Hi all!
I’m a student from India and would really appreciate some advice.
I did my undergraduation from a design college here about a year ago. Since then I’ve been working on low cost medical products in rural india. I’ve applied to a few schools in the US for a masters and really need some help picking.
I’ve gotten into
- University of Cincinnati
- Arizona State university
- UIUC
- Pratt Institute
- California College of Design
I’m also on the waitlist at RISD.
I’ve been considering going to a university and not an art school because I love multidisciplinary work. This narrows my options down to UIUC, UIC and ASU.
UIUC has offered me a TA which give me a full tuition fee waiver and a stipend which is a really sweet deal. (To attend anywhere else, I will be in a ton of debt; something I would rather avoid. )
So here’s my dilemma. Everything I can find on the forum about UIUC is a bit dated. The latest comments were from acm who did his undergrad in 2012.
My questions to anybody who have heard about the program to anybody who recently/seen portfolios/interacted with recent students:
- are the portfolios competitive?
- and consistent pattern in terms of skills the students seem to be lacking; straight out of college?
- any reasons for not attending UIUC and joining one of the other colleges?
I’m a bit hesitant about UIUC largely because I haven’t been able to find a lot of portfolios on behance or on the www.
I want to attend college largely for exposure to an international audience, and to polish my skill set; something there is dire need of.
Visiting the universities is not really feasible at this point so I have to make do with what I can find online.
Thanks in advance and apologies for such a long post.