Sain
November 6, 2013, 10:24pm
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simon_four_fingers:
You should look at CC. But unless it saves you money be careful with it. A lot of people get sucked into that void and most don’t come out. Scary. If you go this route, put your head down and work hard, the CC party scene is weird, just do your own thing.
I’d recommend looking at good programs and talking frankly with the financial aid people at each school. Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI is coming along very nicely with their program. SCAD is a very good choice. Both are a lot cheaper than Art Centre, CCS, Pratt (not as good as they use to be), RISD. Look at those programs too, they might have killer endowments? Which brings me to my next point, Killer Endowments. Schools like Notre Dame and Penn take family circumstances into account, and forgive what they see as asking too much of the family. So ND might be $30k/year (guess?) , but your FAFSA says you get whatever, and your family needs to pitch in like twelve large each year. That twelve grand is on the house, not from your house. Also ND has ID as a major and is a good school. BYU might also do something like that, but you can’t have facile hair and can be dismissed for having contraband in your privet house (and you have to agree to let them search it (WTF?)) BYU puts out really good alumni.
True you really need to talk to the Financial Aid people. I know at Harvard. If your accepted and your family makes under a certain amount. You go to college for free. The school covers what your financial aid doesn’t cover. While Harvard doesnt have an ID program. Im sure there are other schools that have a similar set up.