I got into a whole bunch of schools including RISD and Parsons, but also I want to study things outside of pure art so I decided to go to an liberal arts school! But I have NO IDEA where I want to go. I narrowed my choices down to USC and NYU… I will be in Roski school of art and design for USC and Steinhardt for NYU. I know they aren’t known to be the best in art, but I still find both schools very appealing. Plus, I am going to minor or double major in business/economics which both schools are pretty well known for. I also love NYC (I took pre-college summer courses at Parsons) but I have never been to California so I have no idea if I will like LA’s laid back and chill environment or not. What do you guys think? PLEASE HELP ME DECIDE D:
My daughter attended NYU / Tisch, so I can speak just for that school. NYU takes advantage of its location – whether for field assignments for classwork (going to a museum or an urban art installation,etc. to get the information for a paper, for example ) or for providing fieldwork (either done in alternating days with in-class hours or as a separate internship for credit).
The big advantage of NYC is that you don’t use a car. Public transportation or walking will get you everywhere you need to go.
What are the general education requirements for each? I know at TIsch, the students had to take a fair amount of liberal arts courses – I would imagine that the same would be true for Steinhardt. How much room in the two different school curricula will there be for this?
Another advantage of NYU is the great flexibility you have in taking classes across a wide range of disciplines, at different times, and in different places. NYU has January term, summer term - and in both you don’t need to take a full credit load, as you need to during the regular semester. There are even study abroad programs during the summer.
Also, with TIsch-- and Steinhardt may be different – even though it was a BFA program, because the school required only a minimum of six semesters of professional training, students who really wanted to add more non-drama academics had that opportunity. Of course, students could take the full eight semesters of studio training.
I don’t know anything about USC, so the opportunities may be similar.
LA stopped being “laid back and chill” decades ago.
It would be great if you could visit USC before making a decision. If not, and you know you love NYC, it would be OK to go to NYU.