<p>My daughter has been accepted to both schools. She is interested in painting. What are the advantages/disadvantages to these schools?</p>
<p>My son’s a freshman at MICA. He loves it, and would probably say that the painting program is MICA’s strong suit. While majoring in illustration, my son has taken on a whole new love for painting since starting at MICA. From what I’ve read, MICA’s painting major is regarded as one of the best.</p>
<p>There are safety issues with the Baltimore area. I live blocks from MICA and feel safe as long as I use good sense, but if one of my daughters wanted to live by herself off campus, I’d have some concerns.</p>
<p>My daughter’s portfolio was accepted by Tyler. We’re still waiting to hear from Temple (they lost some components to her application) so her app wasn’t complete until 2/23… but we think she’ll be accepted as her stats are above their averages. We’re very curious about other people’s impressions of Tyler- haven’t visited yet.</p>
<p>My only qualm with Tyler is that it really isn’t very well known. For example, I got a call from a Temple student encouraging me to apply, and when I said I was planning to apply to Tyler, he had NO idea what I was talking about. & that’s within Temple…</p>
<p>I’ve taken two weekend classes at Tyler (at their old campus) and seeing some of the student work up I can say some things REALLY impressed me, other things were mediocre. I think you can find the same at pretty much any art school of the same level. The link with Temple is nice though for taking classes outside of art.</p>
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<p>Ummm Tyler is definitely well known. The TU student you talked to was simply a clueless idiot. Every school has them. It also could’ve been the fact that up until now, Tyler was separate from the main campus.</p>
<p>I live in the PHilly area. I don’t know if this matters for you personally, but Temple is in a HORRIBLE part of Philly, really really dangerous (and I grew up in NYC; this makes NYC look like a playground). Every few weeks you hear of a murder (not usually of a Temple student). If you go to Temple, you can’t just walk around where you want. You have to be extremely alert and careful all the time. This may be hard to pick up when you visit, as they are good at presenting a squeaky clean exterior. I personally would find it very, very wearing to constantly, for four years, be on my guard, and to not be able to stroll where I please. Or, worse, your kid can be like my clueless son, who at 19 decided he would roam around the area at 9:00 pm during a concert - he was bored - despite my saying it was dangerous. Being 19, he scoffed at me and told me he ‘could look out for himself.’ Within about 10 minutes he was pulled over by 2 cops who questioned him briefly, told him they were looking for a car jacker, and then, in no uncertain terms, told him to get his butt out of this area - 'it’s really dangerous ’ - and go to the Barnes and Noble or Starbucks while he waited out the concert. This was 9:00 pm on a Thursday night.</p>
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<p>Sorry, but that’s a bunch of garbage. I’m a TU student and I live in one of the wealthiest suburbs of Philadelphia, and I manage just fine. Temple is in North Philly, which is not a great place, however, Temple is VERY safe. Security and police always around. Everything is lit. The bottom line is the campus is safe. If you start wandering three blocks the wrong way off campus, then it’s not safe, but there’s no reason to go that far off of campus anyway.</p>
<p>9 PM? That’s a total joke. I’m out at all hours of the night 9, 10, 2 AM, and I’ve never had anything like that happen. It’s best to walk with friends just in case, but I’ve walked alone at 2 AM many times without issue.</p>
<p>Your whole post is entirely absurd, and represents the typical suburban bubble mindset. In fact, your name says it all.</p>
<p>Bottom line: Temple is not Villanova, but if you use common sense, you wont have any problems.</p>