<p>I'm currently an Illustration student at The Academy of Art in San Francisco. After graduating high school in '09 I knew I wanted to attend college for graphic design or art of some kind and ended up here mostly because of open admission and to try a few things out, I had no idea there were so many highly regarded art and design schools at the time. Not being very studious in high school and not being proactive in my college research is definitely hurting me now. My original intentions for college was Graphic Design but I ended up trying Game Design first and then settled in Illustration thinking it would be a cool job. </p>
<p>Unfortunately I've realized coming into this fall and about to be in my last year this isn't what I want as a career and I somewhat regret not going into Graphic Design. I'm going to finish my BFA taking as many classes in the Graphic Design department as possible and I would really like to attend Grad school or get my AAS in GD. </p>
<p>I've been ghosting through these forums and doing some research and I'd like some help learning about new schools. I've been looking at rankings of top grad. programs for Graphic Design and I'd like some help on info for any and all schools worth mentioning. </p>
<p>From what I'm hearing RISD and MICA are tops but I'm curious about other schools with good programs.</p>
<p>Thank You</p>