<p>Help! I'm looking for a college/university with a strong art department, strong language department, and an extensive study abroad program.
I plan to major in art and minor in whatever language I can while studying abroad as much as possible.
Thanks for any suggestions</p>
<p>Stats
3.8 unweighted gpa
28 ACT
taking spanish IV and french I
taking A.P. studio art and graphic design
rest of my classes are A.P. and honors</p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University : Academics](<a href=“http://www.alfred.edu/academics/]Alfred”>Academics | Alfred University)</p>
<p>Check out School of Art & Design and their Honors Program as well. </p>
<p>Merit aid is a possibility. </p>
<p>Spanish is a major, French is a minor, there are Study Abroad possibilities.</p>
<p>There are a number of schools that will have what you are looking for. I would stay away from schools like Alfred that no one has ever heard of. These are usually just going to take your money and give you a useless degree.</p>
<p>^ What in the world are you ranting about? You mean the #20 Regional College in the North according to US News?</p>
<p>OP, What is your home state and what can your family afford?</p>
<p>Which direction are you taking study abroad? Euro or Asian? For east bound there is Tyler in PA Temple has an extension in Japan.</p>
<p>Thank you Erin’s Dad! Also USNWR’s “Great Schools Great Prices”, “Princeton Review’s Best 373” & “Fiske College Guide 2011”. </p>
<p>Castlegirl, urban, rural, suburban or size of school? 2,000 students? 5,000 students? A large National University with Division I Athletics & name recognition & 10,000+ students?</p>
<p>If you could see yourself at an all women’s college, you should consider Smith. Their art department (history and studio) is excellent, and they have a very well developed Junior Year abroad program. Good financial aid; great setting with Amherst, UMass Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire College nearby.</p>
<p>I plan to major in art and minor in whatever language I can while studying abroad as much as possible.</p>
<p>Will you be testing again?</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>Will your parents also pay for your study abroad semesters?</p>
<p>Erin’s Dad: I live in Sandpoint, ID and my family’s fiscal situation is a little tight so financial aid is a must.</p>
<p>TheresaCPA: I’m thinking I want to go to Europe and South America more than the East.</p>
<p>SLUMON: Thanks for the lists. I don’t really care what size of school as long as it has quality art and language departments. As to the location, I’m from a small town (population is somewhere around 6,000) but I won’t have a car so a city with a good transit system might be better for me. Name recognition isn’t a big deal because when it comes to art either you’re an artist or you’re not.</p>
<p>Classof2015: Smith does look like a possibility, especially since I have family in Boston. However, I kinda want to study abroad before junior year.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids: I just took the SAT and I’m hoping that I’ll score higher on that. My parents will be paying little if any of my initial tuition and most likely not contribute to the cost of my study abroad semesters.</p>
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I live in Sandpoint, ID and my family’s fiscal situation is a little tight so financial aid is a must.</p>
<p>I just took the SAT and I’m hoping that I’ll score higher on that. My parents will be paying little if any of my initial tuition and most likely not contribute to the cost of my study abroad semesters. *</p>
<p>Financial aid is based on your family’s income and assets. It is also based on a college’s ability to help you. Most colleges don’t have much aid to give.</p>
<p>Money may be tight in your family, but they may still be expected to pay. Do you know what your EFC will likely be?</p>
<p>Quick EFC
[FinAid</a> | Calculators | QuickEFC](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Quick EFC - Finaid)</p>
<p>Now, this won’t be the most your family will be expected to pay. Most schools don’t meet need.</p>
<p>Do you have any state schools that you can commute to?</p>
<p>Below are schools that meet your requirements and should provide you with some merit aid:</p>
<p>Carroll University in Wisconsin
Lawrence University in Wisconsin
Univ of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Univ of North Dakota</p>
<p>North Dakota is a WUE school so tuition would be reduced.</p>
<p>My SAT scores came back as CR-740 M-580 W-600 not extraordinary but decent.
My parents EFC looks to be around 10,000 if not more because my mom inherited $90,000 last year and apparently you don’t count that until the next year.
I recently toured the Oregon colleges and have decided that I want a medium school(3,000 to 15,000) in a sunny location preferably urban.</p>
<p>The # 20 regional college might as well be ranked the #270 national college. Seriously, I hope you don’t think that number 20 means anything when it is followed by “Regional College.” That is like saying the #1 community college should be taken seriously as an academic institution.</p>
<p>[Alfred</a> University : Experts Say](<a href=“http://www.alfred.edu/experts_say/]Alfred”>http://www.alfred.edu/experts_say/)</p>
<p>^ Yup, might as well be Ivy League. This proves it. lol.</p>
<p>Informative is a poster who has never been outside Boston and has incredible regional blinders. He is the antithesis of informative.</p>
<p>I have to take offense at the idea that nobody’s heard of Alfred. 
In ceramic circles it is THE source of all knowledge.</p>
<p>Maybe do a little research on colleges that have May terms or January terms. In a special one month term a student only takes 1 class for the month. Often there will be options for a course abroad.<br>
As an example, look at St Olaf’s J-term(this is only a partial listing):</p>
<p>Art 106: Draw from Nature in the Bahamas
Art 246: New York Art Interim
Education 170: Schools and Urban Communities
Education 378: Multicultural Education Hawaii
French 235: French Language and Moroccan Culture in Fes
French 275: Interdisciplinary French Studies in Paris
German 239: German Culture and Language Studies in Vienna
German 249: Mare Balticum<br>
History 262: National Identity and Ethnicity in China
Interdisciplinary 97:264J: Dev. & Comm in Bangladesh (HECUA)
ID: Social and Political Transformation in Ecuador (HECUA)<br>
Nursing 221: Health and Culture in Oceania
Pol Sci 240: Political Identities in Slovenia
Religion 243: Living Faith: Theology and Practice at Holden Village
Spanish 233: Intermediate Spanish II in Ecuador
Spanish 234: Intermediate Spanish II in Costa Rica</p>
<p>Thanks twomules! I love the idea of January Term. It sounds like it would be a very valuable experience. I’m looking at Saint Mary’s College of California right now and they have a January term.</p>
<p>^^^^^ As usual, informative is not very informative.</p>
<p>If the OP was interested in ceramics or glass art, Alfred is one of the very best.</p>