Hello wise parents,
My 13 yo sculptor daughter loves sculpting and is pretty good at it. She is also good at academics and wants to do more than arts only. She can hold basic conversation in Spanish, and has taken 10 community college art courses. She is entering an academic (non-art) high school this Fall.
We are considering 3 weeks Summer programs at a Spanish atelier in Summer after Sophomore year. It already offered to take daughter then.
Then, if she wants to continue after the Summer art program, she could spend 1~2 more years there with two years long intensive sculpture program, starting after either sophomore or junior year. It won't be a school year abroad as she won't have time for academics.
She is one year younger for her grade, so she will only be 1 year older than her grade even after she spends full two years there.
After the gap year(s), if she still wants a college degree in a different major - science, business, she can go back to high school and apply to colleges.
She can already produce some decent art portfolio for college admissions level. After 4 more years at high school + 2 more years at the atelier, her art portfolio would probably be good enough to make a positive impact on selective college admissions, even when her major would be computer science, business, or simply letters and science dept.
I have been keep hearing that atypical extra curricular or experience is necessary for very competitive college admissions, in addition to good grade and test scores. Will this gap year(s) be helpful? I am guessing yes. But in what extent? By how much? Would it be something really cool? Or just another mediocre EC to the eyes of colleges? Any insight or ideas would be very helpful!
Thanks in advance!
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