A Guide To College Choices For The Performing And Visual Arts

The performing and visual arts niche to college admissions is a specialty that few students and college counselors know how to navigate. This guidebook simplifies the process, makes it less daunting and is very straightforward. It offers practical, insightful information and helpful hints to assist students in their pursuit of an education in the performing and visual arts. "A Guide to College Choices for the Performing Visual Arts" is a must read for any student interested in studying the performing and visual arts in college.

This visual art and design career guide is designed to help high school students think about their futures in art and to make choices. The first section introduces visual art and design. It presents advice on broadening one's art experiences and high school burnout. The second section discusses building one's portfolio. It includes portfolio presentation techniques, portfolio reviews, and a sample portfolio evaluation form. The third section discusses choosing one's visual art or design career path. It presents information on exploring and researching career choices, advice from college art students and working artists, and lists sources of information. The fourth section discusses finding the right post-secondary school. It includes information on considering types of schools, questioning the school's accreditation, and researching school choices. The fifth section focuses on keeping a personal record, including basic requirements for most admissions offices, writing an artist statement, and advice from a guidance counselor. The sixth section focuses on interview day. It includes survival tips, questions to ask, and a school tour check-out list. The seventh section focuses on money matters. It includes basic financial information; seven scholarships to apply for while in high school; types of grants, scholarships, and loans available; commercial tuition payment plans; and advice from college art students and working artists. The eighth section discusses art hazards. A letter to high school students from a working artist concludes the guide. (ABL)

Describes graduate programs in art, dance, music, and theater, and lists undergraduate programs.

Describes graduate programs in art, dance, music, and theater, and lists undergraduate programs.

Profiles nearly two hundred college programs for actors, artists, dancers, musicians, and writers, each listing tuition, room and board, enrollment, degrees and concentrations offered, number of faculty, scholarships available, and other information, including contact numbers and Websites, and features stories from real-life students in which they describe their school experiences, as well as tips on conducting a college search.

Peterson's Cool Colleges 101 is an undergraduate guide featuring colorful, easy-to-read profiles of hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States and abroad. You're about to make one of the most important decisions of your life, and you need the best information possible. Peterson's guide can help you make that choice with hundreds of school photos that provide a preview of campus and student life, enlightening articles on applying to the cool college that's right for you, and information on what life is really like on campus-from sports arenas to dining facilities.