Also and this is NOT to be snarky at all but to add a larger perspective, I have a double major in biology and journalism BS from an Ivy League and a BFA from an art department within a small college…and was challenged intellectually, and especially creatively, in my art classes for my BFA.
My oldest is finishing up her foundation year at RISD and literally will be crawling across that finish line exhausted from the level of rigor she’s endured. And this is a kid who had Ivy level test scores. It’s just a different type of hard work and rigor.