<p>So here are my stats:
3.39 GPA (Scale: 94-100 A, 85-93 B, no classes are weighted, almost all classes I got a 90+ in)
Class rank: (coming tomorrow. It's above top 20%)
33 ACT
ECs: Junior Classical League (state officer - parliamentarian) 3 years, Drama Club 2 years, Teen Court, Academy for Young Leaders, a lot of other stuff not really worth mentioning...</p>
<p>Taking mostly honors classes. All of my core classes except math have been accelerated. I took AP Macroeconomics last year and I'm taking 6 AP classes this year.</p>
<p>Considering the possibility of majoring in Arts Administration, though I haven't made my decision yet.</p>
<p>Currently the main college on my list is IU - Bloomington (hopefully the Honors College there). I live in Kentucky and I'm looking for something in my region of the US.</p>
<p>Any suggestions? Thanks.</p>
<p>I don’t really know if “arts administration” is a major at any school, and if it is I don’t think that’s the type of school you should be looking at? What specifically are your interest in? “arts administration” reads to me as you wanting to work in the business side of the art world. Generally speaking, a degree in marketing, business, or even art history will get you there as long as you pursue noteworthy internships. Assuming you want to stay in your region of your US, I would possibly look into schools near DC, Chicago, or New York.</p>
<p>The way your school has its grading system with no classes weighted in your GPA kind of goes against your profile. Hopefully schools will realize that, because the only thing that is slightly killing you is your GPA.</p>
<p>Georgetown, NYU, Virginia, Northwestern would be my suggestions.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m looking at the business side of arts. Non-profit arts organizations, museums, theatres and such. I just discovered the major a few days ago and before it I was completely lost. It focuses on business laws in their relation to nonprofit organizations and how to market the arts. Information on it is pretty hard to come by. IUB has it, University of Kentucky has it, University of Cincinnati has it. All of these schools: <a href=“http://www.artsadministration.org/find[/url]”>http://www.artsadministration.org/find</a></p>
<p>I do think a business degree would be more versatile, but would I gain the same knowledge in how it all applies to nonprofit organizations?</p>
<p>I know the University of Cincinnati has a dual-degree masters program where you get a degree in Arts Administration and Business Administration. Is that something I should look into? </p>
<p>Thanks for your suggestions. I’ll keep them in mind.</p>
<p>For some reason, I’ve lost the edit button, but I wanted to add these things before I go to bed. If you guys think I will be able to land a good non-profit/theatre/museum job in administration with a business major and maybe a minor in art history with some internships, I’d be willing to do that. I’m not stuck on arts administration, but the descriptions I’ve read of it are pretty spot on about the kind of job I want.</p>
<p>Also, bonus points for a beautiful campus and good town. Those are two major things that appeal to me about IU. Isn’t their business program supposed to be pretty high ranking too? Why are they a bad pick?</p>
<p>Thanks for all the help. I’m going to bed now. I’ll check replies in the morning.</p>
<p>Don’t get so caught up on an “arts administration” or any similar type major because those are extremely specific and it might lead you to disappointment at the end of your college career. It’s rare that X majors lead to X job. Chances are you will major in X and work in Y. In the link that you provided above, the institutions listed are safeties for you and frankly are not really “well known” in the art world.</p>
<p>Art History or Business/Econ(minor in art history) will be good enough paths(if not the best paths) for the career or interest you seek. Its you, not necessarily your major, that lands you the job you seek. Which means work/volunteer/internship experiences while in school/summer. I live in Los Angeles, and its very easy to pursue volunteer or internship positions while in school because of location. This is why I’ve recommend you look at schools in metro areas like ny, dc, chicago etc where galleries/museums/etc are located</p>
<p>I would also add Williams College to your list. It would be a reach because of your gpa but I’m pretty sure its connection in the art world would favor you in pursuing work experience if you could get in. If you didn’t know, Williams College has alums in the art scene known as the “williams mafia,” These alums are some of the biggest names at some of the biggest art museums around the nation. They didn’t major in “art direction” or “art management” or “(enter any art trade major here)” They got a solid liberal arts education in art history, if not in economics(not business). Check out the websites of some of the nonprofits you would like to work at. Under their career opportunities look at the qualifications for positions. It’s rare to see “art administration” as a major. </p>
<p>If I were you I would personally stay away from programs that seem extremely specific and aim for the best overall schools that are strong in all its course offerings including art history and business/econ. For something like Art History and or business/econ program, any major Research University will tend to have a good to great program. This is why, again, I’ve suggested NYU, Georgetown, Virginia, Northwestern etc. I don’t know how far up north or how far west you are open to but there are a couple of Boston schools that could be matches/safeties. Worst case scenario if you change your mind about “art administration” as a career, you have the flexibility at most of these big name schools to change to a good to great program in a non related field, while getting stuck at UKenn might not.</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>He speaks the truth.</p>
<p>Take a look at Rhodes College and the Center for Outreach in Development of the Arts program: [Rhodes</a> College | CODA](<a href=“http://www.rhodes.edu/academics/1117.asp]Rhodes”>The Lynne and Henry Turley Memphis Center | Rhodes College)
I’d do as liek0806 suggests and major in business and art history.</p>