Pre-College Summer Programs: please help!

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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<p>I am a junior and I want to major in photography. I've been thinking about taking a the six week pre-college program at RISD, but there are so many programs at all these highly acclaimed colleges, I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I guess the most important factor for me is the quality of the program for photographers. Also I plan to build up most of my portfolio while at the program. The following are the ones I've been considering, along with RISD. Thank you for reading. </p>

<p>[url=<a href="http://www.risd.edu/precollege_overview.cfm%5DRISD%5B/url"&gt;http://www.risd.edu/precollege_overview.cfm]RISD[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
[url=<a href="http://www.artic.edu/saic/programs/continuing/ecp/summer.html%5DSAIC%5B/url"&gt;http://www.artic.edu/saic/programs/continuing/ecp/summer.html]SAIC[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
[url=<a href="http://register.rit.edu/courseSchedule/20044/20/67/%5DRIT%5B/url"&gt;http://register.rit.edu/courseSchedule/20044/20/67/]RIT[/url&lt;/a&gt;]
[url=<a href="http://www.scad.edu/admission/summer_programs/summer_seminars/index.cfm%5DSCAD%5B/url"&gt;http://www.scad.edu/admission/summer_programs/summer_seminars/index.cfm]SCAD[/url&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p>

<p>these are the ones my head's been spinning round for, if there are any other colleges with strong pre-college programs please tell me. </p>

<p>any feedback will be greatly greatly greatly appreciated.
thank you again.</p>

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<p>Previous thread on summer art programs</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=138533&highlight=summer%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=138533&highlight=summer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>wow fast replies! Yes I have read that neat thread, I was hoping for information on what college has a program that is best for future photography majors. I'm sorry if this is all too specific.</p>

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<p>My D is like-wise interested. Pre-College Photography programs anyone???</p>

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<p>my s is very interested in this too!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>for what it's worth, I loved the photo faculty at SCAD, and there is a 4 or 6 week pre-college program. Also, the kids will be treated like royalty because, lets face it, the schools are out to market and self promote themselves.</p>

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<p>Would one of these programs be appropriate for a kid who has never had a photography class but would love to learn about it?</p>

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<p>is the kid into art? I know some of these precollege programs require a portfolio for admission ... even if s/he's never done photography s/he can send slides of other medium and prob get into the photography program</p>

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<p>//Would one of these programs be appropriate for a kid who has never had a photography class but would love to learn about it?//</p>

<p>You should talk to an admissions representative.</p>

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<p>There are usually courses at local community colleges or art museums that offer courses that would be a good place for a beginner to start. Pre-college is usually for junior or rising senior who is considering art/design school.</p>

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<p>I believe (check website to be sure) that Penn State has a short, 1-week course for beginners in photography. I think NYU does also. In addition, University of the Arts and School of Visual Arts have longer (6-8 week) courses for photography.</p>

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<p>Pratt offers a pre-college program and also has merit scholarships!</p>

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<p>You want to look at SVA and SAIC for summer photo programs. I have found RISD's pre-college summer program to be inconsistent. Often they hire grad. students to teach in their summer program. RIT has an amazing photo dept. but you would need a car for taking photos while at RIT. The campus is located in an isolated suburb of Rochester. The campus is very unattractive. I am not sure who RIT hires to teach in their summer program. You might want to ask if they hire grad. students or if their faculty teach in the pre-college summer program. I hear Columbia College in Chicago has an excellent and growing photo dept. I don't know if they offer a pre-college program. Good luck!</p>

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how does scad summer seminar compare against the other summer programs?

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Do you realize this thread is 10 years old? Start a new post if you want to get current info and answer specific questions.