<p>Thanks. I do realize that we are beginning the search early. She has begun assembling her portfolio from from her art classes and computer design classes. I’m not sure I’d say she is passionate about it, but she definitely is very interested and really enjoys working with Illustrator and some of the other programs and she is good at it. </p>
<p>We have had the discussion about finances. She knows we can’t afford to pay $60K a year out of pocket, although most of the schools she is interested in have deep pockets and are usually pretty generous with financial aid. Her cousin is a freshman at University of MN this year and she knows that her cousin had to wait to decide until all of the financial aid package offers came in. Minnesota won. </p>
<p>I am aware of RISD but since they are such a specialized school they haven’t been listed in any of the “College Guide 2014” type of books we’ve looked at so far. </p>