<p>So I graduated from high school in June and as of now, I'm going to a mediocre liberal arts school with (supposedly) a fairly good visual/performing arts schools. However, I'm thinking of going to my community college. I believe I'll be more motivated at the 4 year college, and the freshman foundation will be more useful, but I'll save money by going to the community college. On a side note, my community college is in RI, so would that help me at all? I mean, my boyfriend goes to UConn and has been doing a work study with a professor at Yale, so maybe I'll get lucky and I can find connections? Or should I not bother with RISD and wait until the graduate level to save more money? Also, any advice you could give me about transferring to RISD would be appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>RISD is a private school, so the fact that your CC is in RI does not make a difference. A connection with someone at Y is unlikely to matter either, LORs are required to be from Instructors who have taught you in a class. What’s going to matter at RISD is your portfolio and whether you can afford it as they are not known to be generous with need based FA.</p>
<p>I know RISD’s private, but NYU has some program with community colleges are NJ/NY, and I was hoping they’d show some love to us RIders. Man, I hate RI, we don’t get any benefits…</p>
<p>What I meant was, I heard that some professors teach at smaller schools during the summer. Eh…I guess I’ll take my chances waiting until grad school…being poor is no fun.</p>