<p>DS will be a hs senior next yr. He will probably be applying to Temple/Tyler, VCU, RIT & MassArt for either illustration or graphic design. Most schools only ask for 3 yrs hs math. The Temple website says 4 yrs math but we were told by an admission counselor at an information session that they will take whatever the student's hs requires. DS only needs 3 yrs math to graduate. He's completed Geometry, Alg II & Trig. Next yr would be either Pre-Calc or AP Stat. GC wants him to take math next year since he'll probably have to take a math course of some kind as a college freshman and he doesn't want him to get out practice. DS & his tutor both say WHY? (It would mean he'd have to drop AP Art History.) I have an email into Temple (really difficult to get someone on the phone) but haven't gotten a reply yet. We need to let his GC know asap.</p>
<p>My dd got into Tyler, MassArt and RIT for illustration. She got money from each one. she did not take any math her senior year. I think AP art history is more important if the student is going to an art school bfa program. Call MassArt and RIT, they were extremely helpful. My dd will not be taking any true math in her bfa program, even if she has to take something, she would do the most basic math that she could. I sometimes think the schools want them to take math/physics, etc so that the school can say “99 percent of our kids take…” My dd never took chem or physics either. She took AP envi sci and Microbio, and all the schools were fine with that. Good luck in your decision!</p>
<p>Thanks! I think we’re probably going to stick with his schedule the way it is.</p>
<p>We just went through the admissions process for my youngest daughter, who is a musician (so she’s not going to art school). There are ongoing discussions on the music major forum about what classes are necessary for music school, etc.</p>
<p>My daughter is going to college one year early (Peabody/Johns Hopkins) so there was no room for more than three math classes (or anything more than Alg II & Geom.). She did the minimum necessary for graduation, and practiced more with the time she would have been spending (wasting in her terminology) on math.</p>
<p>A friend of my daughter’s is at Temple for music on a $20,000/yr scholarship. He definitely did not study calculus and I don’t think he went beyond Alg 2 in high school as it wasn’t required.</p>
<p>My oldest daughter is 25 and a successful professional painter (realism). She also graduated one year early from high school and found the math classes to be a waste of time. She does think that solid skills in English, history and, for her, foreign language, were and are a great asset. Maintaining a weekly blog is an important part of her business.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>My dd had the same thing happen to her her senior year. She needed to add a class, and the GC was insistent she take another math, and we tried explaining the art schools she had been accepted to (NHIA, MCAD, and KCAI) did not require 4 years of math. She ended up taking marine biology which she loved and helped her GPA. Another math class would have not helped!!</p>
<p>She is a senior at MCAD and has done quite well without pre-calculus or trig. She didn’t take physics or chemistry either, but the biological sciences play a big part in her art.</p>
<p>I agree that biology, and anatomy are good to take and quite critical for the study of representational art.</p>