Creative Colleges: A Guide for Student Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians and Writers

Unfortunately, creative people and students are a forgotton demographic in the grand scheme of college guides. As far as my child and I are concerned, this is one of the best college guides out there, and certainly the essential book for high school students seeking entrance into a college fine arts program . It is full of detailed information regarding the colleges. The number of colleges profiled is just right; and for my child, presented in a such a way that it wasn't overwhelming. This book made the college search easier for my child and easier for me as a parent, by association. Perhaps the biggest concern we had was picking the right program for her and going through the process. We relied on much of the research done by the author in the book to focus us on particular programs, rather than randomly searching the internet. In short, I would recommend this book for any aspiring creative student and their parents as a thorough research tool in their college search.

This is a great book for those seeking advice, suggestions and useful information on any performing arts major. It ofers suggestions, tips and a lot of very useful information for this specific area of study.

I only wish this book was around when I was researching colleges in NY! It's very comprehensive, simple to understand for any high school senior, and all of the information is up to date. Most other books hardly touch on the creative student- this book specializes in it. I recommended it to all the high schools in my area, and I'm pleased to say that they all love this book!

"Creative Colleges is very informative and it would have been so helpful to my daughter as a high school senior (she is now in college). It is much better to know about the things that are in this book well in advance. It is very helpful for parents and students starting the research. Also, there is very little information out there like this."

As if being a student in the college search and application process is not challenging enough, student actors, artists, dancers, and musicians are presented with additional and different sets of options and challenges. Creative Colleges: A Guide for Student Actors, Artists, Dancers, Musicians and Writers by Elaina Loveland is a great resource for creative students, the parents of creative students, and the counselors who work with creative students. The information in Creative Colleges is clear, practical, well researched, and well presented. Students will get help with decision-making and advice on applications, auditions, portfolios, essays, resumes, and other aspects of the process. They will also get a feel of what different colleges are like. Much of the tips and advice is quoted directly from admissions professionals, professors at creative colleges, and from creative students who went through the college search and admission process. The author is a former editor of the Journal of College Admission. In Creative Colleges, she combines that experience with her background as a writing student and writer and her experiences as a dance student and dancer. The author's experience and empathy for and understanding of the creative student are evident throughout the book. Creative Colleges is a book that can be a great help every to every high school junior and senior who wants to pursue acting, art, dance, music, and writing at the college level.