<p>I'm currently a freshman going onto sophomore year, and I want to become an artist of some sort. I've been drawing since childhood, and I really love it. My ultimate goal for schooling is to get into Rhode Island School of Design. I am currently considering Digital Art, Illustration and Animation, but I'm very undecided. I've heard an artist has a hard time making money (is this true) so I'm considering Animation or another major that is rising in the industry now or will rise. How do I get into an art college? I have many questions; both about general art colleges and also about what RISD wants to see:
- how many art classes should I take inside and outside of school?
- should I enter as many art competitions as I can?
- what other extra-cirriculars should I do?
- What grades do I need to earn?
- What other majors can I consider?
- Internships, volunteering, summer courses? (all art related?)
- do art colleges like to see four years of high school art?
- what exactly is the "home test?"
- what do I need to do, in general?
- what are my chances? </p>
<p>I currently have a 4.0 GPA. I've played the piano for ten years (Level 10) and violin (Level 6). I'm taking two art classes of 1.5 hours each per week, plus AP art in school next year (I showed my drawings to the teacher and she said I could skip the lower, recommended level of art usually taken in freshman year which I didn't take). I have a Bamboo tablet which I use frequently (still getting the hang of it). My best skills are drawing and illustration. As for painting, I'm working on it. I need lots of information...or a basic guide from art students in college.</p>
<p>To RISD/Art Institute of Chicago students: What did you do in high school? What did your portfolio consist of? The whole story? Thank you so much.</p>
<p>-try to take an art class every year in school/outside to improve your portfolio–practice makes perfect! and if you are practicing outside of school great, but colleges don’t know that.
-yes enter as many art competitions as you can! Why not! they look great on apps
-you have good EC’s but you need more leadership positions and/or ECs outside of art
-grades are important but it depends on what you want to major in and where you want to go. some art schools barely care about your test scores, others are strict 50/50. once you go on college visits you will see. until then, keep up the grades! RISD GPA is i believe about 3.6 so you should be good there, but make sure your portfolio is good. Grades are important but so is art, especially if you want to go to an art school, portfolio is everything
-other majors: graphic design, game design, industrial design, furniture design, photography/computer graphics…digital media, film, textiles,comic book design,
-internships, etc: if you have a teacher that knows someone that knows someone try to get a design internship. if you cant, you can’t but that would be gold…i volunteer teaching art and thats also my job…thats not so design related more general arts but its fun and its art so why not…not all your ECs have to be art related, the more the merrier. expand yourself
-YES they’re art colleges, 4 years is ideal (if you cant do it in school, do it out of school)
-home test is [Undergraduate</a> | Apply | Admissions | RISD<a href=“scroll%20down%20to%20drawings,%20its%20just%20a%20way%20for%20them%20to%20measure%20your%20skills%20on%20common%20ground%20and%20see%20what%20you%20do%20with%20a%20common%20assignment”>/url</a>
-in general, you should take as many art classes as you can and make sure your grades are good. if there are any portfolio classes you can take, take them…visit schools…view other portfolios. and most importantly, EXPAND YOURSELF. a well-rounded student is a perfect student, try other mediums!
-in terms of schooling your odds seem good, but just keep improving. your portfolio is most important really so choose your pieces wisely…its hard to say definitively without your portfolio.</p>
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