Rhode Island School of Design

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a child there. Or a child in any good art school?

DS is a serious painter and this is his dream school. He’s also a terrific student so I’m hoping for a great LAC for him but he only wants Art schools. Chicago Art Institute, CalArts and Parsons.

Great school for what you describe, OP!

Don't expect many on DCUM to know about it, save maybe some Googles.

[Anonymous]

I have to say that your son and RISD seem like a great match. Best wishes.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a waste of money. No offense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a waste of money. No offense.

You sound like a jerkoff. No offense.

[Anonymous]

Check out SCAD instead. RISD is on the way down, SCAD is on the way up.

[Anonymous]

I live in Providence and know several relatively recent RISD grads. They studied in a variety of design-related fields and told me there is a significant divide between students who focus on more pre-professional skills and those who focus on painting or sculpture. The latter tend to from very wealthy families. It sounds like your family can be an excellent resource. If this was my kid, I would ask him to do some informational interviews with professional painters as well as with artists who trained in design fields. As pp pointed out, it also depends on money. You don't want to saddle him with a huge amount of debt and RISD isn't known for being super generous with fin-aid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Providence and know several relatively recent RISD grads. They studied in a variety of design-related fields and told me there is a significant divide between students who focus on more pre-professional skills and those who focus on painting or sculpture. The latter tend to from very wealthy families. It sounds like your family can be an excellent resource. If this was my kid, I would ask him to do some informational interviews with professional painters as well as with artists who trained in design fields. As pp pointed out, it also depends on money. You don't want to saddle him with a huge amount of debt and RISD isn't known for being super generous with fin-aid.

OP already said there will be no debt, no loans, and that going on to a MFA is fine too. I honestly don’t know why people this rich even work so hard at finding the right school. Literally everything for this kid career-wise is already going to turn out fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Providence and know several relatively recent RISD grads. They studied in a variety of design-related fields and told me there is a significant divide between students who focus on more pre-professional skills and those who focus on painting or sculpture. The latter tend to from very wealthy families. It sounds like your family can be an excellent resource. If this was my kid, I would ask him to do some informational interviews with professional painters as well as with artists who trained in design fields. As pp pointed out, it also depends on money. You don't want to saddle him with a huge amount of debt and RISD isn't known for being super generous with fin-aid.

OP already said there will be no debt, no loans, and that going on to a MFA is fine too. I honestly don’t know why people this rich even work so hard at finding the right school. Literally everything for this kid career-wise is already going to turn out fine.

You don’t know that OP is rich. Maybe they’re just better at saving money than you.

[Anonymous]

RISD is very rigorous. The students there are uber talented and work their asses off and are then recruited throughout the world. It ain’t SCAD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Providence and know several relatively recent RISD grads. They studied in a variety of design-related fields and told me there is a significant divide between students who focus on more pre-professional skills and those who focus on painting or sculpture. The latter tend to from very wealthy families. It sounds like your family can be an excellent resource. If this was my kid, I would ask him to do some informational interviews with professional painters as well as with artists who trained in design fields. As pp pointed out, it also depends on money. You don't want to saddle him with a huge amount of debt and RISD isn't known for being super generous with fin-aid.

OP already said there will be no debt, no loans, and that going on to a MFA is fine too. I honestly don’t know why people this rich even work so hard at finding the right school. Literally everything for this kid career-wise is already going to turn out fine.

You don’t know that OP is rich. Maybe they’re just better at saving money than you.

+1. We saved for 18 years for our only child to go to any college debt free. We are about as far from rich as a couple could get! If she decides to go to grad school, we’ll help as we can but she’ll be on her own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out SCAD instead. RISD is on the way down, SCAD is on the way up.

I don't think this is correct. RISD is as excellent as ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check out SCAD instead. RISD is on the way down, SCAD is on the way up.

I don't think this is correct. RISD is as excellent as ever.

Comparing RISD to SCAD is comparing Wharton to university of Maryland Global Campus.

[Anonymous]

I don't know the painting program at all, but RISD has an excellent film animation program. I know it reasonably well and have been quite impressed with the professors, the students, and their work.

I can't speak to the economics of an art school education, but RISD is a fine, well-respected institution.

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It is a lot of money for a trade school that prepares you for only one thing.

I can understand why a person of talent and drive would want that, but I’d be his sit at to borrow for it since paying that loan isn’t happpening.

A relative attended recently and did well. Maybe not the best student but a good student. He was not prepared to find employment in the technical parts of the arts. Given the reality of life after college, RISD should prep them better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is a lot of money for a trade school that prepares you for only one thing.

I can understand why a person of talent and drive would want that, but I’d be his sit at to borrow for it since paying that loan isn’t happpening.

A relative attended recently and did well. Maybe not the best student but a good student. He was not prepared to find employment in the technical parts of the arts. Given the reality of life after college, RISD should prep them better.

Why are you writing this crap? You have no idea what you're talking about. RISD has excellent placement and average salaries for graduates are well above average for college grads. Truly impressive in the art and design world.