<p>I am still struggling with college decision, and I really need help...
Since I wanna major in Architecture + Studio Art and a minor in film.
Here are the colleges that I am looking at</p>
<p>Bard, Vassar, Middlebury, Bates, DePauw, SAIC, Pratt, Syracuse, Penn State, RISD/Brown Dual Degree Program, Mount Holyke, Sara Lawrence!</p>
<p>So please help me with the choices!
Thanks</p>
<p>I think one of the things you need to think about is what type of school would you like to attend. Consider this...</p>
<p>Does a small liberal arts school with a personal environment where you'll be able to take classes in a variety of different departments appeal? If so, you should focus more on Bard, Vassar, Middlebury, Bates, DePauw, Mount Holyoke, and Sarah Lawrence.</p>
<p>Are you interested in a large school with a more traditional core curriculum and a "big" feeling to it? If so, focus more on Syracuse and Penn State.</p>
<p>Or, are you really interested in a school where you'll be taking classes entirely (or almost entirely) in art-related fields? If so, then SAIC, Pratt, and the RISD/Brown Dual Degree Program sound like they'd be your best fits.</p>
<p>You have a lot of diversity on your list. If you're able to determine which of these three groups most appeals to you, you should really be able to narrow things down quite a bit.</p>
<p>Thank you for your advice but it doesn't seems to really help me to narrow donwn my choice, since my majors are all kind of towards art area... And I don't really have a preference on the size of the school, BUT I do wanna get into one with the outstanding qualities in academic and the various diversity that will allow me to explore all the majors that I am interested in.
Anyway,please just let me know what you think~~~</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Let me try to clarify what I was trying to express...</p>
<p>If you go to a school like Penn State or Syracuse, you'll be required to take courses that aren't art courses because the schools have core curricula. Similarly, most of the liberal arts colleges encourage you to take classes outside of your major... they don't want you to take just art and film classes for four years straight. For example, at Vassar you are required to have a certain amount of courses outside of your discipline in order to graduate. </p>
<p>My question in my earlier post was thus not what size of school you'd like, but more if you want to attend a school where you'll be studying art-related subjects only, where you'll have the option to take courses in non-art departments (but will have a lot of say over which courses these will be), or where you'll be required to take courses in departments other than art, architecture, and film.</p>
<p>Sorry, I am not quite well understanding sometimes... :"(
According to my idea of major, art+arch.+film are all art-related classes, and they will have a lot of work to do by themselves. However, I do live to learn other areas, like international study. But I am just not sure how this is gonna work out.
Plus I know I am crazy, but Yale and Princeton are the other "two Dream Schools".
Thanks!</p>
<p>If you want to be able to take courses in departments other than art, you should probably focus more on the liberal arts schools on your list: Bard, Vassar, Middlebury, Bates, DePauw, Mount Holyoke, and Sarah Lawrence. These schools will let you take classes outside of your major, without putting too many constraints on you through distribution requirements. For example, at Vassar, the only three courses you have to take are a quantitative one, a freshman writing seminar, and one language course (which can be avoided if you have a good enough score on a language SAT, language AP, or can prove that you're fluent by passing a language test). Other than that, you can take whatever class you'd like outside of your major.</p>
<p>I got it.
But some schools, like most of the LAC, don't have architecture. So sometimes I just can't decide anything.</p>