<p>I am a 23 year old community college and I wanna go to SCAD. I have an interest in SCAD Sequential Art major, but I don't know if I can afford it. I've searched the internet on how to afford SCAD. I heard if you take your general education classes at a community college and transfer them to SCAD you'll save a lot of money. I heard other ways that you can afford SCAD like don't stay on campus, don't do a minor and wait until you go to SCAD at the age of 24 and apply as independent student, so you can get more money out of financial aid. Do you guys know any other way to afford SCAD?</p>
<p>What you wrote pretty much applies to trying to reduce costs to go to any college. SCAD is on the quarter system. You can be an independent at any age. I don’t know what the requirements are, but basically it means your parents no longer claim you as a dependent. There are probably some parents on this site that can explain this to you. If you are an independent student, you will qualify for more needs-based monies in the form of loans, and possibly a scholarship. You will have to pay back the loans eventually. </p>
<p>Work your rear-end off to develop an amazing portfolio so you may submit it for a scholarship as well. If your CC is also on the quarter system your credits will transfer more effectively. Living off campus can be cheaper, rent and food. Be aware that art supplies and/or technology requirements can cost a LOT of money.</p>
<p>My CC is a semester system, so does that mean my credits won’t transfer? Also, I’m from Savannah Georgia and I live with my grandmother, so I don’t need to stay on campus. And thanks for the info too.</p>
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<p>It’s easier to transfer from a semester system (16 weeks) to a quarter system (10 weeks) than vice versa. If you are in Savannah, why not try Georgia Southern in Statesboro? I taught there for one semester as a visiting professor many years ago. It was a small but good program at the time. When a program is small, it becomes very dependent on the quality of the faculty because only a few teach all of the courses. I don’t know who is still there now. It might be good; it might be better; it might not be as good. However, you could probably at least do your foundation studies and then transfer to SCAD.</p>
<p>I really don’t want to go into a university yet. I wanna start out in a CC first, so I can my general eds first then transfer them to SCAD. I have searched every CC here in Savannah Ga, that have art classes, but it seems none of them don’t. So I decided to learn how to draw when I get to SCAD. If Georgia Southern has a Associate degree in art then I’ll go there.</p>