College Advising and Art Coaching for Creative Students
Boost college acceptance by showcasing your student's creative talents! We offer expert support for specialized art school and liberal arts college applications. Does your student have a stand-out creative skill? We'll help them shine.
Boston U 〰️
Bryn Mawr 〰️
Carnegie Mellon 〰️
Chapman-Dodge 〰️
Cooper Union 〰️
Cornell 〰️
Cornell-Architecture 〰️
Depaul 〰️
Emerson 〰️
Haverford 〰️
Johns Hopkins 〰️
LMU-Film/Theatre 〰️
MICA 〰️
NYU-Steinhardt 〰️
NYU-Tisch 〰️
Parsons 〰️
Pratt 〰️
Purdue 〰️
Rice/BArch 〰️
Ringling 〰️
RISD 〰️
RIT 〰️
SCAD 〰️
Smith 〰️
Syracuse 〰️
SVA/Animation 〰️
Tufts/SMFA 〰️
UC Berkeley 〰️
UCLA-DMA 〰️
UCLA-Theatre/Film/TV 〰️
U Michigan 〰️
UNCSA 〰️
USC-Iovine Young Academy 〰️
USC-SCA 〰️
Vassar 〰️
WashU-Sam Fox 〰️
Williams 〰️
Boston U 〰️ Bryn Mawr 〰️ Carnegie Mellon 〰️ Chapman-Dodge 〰️ Cooper Union 〰️ Cornell 〰️ Cornell-Architecture 〰️ Depaul 〰️ Emerson 〰️ Haverford 〰️ Johns Hopkins 〰️ LMU-Film/Theatre 〰️ MICA 〰️ NYU-Steinhardt 〰️ NYU-Tisch 〰️ Parsons 〰️ Pratt 〰️ Purdue 〰️ Rice/BArch 〰️ Ringling 〰️ RISD 〰️ RIT 〰️ SCAD 〰️ Smith 〰️ Syracuse 〰️ SVA/Animation 〰️ Tufts/SMFA 〰️ UC Berkeley 〰️ UCLA-DMA 〰️ UCLA-Theatre/Film/TV 〰️ U Michigan 〰️ UNCSA 〰️ USC-Iovine Young Academy 〰️ USC-SCA 〰️ Vassar 〰️ WashU-Sam Fox 〰️ Williams 〰️
Students do the hard work! We help them show it off.
How we help you apply to college…
The college process for creative students requires special attention to including their artistic skills.
Your student knows they want to apply for a BFA
Your student is applying to BFA programs, art schools, or conservatories.
Their work will be evaluated directly, and a portfolio is central to the application.
We help them identify the right programs and build a focused body of work that meets each school’s expectations, including portfolio development and creative supplements.
Your student knows they want to apply for to a university
Your student is applying to selective universities and wants a stronger way to stand out.
They are not applying as an artist, but they are creative problem solvers and want to show more than grades and activities.
We help them identify their ideas, interests, and perspective to add depth to their applications.
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Ways to work with us: College Advising, Art Coaching, or doing both together
$10M+
Merit aid awarded to
ARTriculate students
100%
Focused on creative students.
It's all we do.
What we help with
Marcela created this illustration to support her animation portfolios for BFA programs
College List Development
Build a balanced list of art schools, creative programs, liberal arts colleges and universities matched to your academic, creative, and financial goals. We've visited the schools and know the programs intimately.
Ezra submitted this piece to support his application to small liberal arts colleges.
Application Guidance
We manage every deadline, organize submissions, and keep students and parents aligned throughout the process. Less stress, more focus.
Zachary submitted this lighting in his portfolio for highly selective design/engineering/entrepreneurship programs.
College Essay Help
Brainstorm, draft, and polish your Common App personal statement, supplemental essays, and artist statements. Written authentically in your voice.
Portfolio & Creative Supplements
Curate and prepare art portfolios, film submissions, and audition materials for BFA programs, conservatories, and art schools worldwide.
Valeria created this 3D model for her portfolio to a architecture programs. She now attends University of Michigan with the intention to study medicine.
How to work with us
1:1 Art Coaching
Portfolio development coaching for students from 7th grade onward. We build the skills, body of work, and creative identity needed for competitive art program applications.
☑️Portfolio development & curation
☑️Medium & technique coaching
☑️Creative supplement preparation
☑️Audition & film submission prep
☑️Available from 7th grade onward
Hailey shows her fantastic abilities in observational drawing in her animation portfolio
College Advising &
Art Coaching
One coach. One seamless experience. Art coaching and college advising fully integrated, purpose-built for design and architecture students.
☑️Single coach for portfolio prep & college consulting
☑️Portfolio development & curation
☑️College list & application guidance
☑️Essays & creative supplements
☑️Ideal for design & architecture
NEW!
NEW!
College Advising
Unlimited access and comprehensive guidance across the entire college application process. Ideal for families who want expert support from start to finish.
☑️College list development
☑️Application guidance & deadlines
☑️Essay brainstorming & editing
☑️Portfolio & creative supplement coordination
Ginger wanted to show her heritage in her fashion portfolio
ARTriculate takes a holistic approach to working with students as they apply to college. Our students are interested in visual arts, design, architecture, animation, fashion, game arts, performing arts, music, film, dance, and often the intersection between the arts and STEM, humanities, or business. We work with students throughout high school advising them on coursework, summer activities, internships, extracurricular activities, and pre-college opportunities to increase their personal growth and develop comprehensive college applications.
While many students we work with apply to BFA programs, other students submit creative supplements to gain admissions to liberal arts colleges and universities to study in other academic areas while ensuring that admissions learns of their creative talents during the application process. We introduce students to both art schools and traditional liberal arts colleges/universities so they can determine the path that best furthers their growth and education in a way that compliments their innovative thinking styles. We then guide you to:
participate in activities which inspire you,
create art which shows your personal voice and technical skills,
develop a balanced college list with respect to academic, social/cultural and financial fit,
select works for supplemental materials (often art portfolios or audition materials), and
write compelling scholarship-receiving essays.
Most importantly, we guide your application timeline to reduce the inevitable stress families face all while encouraging students to take ownership process. Although the college process is infamously difficult and overwhelming with many steps and requirements, it is ARTriculate's goal to help students and their families take control of this potentially chaotic experience and receive acceptances to programs that are good academic, cultural, and financial fits.
Accepted Students
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Multiple accepted BFA students
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![Northwestern University]()
Accepted with $57,000/yr scholarship
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Multiple acceptances to BFA Film, Animation, and Production Design, with upwards of $30,000/yr scholarships
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![USC Cinematic Arts]()
Acceptances to BFA in Film and BA in Acting
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![PCA BFA Theatre]()
Accepted BFA Theatre with $20,000/yr scholarship
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![NYU]()
Multiple acceptances for BFA Theatre and Film
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![Parsons School of Design]()
Accepted with $20,000/yr scholarship
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![Emerson College]()
Multiple acceptances for BFA Theatre, BFA Film with upwards of $25,000 scholarship
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![Pratt Institute]()
Multiple acceptances with $27,000/yr scholarships
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![Bard College]()
Accepted with $53,000/yr scholarship
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![Syracuse VPA]()
Accepted to BFA in Film with $28,000/yr scholarship
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![Ithaca College]()
Accepted to BFA in Film
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![Savannah College of Art and Design]()
Accepted with $14,000/yr scholarships
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![Bryn Mawr College]()
Accepted with $12,000/yr scholarship
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![Rochester Institute of Technology]()
Accepted to BFA 3D Design with NTID scholarship
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![UNCSA]()
Accepted to BFA in Film
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USC Iovine Young Academy
