Education as an investment
I was over on the East Coast much of last week. No, I wasn’t goofing around – at least not the whole time… Several days were spent touring and learning about Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).
Typically, when I hear, “College of Art and Design” I steer my clients away from the program. SCAD is the exception. There are two reasons why I encourage a look at SCAD if it is a good fit for the student. The first is that they can earn an actual college degree on both the bachelors and master’s levels. The second is that SCAD does not believe in producing starving artists. Their programs are designed, no pun intended, to introduce the student to their industry of interest early on and make sure they have the complimentary resources to thrive while pursuing their passion. Check out their placement statistics. They are surprisingly high. The other campus sites where students can visit and study for a quarter or more will also get your attention.
If you have a child determined to pursue a major in the arts or if you are that child, don’t change directions until you have talked with a SCAD representative and/or visited the campus. Savannah was described by a long-time businessman that I met as sanitized version of New Orleans. I think that was pretty accurate. It has a New Orleans feel without the Mardi Gras, party atmosphere. Oh, and take your stretchy pants when you visit. The food is incredible which makes weight gain inevitable.
Now, attending SCAD costs more than going to a state institution in Texas, but they do have funding that can bring the cost of attendance more in line with what the typical family can afford. My message is to take a close look before passing it by.
In the interest of keeping my messages short, I will not include my other thoughts in this post but encourage you to read them on my blog page if you are interested. After visiting SCAD and mulling over the affordability of colleges, a little research was conducted that revealed three colleges that are tuition-free – more if you can get into an Ivy school. Those three reachable colleges as well as the lowest cost colleges in and boarding Texas are listed there. Give it a look and contact me if you have question about SCAD or any of the colleges on that list.
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