<p>I want to go to a school with a good art program, but one where I can also get a liberal arts education. I'd love to get into an ivy league, but since that's nearly impossible, I'd like to know how good of a college I can realistically get into. </p>
<p>A lot of my scores and things are estimated because I haven't finished taking tests.
My info:
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Hispanic
GPA: 4.357 weighted, around a 3.8 unweighted (I'm planning to bring up my weighted to a 4.4 by the end of this year)
Ranking: First decile (my school does not rank, but my counselor told me I was in the top 10 students)
SAT I: first time: M 620/CR 620/W 670 (1910) I'm aiming to get at least a 2050 in May.
SAT IIs: taking them in June. Expecting around a 700 in each subject. (Math II, US History, and one more that I'm not sure of)
AP courses: this year - US History II Next year: Studio Art, Biology, French V, Statistics, and possibly Physics
Extra curriculars:
Marching band, set design, art club, french club, drama club
Also created a volunteer group outside of school</p>
<p>I believe that's it..</p>
<p>So do you think I can get into schools like NYU or Carnegie Mellon or should I lower my expectations?
Are ivy leagues completely out of the question?
Any suggestions of colleges I should look into? (as long as they have a decent art program)</p>
<p>Vassar, Kenyon (offers an art merit scholarship and due date is sometime in Dec. so don’t miss it!). Really most of the top LAC’s will have stronger art programs that will also allow you to dual major in another field. Also, nice to have loans as an option, but beware of getting out of school with too much debt. You may want to go to grad school! You will be rather limited in grad schools if you have too much debt left over from your undergrad.</p>
<p>Find out from your parents how much “a lot of it” is, specifically. There are lots of threads here and articles out in the wild about too much college debt - find out for sure before it’s too late. Sorry, I don’t have any suggestions for art schools. Good luck!</p>
<p>Pretty much sounds like what I was looking for in college! I’ve been accepted ED to Washington University in St. Louis and it has everything I think you’re looking for. It has an arts school on campus (Sam Fox School of Art & Design), but also the College of Arts and Sciences. You can dual enroll in both, like I did (that was so I could also major in English, in addition to Communications design in Sam Fox), but even if you don’t dual enroll you are still required to complete the same core as those in ArtSci (you can check it out here: [Bachelor</a> of Fine Arts | Sam Fox School](<a href=“http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/node/4147]Bachelor”>http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/node/4147)) so you’re pretty much getting the same education anyways. </p>
<p>Good luck with your search! Hope I helped a little :]</p>
<p>Wash U. is a good idea because it is supposed to be easier than some places to major in something other than art and still get great art courses. My understanding is that Carnegie Mellon is more segregated into specialized schools. With NYU you have to think whether you want a real campus or if the urban setting is OK. For LACs maybe look at Skidmore as well as Vassar. Also check the art major part of the College confidential forum because there may be threads on doing art as a non-major. Good luck!</p>
<p>you have as good a chance at CMU as anyone, especially if you’re not going to one of their engineering or CS schools… just bring your SAT’s UP!!</p>