<p>or the BFA where academic courses are offered by tufts teachers @ SMFA?</p>
<p>We are visiting Boston 10/22 weekend. Will see SMFA and Tufts, along w/ non-art schools BU,BC, and Emmnauel College. Also would like to see Emerson and maybe New England school of Photography.</p>
<p>My d is teetering between a liberal arts program and art programs. Strong writing, humanities student w/ passion for art and photography looking for small laid back atmosphere contained in lg city full of culture and sights. </p>
<p>How will it be for us navigating our way on the subway system or just walking?</p>
<p>We want to see BU and the Fenway colleges( Emmanuel.....this is a small catholic college, anyone know about it?) SMFA nearby?
BC accessible by subway from these? Tufts is north right ? Sommerville, suburb, correct?</p>
<p>Perhaps someone could lay out timeframes to see each college it is difficult to look at it on map. We arrive late Thurs night. We have all Fri.and Fri. night and all Sat. and perhaps will drive Sat night to Providence and see RISD on Sunday. I know admissions will be closed but can we walk around campus? While in providence may see Providence College and Univ of Rhode Island( does anyone know about this school...only thought of it since it is near Providence college) then ambitiously we may turn down to Newport to see SALVE rEGINA. </p>
<p>Too much?</p>
<p>Perhaps just Boston and Providence?newport another time. Will be traveling from Long Island.</p>
<p>Any info on any of the schools listed above will be appreciated only know of them from catalogs and websites.</p>
<p>We also looked into the TUFTS SMFA option for our daughter who is in a humanities magnet program. We ruled against it for several reasons:</p>
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<li>First, you have to be admitted to both SFMA and TUFTS if you want to live at Tufts. If you don't want to live at Tufts, you can take courses there, but there is a real hassle getting there as will be discussed below.</li>
<li><p>Second is that SFMA is, according to them, a 45 minute bus from Tufts. They aren't as close as they let you believe. Thus, even if you do get into both schools, you have a real hassle getting to and from both schools. This can be lessoned by taking your liberal arts in the first two years of college and then living near SFMA. You are allowed to take your liberal arts at any time in the program. However,you then don't get the full Tufts experience.</p></li>
<li><p>SFMA themselves admitted that, although they are a good school, they are not the best in applied art. Thus, if your daughter is interested in applied art, there are better places. I also felt that even in pure fine arts, there were better places such as RISD, MICA, Pratt and even Corcoran School of Art and Design. </p></li>
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<p>You do, however, get a combined Tufts/SFMA degree. I guess you have to weigh the pros and cons.</p>
<p>luliztee, just a remark on your Rhode Island trip. It's going to be quite a day if you try to do both Providence and Newport (to see Salve Regina) , given that the days are growing shorter. Newport is a nice place to visit, however, especially (IMO) if you have time to visit the mansions and not only the tourist section.</p>
<p>A lot of RISD buildings do tend to be locked up on Sundays. So if I were you I'd check with the RISD admissions office about what you'd likely see. Personally, I think it's really valuable to see the studios and some student work, as well as dorms, and to be able to talk to students in various settings there. Of course you can walk around campus, along the river, and up the hill to Brown. And surely you will encounter many students, who are after all often working around the clock and every day of the week. But I'm not sure what you're proposing is the best way to get a sense of what RISD is all about.</p>
<p>Hi Luliztee,
Are you traveling to Boston with your car, if so it will make seeing that many schools in two days much easier. Most of the schools are very close together, Smfa, Emmanuel, colleges of the Fenway are all in a few blocks. Also for art schools in Boston don't forget mass art, I go there so I am partial to it but the photo department is good. The liberal arts classes are not impressive but we have a lot of cross registration opportunities at all the colleges of the fenway, MIT, and pro arts consortium. Bu is also with in walking distance in my opinion although a bit farther. As is New England school of photo. Tufts and BC you are going to want to drive. If you don't have a car the train or bus will get you there but it is time consuming especially on a weekend when they are less frequent. BC is fairly easy to get to on the green line...tufts i believe is harder. The redline goes to Summerville and I guess you can walk or take a bus to tufts. But I have never done it or needed to do it so I cant say for sure. Tax guy is right sofa doesn't have a lot of applied art; in fact they don't even have majors.<br>
I was in a similar situation to your daughter. I had a strong liberal arts back ground but I wanted to pursue art(currently architecture) I was not entirely happy at mass art and am taking this year off but I think a lot of it was socially based. When looking at schools I looked at Parsons which has a bfa/ba program with Newschool University several large universities that would accommodate both interests and stand alone art schools with good cross registration programs. Just a note on cross reg. it can be hard to do, you have to look at the schedules and compare times and days to make it work but if you want to you can. I know lots of people who have do it at mass art and people who have cross registered into classes at mass art. Good luck with your search. Sorry for the long post.</p>
<p>I have a daughter that is a freshman at RISD. We visted schools last
year after my d had decided that she really wanted to attend an art college. My daughter and I attended the information programs at RISD.MICA and Cooper Union. We spent 2 days at each school. We attended the school information program, went on the campus tour,spent time on campus, particularly the cafeteria where we asked students about the school and walked around the town. I told my d to think about the school and the city as if it were her home for the next 4 -5 yrs.
This was very beneficial. She decided that as much as she liked MICA,
she did not feel comfortable in Baltimore. She was trying to talk herself
into liking Manhattan and CU ( I think because it is a four year schoarship ) but at the end of the day, she really loved RISD and Providence.
She was accepted at RISD and MICA. After a lot of soul searching,
my d decided that she really felt that RISD and Providence met the
majority of her needs. My husband and I visited her last weekend
for parent / alumni weekend. She loves RISD. The studio classes are
long and she has a lot of homework but she is not complaining. She
is an excellent English./ literature student and one reason she
was leaning toward RISD was because she would have the option of taking classes at Brown. ( We assumed the RISD liberal arts classes would not be challenging for an advanced English / Lit student.)
We were wrong. RISD placed her in a Sophmore level English lit class
due to her AP score and she tells us it is an excellent class. She is very
happy. It was really worthwhile to spend time at each campus and
the surrounding area. After all, your child's experience will not be limited
only to the school and it's campus. You might want to narrow your search down a little more before visiting the schools. I think it will be
difficult to get a good feeling for the schools you are visiting if you
see so many in such a short period of time.</p>
<p>Hey, I was also accepted to RISD. However, I decided to do the SMFA/Tufts dual degree program because of how long it has been around. It is an established program and offers to me the best of both worlds. I will graduate with both a BFA and BA. While I personally was not ready to shut doors, I completely respect and understand people’s decisions to attend art school if they are certain of their decision. I find that this combined degree offers a different option for those of us who are less sure.
I hope this helps and good luck :)</p>