Anonymous
Post 05/26/2025 07:25     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Once again, someone asks for “double digit acceptance rates” on DCUM and gets suggestions in the 11% range.

For a more likely school, OP, take a look at Case Western. It has both the majors your kid is interested in, plus an incredible seven story maker space. The one caveat is that they’re often used as a safety for other schools (Brown+RISD being a great example), so they really value demonstrated interest a *lot*, as an indicator that the student is genuinely into them. I would tour them early in the process.

Good luck.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2025 03:53     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Still very hard but USC, NYU, Tufts, CMU, Northeastern.
Opalanderson
Post 05/26/2025 03:49     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
There is another similar thread on here about this. Just as a tip from first hand experience, it wasn’t worth it to send my first born to CMU for the BXA program, and looking back we would have been better off at Penn or just about anywhere else. He found that the degree had little value post-graduation and that the art concentration was not sufficient. Like the poster said above- better to get an engineering degree (Penn, MIT, etc) and just do art as a hobby. Most art is made with AI now anyway!
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2022 01:04     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
West Virginia and Tennessee both have engineering and solid art departments.
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 18:32     Subject: Re:If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota FL?


Does it have engineering?
DUH

Does rudeness make your heart sing?
It's a valid choice if the student is as they said leaning more towards the arts.
Have a better day


He's not leaning towards one or the other academically. He intends to study both. He is feeling as though any ABET certified program will serve him well, so he wants to find the best art program he can that's attached to a university that will allow him to complete an ABET certified program. That doesn't mean he's not committed to engineering.

So, something like Ringling or SCAD doesn't work for him.
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 15:14     Subject: Re:If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Anonymous wrote:


DUH!
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 15:01     Subject: Re:If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?

Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 14:07     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Anonymous wrote:SCAD


DUH
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 13:57     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Anonymous wrote:Nevermind, was thinking dual and forgot engineering.

Careful you might get DUH-ed
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 13:52     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
SCAD
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 12:58     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Nevermind, was thinking dual and forgot engineering.
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 12:57     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Pacific Northwest & Reed?
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 12:34     Subject: Re:If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota FL?


Does it have engineering?
DUH

Does rudeness make your heart sing?
It's a valid choice if the student is as they said leaning more towards the arts.
Have a better day


NO it's completely off, and not a valid otion at all
DUH
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 12:29     Subject: Re:If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota FL?


Does it have engineering?
DUH

Does rudeness make your heart sing?
It's a valid choice if the student is as they said leaning more towards the arts.
Have a better day
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2022 12:28     Subject: If your kid’s dream school was Brown-RISD what were their safeties and matches?
CalTech is a good school