<p>I'm a freshmen at a small (2000 students) private liberal arts college and am looking to transfer. Throughout high shool i took a lot of intense art classes and the thought of applying to art school was there but i also loved science and thought i might want to go to medical school so i ruled art school out.
However, now that I'm here i realized how much i miss art and how big of a part of my life it was all through high school.
I'm taking an art class next semester to see how the art is here but judging from what I've seen it's not the strongest art program. I've realized that I may even want to major in studio art instead of biology and possibly even transfer to an art school.
The problem is I love science too and am not willing to just give it up for art school so my question is...
what are some liberal arts schools with very good art programs? I know Williams has a great art program but transfer admission there is extremely difficult (i think it was 7% last year). I want to go to a school where the art program is almost on the level of going to an art school but still be able to take science courses or even minor/double major in science (Bio or env. sci)
a brief overview of my stats just so i can get some realistic feedback: high school gpa was a B; SAT's 690R, 680M, 670W; college gpa is an A- currently...I'm taking some accelerated intro courses got a few AP credits and stuff...am taking a pretty rigorous course load right now. Also, I have a fairly strong portfolio from high school that I could develop some more over winter break and during my art class next term that i could use for admissions.</p>
<p>Muhlenberg may be of interest to you. Known for having a strong mix of sciences ("pre-med") and the arts. The arts building has lots of gallery space, studios, etc.</p>
<p>Ma32, you have a lot of options. Are you interested in pure studio art or design? It does make a difference.</p>
<p>For pure studio art, take a hard look at Alfred University. It is a LAC with a very strong art program. You might also want to consider such schools as Wash U, St Louis. Carnegie Mellon, and even Temple University. Temple is merging with Tyler School of Art,which will be located on campus. I just don't know the time frame for this relocation, which may occur to late for you.</p>
<p>University of Michigan has a good art program as does University of Cincinnati. Take a look at Skidmore too. Yale would be great,but I don't know if you can get in there even with an A-. </p>
<p>Also check out Towson University here in Maryland,who just completed a brand new arts building with state of the art equipment.I also haven't included any stand alone art schools that can have some strong liberal arts offerings such as MICA (who has a tie-in with Johns Hopkins) and RISD ( who has a tie in with Brown,which is right across the street from them). </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>MICA was actually an art school i would have applied to had i decided to take that path..i didn't know they were connected with johns hopkins though. i'll have to look into that. </p>
<p>i'm interested in studio art (painting mostly). I actually know a few peole at Alfred..i'll see what they think, too. </p>
<p>I actaully did apply to carnegie mellon but didn't get in (my high school grades weren't the best).</p>
<p>I found some other posts that were about similar topics and i've been reading through those so i guess i just have to research a little more. thanks for the help</p>
<p>Temple is a great suggestion. Tyler School of Art has always been part of Temple (at least for as long as I can remember), just located at it's own campus in the suburbs of Phila. Temple is in the process of relocating Tyler down to Temple's main campus which would make it much easier for you to take both studio art classes and sciences. The move should be completed by next September, from what I understand.</p>
<p>rma, it is difficult to transfer into a selective LAC so you may be better off looking at a large or medium sized university or a consortium group.</p>
<p>I think Taxguy has given you some good suggestions. I would add that VCU has excellent art and very good sciences.</p>
<p>Take a look at these larger LACs, consortiums: Colgate, Smith (if you are female), Wesleyan. Tufts has a joint program with the Boston Museum School.</p>
<p>If you are male Skidmore, Vassar, Conn College may work for you as the f/m ratio favors men. Kenyon and Hamilton also have excellent art+science but I don't know anything about admissions for transfers.</p>
<p>MICA is supposed to have a good painting program, and they have a good liberal arts program as well as being connected to johns hopkins like someone else said. I go to RISD and we have a few science classes that you can take during the winter, and you can take also take classes at brown if you want. I've been to the brown science library, it's pretty cool.</p>
<p>I'm a MICA freshman, and the painting program is great, from what I've seen (I'm an illustration major.)</p>
<p>yeah I've heard a lot about the painting program at MICA. My art teacher in high school was actually asked to go speak at MICA for something. </p>
<p>Thanks for all the responses...i typed up a long response a few days ago and then my internet freaked out so it never got posted. </p>
<p>But thanks for the suggestions. I think I might apply to some art schools but really don't want to give up science so I'm considering schools like Skidmore and Wesleyan. I still have a while to think about it..see how the art class i'm taking next term goes and see if i like the science classes as much as i think i do so we'll see...</p>