<p>Hi, i'm currently a junior in high school, and I've been stressing a lot about how my parents react to my perspective in what i wanna pursue.</p>
<p>All my parents care about is the name of college, quality of academics and the cost being low.
Sadly, non of that fits as an art college... Just because the college i want to attend (SCAD) isn't a university and is expensive, my parents are being so stubborn. </p>
<p>I'm so passionate about VFX, and have pursued that path for a little less than a year. </p>
<p>I need advice to convince my parents about my dream that they don't see best fit in me.</p>
<p>I'd also greatly appreciate if you share some of the good art colleges that offer a good VFX program.</p>
<p>Since Asian parent don’t want their kids learn art…
I am an Asian parent and I understand what he is talking about but not know how to convince …</p>
<p>well this whole conversation has been pointless. who cares about the term “typical asian parents?” give the kid some help!!</p>
<p>anyway, i’m a senior, and i’m deciding between two universities for art: UCLA and SAIC. what i’ve done to convince my mom is that both schools are very, VERY highly accredited for art. print out a top 10 best art schools list and highlight SCAD. if anything, apply to all the best art schools (SAIC, RISD, SVA, Pratt, UCLA, Yale, etc.) and show them that though you are going into art, the school you are going to is very highly accredited.</p>
<p>beyond that, if you can’t convince them, don’t give up your dream. don’t. find somewhere cheap and go there. show your parents that you’re going to the best of the best; i’m sure they’ll be convinced. AND GET A SCHOLARSHIP. GET A MILLION SCHOLARSHIPS. if you haven’t heard of scholastic art, LOOK IT UP and APPLY FOR IT next year as a senior. GET MONEY AND AWARDS FOR YOUR ART. be the best asian (or chinese!) person of the art community, and your parents won’t be able to resist bragging!</p>
<p>The problem is, is that SCAD is NOT considered highly accredited. They do have some regional accreditation, but they do not even have NASAD accreditation. Compare their accreditations with those of the schools listed by marsh. You will see the difference.</p>
<p>Many asian parents (I am not one,but know a number of them), plan on their children becoming lawyers, doctors, and engineers. Often, they will consider no other options.</p>
<p>I know SCAD is your school of choice, but since they are being stubborn, what if you applied to a LAC or University that has a good art program? I don’t know what schools teach VFX, but perhaps that will be more palatable, especially if you could get some scholarship and merit money.</p>
<p>I agree that you should maybe look for a different school to continue your education in the art field. I recommend Parsons, because it’s apart of The New School University system and its prestigious and well-known (close to Ivy League well-known). However, I’m not sure if they have a vfx program and be aware they are pricy (like 46,000 a yr pricy).</p>
<p>About the accreditation thing with SCAD - ignore it. It has the same label for it as does the art schools of the south like Ringling. People seem confused and say that you can’t transfer credits - it’s not true! SCAD is also very easy to get scholarship from. However, if you want prestige I would also recommend another school. SCAD is not bad - it has lots of potential actually - but have to wait for quite a few years to a decade I would guess. I didn’t apply to many art schools but MICA has reputation and offers scholarship, and also provides liberal art education. They also have a 5 year program of art combined with art education (teaching) and everyone that comes out of it gets a job I heard. </p>
<p>Good luck convincing your parents - so what do they want you to major in?</p>
<p>@pudding- what are you talking about, the same label? Yes they are both accredited by Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, which is a general accreditation for colleges in the south, but is not national. SCAD is not NASAD accredited - Ringling is, and that is a national accreditation.</p>
<p>And maybe many of the comments will freak you out about SCAD. I personally am one affected by the people around me a lot (my mood, not conformity) - so if you’re like that maybe SCAD’s not the best way. I wouldn’t go first year, but I do think their animation programs area really good. There’s around probably between 10-15% students I’d say each year that are decent. Many others just drop out, or scratch a C.</p>
<p>OP hasn’t been back so I don’t suppose we’ll ever find out what aspect of VFX OP is interested in. </p>
<p>Sad to say, if the parents don’t care for art colleges, then they’re not going to care whether an art college is accredited or not. When most "typical’ asian parents are interested the “name” of a college, it is typically for bragging rights or just to feel like their kid or parenting skills have succeeded. </p>
<p>Depending on the area of VFX that is of interest, there are more paths than just the recently popular VFX undergrad degrees. For those interested in particle effects and systems (explosions, fire, debris, destruction, dust, smoke, water/any liquids, tornados/clouds/weather, etc), crowds systems, muscle/skin systems, rigging systems, or any systems mimicking natural phenomena, a Math or CS degree is just as useful. i.e. a degree from a “typical asian parent approved” school. </p>
<p>Follow that with studies at a place like Gnomon and one would be ready to tackle just about any aspect of the CG pipeline</p>