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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom of senior applying to art schools here - make sure DD attends National Portfolio Days throughout the spring. She needs a good sense of where she stands artistically with peers, and how she can improve her portfolio. If she’s really good, she will qualify for merit aid. [/quote]

+1. Thanks for this tip.[/quote]

Maybe I’m off the mark, but I’m getting the idea that a non-U.S. school might be a poor fit for your daughter.

Non-U.S. colleges tend to be best for very stable, sober, high-stats students who don’t want sororities or tailgate parties and who lack the kinds of awards and extracurricular activities that very selective U.S. colleges want to see.

They tend to be terrible for students who suffer from serious depression, anxiety or executive function problems, because they hold costs down by skimping on support services, and they may cope with loose, government-imposed admissions standards by working hard to weed kids out. They don’t hold the students’ hands; they hammer at the students’ fingers till the weaker students leave.

I think you’d be better off having your daughter skip college for now and get her into a pottery apprentice program, or send her to the cheapest public art program with a dorm that you find.

Here’s a guide to pottery apprentice programs:

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/pottery-as-career

If your daughter’s challenges are as serious as they sound, avoid blowing a lot of money on tuition. Try to put as much money as possible into some kind of trust or other arrangement that will help your daughter get by if she has a hard time earning a good living. 
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