<p>I would be curious as students are accepted and offered scholarships to various schools this year that we track some data to see if and where the "real" scholarship dollars are being spent. I'd suggest for those interested something like (as an example):</p>
<p>Name of School (e.g. MICA, SVA,etc..), % of merit scholarship only (e.g. 20%one time or yearly), Name of Program entered (e.g. BFA Illustration, BFA Photography...), any stats (e.g. 3.1 gpa, 1700 SAT, Silver key Regional portfolio, don't get carried away here)</p>
<p>Note: I just made up some examples, these are not for my d. I'm looking at my Junior getting ready for college apps in the fall and it would be helpful to know if the colleges that "say" they have scholarships really do come through. I know EVERY student is unique, so I'm not trying to create a who can did better, than whomever list. </p>
<p>Maybe we could track this year by year by school and or program, to see if 2007 versus 2008 is different. Plus post any school with a fine arts program don't want to leave out anyone. If anyone wants to post 2006 stats too, that would be helpful. At 20K to 40K a year, most folks need all the scholarship money they can get).
S.Dad</p>
<p>I saw these stats on the conceptart forum with reagrd to SCAD. They came from an admissions counselor.</p>
<p>Based on the 2006-2007 academic year</p>
<p>276 academic scholarships - average of $4,000/year/student</p>
<p>878 artistic scholarships - average of $4,000/year/student</p>
<p>613 combined academic,artistic - average of $4,000/year/student</p>
<p>I don't know what the % would be but based on these numbers, I'd say it was high. My D was offered at $15k/yr combined scholarhsip from SCAD. Her high school doesn't use the GPA system, doesn weight and doesn't rank but I would say her average was in the A-/B+ range, and I know she had fabulous recs and a fairly solid portfolio. Her SATs were so-so. In any case, she's not going to SCAD, she wanted a bigger city environment and prefers the north-east.</p>
<p>"Scholarships" is just another name for "discounts." </p>
<p>Some schools feel that they have to offer admission to a larger number of students for less than the "sticker price," and others don't. </p>
<p>Of course, if you want to enroll in a particular school, any kind of discount is much appreciated. </p>
<p>Looking at it as a "third party," I'd much rather these "scholarships" be offered on the basis of need, however.</p>
<p>(My daughter was also offered a generous "scholarship" from SCAD several years ago. But this discount wasn't enough to get her to commit there. We paid full price elsewhere.)</p>