Northeastern University is a college where if you can imagine what you want to study, you can create that path, in fact every student I spoke with was studying a combined major.

RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) is the school for you if you love to eat, drink and sleep art. It is a school for an aspiring fine artist.

Here are 12 things that students can do to finish the year strong. Juniors and even Sophomores can take these easy steps to set themselves up for strong college applications.

6 Tips to learn how to use your social media to your advantage both to research schools and to let them know you care about them.

A key part of your college application is your recommendations. This year probably more than before, those recommendations will be an integral way a college will learn about how you will contribute to their academic and social environment.

College decisions are released and you find yourself still in limbo placed on the waitlist for a school you’d really like to attend. Here are four steps to take now.

You want to research the academics, and also the culture and physical aspects of the college. These are all the pieces to making your four years successful and a good ROI.

It’s time to start planning your summer. There are great options if you know what you want to achieve. And don’t forget to include time to recharge and be creative.

Second semester Junior year could be the last full semester colleges evaluate in your applications. Make it a great semester with these tips.

Learn how to select schools who award merit aid and how to craft your applications to receive this great aid.

Are you hoping to apply to film school? There are some great programs at USC School of Cinematic Arts, Chapman Dodge College, Emerson College, and UCLA. There are also programs at traditional art conservatories such as Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Pratt. Starting early in high school is key to being prepared to submit great applications.

The question I ask students after we discuss their art is what, besides your art excites you? I ask because many students, and their parents, assume that studying art together with "fill in the blank" doesn't exist, very often they do.

Admissions reads everything, what can you add to your academics and activities so they learn about the whole you?

It’s hard to know when a college list is complete. Your neighbor tells you about her nephew’s college and it sounds amazing, and you start to wonder, do the colleges on my student’s list have the interesting majors, great facilities, career focused internships, social life, and financial aid packages we’re looking for? When is your list complete?

Your portfolio might be the most important part of your BFA college application. Here are some tips for how to create your portfolio so you highlight your personal artistic narrative and stand out from other applicants.

There are a lot of mixed messages around taking the SAT or ACT when so many schools are test optional. Should you take them? Read this blog to find out.

We’re always surprised when we talk to people to hear their perspective on careers in the arts. I always start out by asking everyone to look around them. Wherever you are I can guarantee that many artists contributed to creating everything you see, hear and touch.

Creatives are multi-talented and often think outside the box. They’re highly sought after and greatly valued in the job market but often they have to make their own jobs.

Parents it’s critical that you give your students the most support possible as the college process is a marathon not a sprint. The most successful applicants start the process early in Junior year and grow as they contemplate colleges and programs and then start their applications Senior year.

Knowing that a program has what you’re looking for is just as important is knowing that the college is a good fit.