Undergraduate Admissions News
CCA Alumni Among the Highest Earning
Posted on Friday, October 28, 2011, by Chris Bliss
CCA is rated as the #4 Bay Area institution for yielding the highest-paying jobs, according to PayScale, a compensation data company, in its 2011-12 College Salary Report. The annual report ranks undergraduate degrees and schools by postgraduation salary potential. Statewide, CCA ranked 11th and was the top art and design college on the list. (The three Bay Area schools in the report that ranked higher than CCA were Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and University of California, Berkeley.)
Read the rest >>>CCA's Student Groups and Organizations Come in All Shapes, Sizes, Colors, and Flavors!
Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2011, by Clay Walsh
What do CCA students do when they’re not studying, making, designing, building, creating, or writing? Well, a variety of things of course, including growing a number of CCA student groups and organizations that provide ample opportunities for students to engage in student body planning or socialize, or both.
Depending on your interest and commitment, chances are good there’s a student organization or group that’s right for you.
Read the rest >>>CCA Travels Internationally -- Schedule an Admission Advising Appointment Now!
Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011, by Shiraz Chavan
CCA might be closer to you than you think! Our assistant director of international admissions, Shiraz Chavan, will travel through Asia and Turkey in fall 2011. Meet with her for a portfolio review or to ask questions about CCA's international admissions process.
Email Shiraz now to schedule a one-on-one appointment for when she visits your city (see schedule below). Please note: We highly encourage you to RSVP as events fill up quickly.
TAIWAN
Hsinchu
Oct. 23–24
Taipei
Oct. 25-26
Pre-College at CCA: Spotlight on Industrial Design
Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, by Marion Anthonisen
“I reward daring,” says Industrial Design professor Jay Baldwin. “In my Pre-College class, you can get an A for something that flops as long as you know why it flopped.”
The CCA student body always looks a bit younger in July. For four weeks each summer, high school students from around the world (really!) descend gracefully onto our campuses to participate in college-level studio intensives through the Pre-College Program.
Read the rest >>>Painting Alumna Noriko Rose: Artwork Before and After CCA
Posted on Thursday, July 7, 2011, by Marion Anthonisen
As an admissions counselor, I have the enjoyable task of reviewing lots of stellar applicant portfolios during the fall. It’s really fun to see this initial work transform over the course of a student’s CCA education.
So for others who love comparing the beginning with the end (well, not the real end), here’s a satisfying before-and-after post for you.
Read the rest >>>Recent Alums Kevin Krueger and Kristin Olson Spin Stories in Mixed Media
Posted on Monday, June 13, 2011, by Marion Anthonisen
Hi all! Here on the CCA admissions blog, summertime is our special opportunity to introduce you to a few recent CCA graduates and to share stories of awesome summer internships.
Let's start with the graduates: Kevin Krueger and Kristin Olson, who each graduated in 2011 from the Individualized Major Program, moved to San Francisco to attend CCA after meeting (and getting married!) in Santa Cruz.
Read the rest >>>Interaction Advice for Prospective Students to New Major
Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, by Marion Anthonisen
We’re all pretty excited about Interaction Design around here. Although the official launch of CCA's newest program is fall 2011, Interaction Design chair Kristian Simsarian taught “Introduction to Interaction Design” in the spring, treating us to a glimpse of what’s to come.
For the course’s final project, teams of student designers redesigned outdated airline user experiences; the resulting concepts were smart, diverse, and entertaining.
Read the rest >>>Safety, Sooner: Lily Kolle's Air Optics
Posted on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, by Marion Anthonisen
Those of you with the cold-weather tolerance for snow sports have a couple options when headed to well-maintained slopes: You can choose equipment that’s easy to use; or go with gear that requires training.
Both options boast equal safety levels. The bummer is for boarders who want to explore untended backcountry powder, but don’t want to invest time and money in complicated training-required gear. There’s no option that’s both easy and safe.
Read the rest >>>Harry Griffin's Nonnarrative Narratives
Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2011, by Marion Anthonisen
Harry Griffin (Photography 2011) likes old movies. He’s inspired by the aesthetics and framing of cinematography, preferring to sequence his photographs from a cinematic point of view. While his pieces don’t evoke traditional narratives, bits of story line can be gathered from associations made between seemingly unrelated works. He's fascinated by “how disparate images work together in the world.”
Read the rest >>>First-year Tania Butterworth Experiments with Light and Installation
Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2011, by Marion Anthonisen
You may remember first-year Tania Butterworth from our interview last fall, when we discussed adventurous artmaking, sources of inspiration, baked goods and, of course, the Skymall catalog.
Tania’s back on the blog this week, and we’ve got some of her artwork this time! This is a light installation Tania made in Sculpture 1.
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