<p>I need an advice please, i have no one to ask but u guys so please help !
anyway this summer i have two great oppurtunities i just dont know what to pick
do you think i should go to RISD pre-college program for 6 weeks or do an internship for 4 weeks in an art and design company, both of them are 100 % guranteed all whats left know is for me to pick which one to go to?
so which one do u think would be better for me when applying to uni next years?
which one would u think will help me more not only in college applications but in life and eerything?
in other words which one do u think i should go to ?
please replyy i have to give them an answer these coming 2 days.
THANK YOU.</p>
<p>please ? anyone</p>
<p>well based off the two programs I would say that you are interested in going to an art school. I looked up the RISD program </p>
<p>[RISD</a> : Rhode Island School of Design : PRE-COLLEGE](<a href=“http://www.risd.edu/precollege.cfm]RISD”>http://www.risd.edu/precollege.cfm)</p>
<p>It seems like its a long orientation for college. I didn’t have time to look into all the facets of the program, but they seems to tell you how classes go and such. Therefore, I would lean more towards the summer internship. However, if you really want to go to RISD for college then maybe it might be more beneficial to do their program.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice but what do u mean its a long orientation for college ?
and would attending risd summer program help get accepeted into risd university, the same question goes to all the other universities ?
but thank you for the advice, ill certainely take it into consederation.</p>
<p>any other thoughts ?</p>
<p>ps: although i am going to apply to risd but the university i really want to go to is carneige mellon !</p>
<p>Expensive, non-selective summer programs have NO impact one way or the other on college admissions. On the college’s side, they are simply an income producing product used during the slow summer months.</p>
<p>I can’t say which opportunity is better for your life and career in general, you need to look into the details of both and make that decision, although you might want to consider the benefits of having a real world experience with the internship vs. a classroom experience at RISD. And if the internship is competitive, or if you are given a stipend for your work, that could go further on college applications than a summer program that you pay for at a college.</p>
<p>what about the carneige mellon university pre- college program ?
do u think that would be better or the its the same as the risd ?
thanks for the advicee i appreciate it…</p>
<p>^^expensive,non-selective summer programs dont help? i think at least it does show some passion that a student has …like if a student is applying to a astronomy major,and he does a summer program of astronomy over the summer,i think the colleges will notice that he must have some passion.</p>
<p>While attending a summer program like the ones the OP describes may show interest in a particular area and is better than sitting around and doing nothing, they are also contingent on your ability to pay. Adcoms know this and so such programs will not be a big plus on an application and will not help with acceptance to a particular college.</p>
<p>Will the RISD program help you prepare pieces for your art portfolio? If yes, that could be a real boost when you prepare your application in the fall. If your HS does not have teachers who can help you do this, I’d consider the RISD program for that alone. </p>
<p>I agree with entomom above–the adcoms tend to have a slight “attitude” about the college summer programs, just as they do about overseas programs that cost a lot of $$. The don’t want to advantage students just because their families can afford such enrichment. </p>
<p>OTOH, a great internship may yield a cool letter of rec from a supervisor. Will you get to do meaningful work at the internship or just fetch coffee?</p>
<p>entomom, from your comments, it appears that you are perhaps not familiar with the admissions process for selective art/design schools or even selective art/design programs within universities like CMU. It is quite different from the normal “university” admissions process. </p>
<p>The best pre-college programs (like those of RISD and CMU) are EXTREMELY beneficial for students wishing to major in art or design – not for getting them into that particular school (although there may be some slight benefit that way) – but definitely in terms of helping them produce quality works for the required portfolios. Nearly all students will see substantial improvement after going through six weeks of intensive art instruction.</p>
<p>Point well taken w_m. But please reread my post, I told the OP that attending a pay to play summer program would not advance their admissions chances per se, but that as far as whether or not it would help in any other way:</p>
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<p>rayaz23, what is it that you plan to study in college? If you truly want to major in one of the fine arts (painting, ceramics, etc.) or in a design field (graphic design, architecture, etc.), then you should seriously consider one of the pre-college programs. (Both RISD’s and CMU’s are considered among the best in those fields.) Are you currently a high school junior? The best time to take one of these is the summer immediately preceding your senior year.</p>
<p>If you are more interested in art history, art education, museum curating, etc., then the pre-college program will probably be of less benefit to you.</p>
<p>You also need to consider what the “internship” really involves. What exactly will you be doing at this design company? Just following around some of the employees? Making deliveries (or making coffee)? In other words, will it actually be meaningful in terms of teaching you anything that might be relevant to your long-range goals? And if it’s a paid internship, that’s a big benefit right there!</p>
<p>You should consider all of these factors before making your decision.</p>
<p>From a career perspective, the internship is a better choice. Having something solid on your resume will give you a significant edge over other incoming freshmen when you are looking for a job after your freshman/sophomore year. </p>
<p>It is significantly more difficult to get an internship in college without relevant work experience, especially in this economy.</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with RISD’s programs, but if I were you I’d seriously consider the internship. I’ve held several internships during this school year. Each one has been extremely valuable, and brought me closer to my goals/other experiences in the field that I’m most interested in. After I finished my first interest this fall, I was offered another, more prestigious and elusive internship for the spring, and I was just offered one for this summer. </p>
<p>This is a tough choice to make. I know because I had to make a similar one last summer, but I chose to take an internship and have never looked back. There are a few things I did that helped me make my decision, like getting as much information as I could on both opportunities, and I think you should do this, too. Specifically ask what responsibilities you will have as an intern. Most of all, remember that it’s your summer. Do what will make the most enjoyable. You really can’t go wrong with either of these options. They’ll both be beneficial, just in different ways.</p>
<p>I think im going with the internship you guys have a point. Now I truly want to major in art and design, specifically industrial design thats why i took the summer program into consederation but at the same time i can have an amazing experience while doing an internship and your absouletly right. Thank you everyone for the advices i appreciate it.</p>