted to see if anyone would be willing to help me out a little bit with my college search. I've been combing the internet like crazy to find good universities for what I feel I want to major in at college, which is computer graphics animation.</p>
<p>I have some criteria though, which are:
-Located in the Eastern part of the United States
-Four year college
-Residential Campus
-Prefer a university in case I decide to switch my major
-Has anywhere from about 5,000 to 15,000 students</p>
<p>I've looked at the following schools and thought they were either okay or fit me fairly well:</p>
<p>-American University - Good except that I heard some places of D.C. are slummy
-Steven's Institute of Technology - Good major selection-wise I saw, but reviews said that there wasn't any cable, the teachers weren't the best, and there weren't many girls.
-University of Pennsylvania - Appeared to be really good for me except it's an Ivy League school so it will definitely be a challenge getting into, and Philadelphia is a very large city, which is not my type of place.</p>
<p>I know that there is not a perfect university, but right now, I would probably be happiest at American or UPenn. If anyone could recommend some schools like these to me I would greatly appreciate it!</p>
<p>Also, I was wondering if a non-denominational school was all that different from a denominational school, save for the religion of the founder? Are the courses religion-oriented in a denominational school or something? I couldn't find an answer to that online either, and I know that must be probably one of the dumbest questions ever asked about colleges.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tremendous help!</p>
<p>Please, anyone? I’d really appreciate any input and all advice is helpful, I promise! I just need help with this and I feel like I’m not getting anywhere :(.</p>
<p>Are you talking about graphic design or more of the computer science type of thing?</p>
<p>^It’s not exactly graphic design, it’s animation, which would be dealing with making movies like Toy Story, Shrek, or Finding Nemo.</p>
<p>I am(and it seems most others here are) short on information as far as what schools are good in that field. Have you given any of those companies a call and found out what schools they like to hire from? I would say that is your best bet.</p>
<p>Oh and if you do let us know what they say.</p>
<p>Okay thanks I think I might try that, although I’m not sure if big companies like those would be concered about telling a high school student where they hire from. I’m still fervently searching on the side and if I find any other good schools, which I eventually should be able to do, then I’ll be sure to let everyone know for the future.</p>
<p>The good thing about asking as a HS student is that by the time you apply they wont remember that you ever talked to them :)</p>
<p>Lol well I think they are far too busy to answer high school students’ calls either way.</p>
<p>BYU seems to win something every year. All the big animation studios recruit at BYU. And, I believe the animation students use the school’s super computer to process their work.</p>
<p>Here is the list of student Emmy’s they have won (I don’t know if it is a first place, second place or third place):</p>
<p>BYU’s 10 animation ‘student Emmys’</p>
<p>2010: “X-ing”</p>
<p>2009: “Kites”</p>
<p>2009: “Pajama Gladiator”</p>
<p>2008: “The Lion and the Mouse”</p>
<p>2007: “Las Pinatas”</p>
<p>2006: “Turtles”</p>
<p>2005: “Noggin”</p>
<p>2005: “Pet Shop”</p>
<p>2005: “Faux Paw”</p>
<p>2004: “Lemmings”</p>
<p>To actually get into the field I’d look seriously at Rhode Island School of Design. Although small it is beside Brown, in the city of Providence, four year, and residential. If you decide to do a different major you might need to transfer but that’d be much easier than trying to work at Pixar from a school that isn’t known for producing animators.</p>
<p>*find good universities for what I feel I want to major in at college, which is computer graphics animation.</p>
<p>I have some criteria though, which are:
-Located in the Eastern part of the United States
-Four year college
-Residential Campus
-Prefer a university in case I decide to switch my major
-Has anywhere from about 5,000 to 15,000 students
*</p>
<p>Virtually every good-sized city has some bad areas. If a school is in a decent area, that’s more important. I don’t know if AU is in a safe area or not.</p>
<p>What are your stats? Without that info, we have no idea what schools are even likely for you.</p>
<p>What is your budget? Will your parents pay for wherever you go? If you need FA, will you qualify? Also, most schools don’t meet need, so that could also be an issue.</p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Academics
-3.93 GPA unweighted (or 4.0 depending on how it’s rounded)
-Class Rank: 2nd out of 250
-SAT score as a Sophomore was a 1780 (CR and M = 1170). I’m going to take it again this December as a Junior, and am predicting getting around a 1900+.
-I’ve only take honors-level classes, excluding an elective each year. This year I’m taking AP US History 2, and next year I will be taking four more AP classes.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Math League
-Science League
-Interact (a community service organization)
-USY (a Jewish Youth Group); I have had a board position for 3 years already
-Play on the Tennis team
-Applying for NHS this Wednesday</p>
<p>As for paying for college, my parents said not to worry about the cost for now, but I know we’re not loaded and can probably only afford around $20,000 - $30,000. However, I’m definitely going to apply for lots of scholarships within my high school and hopefully receive aid from colleges as well. With those amounts combined, I think I should be able to afford a good deal of schools.</p>
<p>In addition, I know my parents applied for FAFSA when my brother attended college, and we received about $20,000 I think.</p>
<p>Hey AzureStar, so basically you are looking on going into Animation? I am not sure what you mean by the “Eastern Part of the United States”, like East of the Mississippi River or the Eastern Seaboard?</p>
<p>I personally would recommend looking into Ball State University in Eastern Indiana, I recently visited there and they have top notch facilities. They have one of the finest new media departments, housed in the David Letterman Communications building. It’s all brand new, and hi-tech. With your stats, you would easily get into the honors program. I’d check out some information on BSU’s Animation program at; [Electronic</a> Art and Animation: Department of Art, Ball State University](<a href=“http://www.bsu.edu/art/electricart/]Electronic”>http://www.bsu.edu/art/electricart/)</p>
<p>Thanks for the recommendation MW Express, but I meant eastern as in eastern seaboard (sorry, another thing I should’ve been more clear about). Indiana is a little too far from home for me (I think it’s like 8-12 hours away and the max for me is around 5).</p>
<p>Again, thank you, but I’m not sure that I would enjoy going that far away.</p>