Seeking feedback on Game Design Programs

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There are some other threads. Game design. May include these and more.

I couldn’t find the recent threads but RIT and Utah of all places come up a lot

2023 Top Game Design Programs

OOS (East Coast) for Game Design

Hello all, would love to get your thoughts on chances for merit for my junior daughter. We are from CT in an area where school is VERY rigorous. Her current unweighted GPA is 3.5, but since all of her classes are AP or Honors, her weighted GPA is on track for about a 4.2 to 4.5 depending on how things finish up. She will be around a 4.0 or 4.1 at the end of her junior year. SAT scores are to be determined but based on PSAT I would think worst case would be 1350 and best case mid 1400. Could be higher but not counting on that. She is extremely into video game design and creation. She is on the digital art and animation side (very artistic many years of by hand and digital artwork). On the tech side she has taken and enjoys AP level comp sci classes. First one was MIT app inventor and the this year they are doing Java. She’s not programming in her spare time for fun, she chooses the art side for that Utah is on her list for a few reasons. It has a strong game design program, and she …

Major for Video Game Design

DS is a junior and interested in video game design, would this be his major? are there specialized college/Univ. for this or does he have to venture into Comp Sc or Engineering?