so i got into all the colleges I applied to (SF state, RIT, SVA, and Pratt) and I am still waiting to get the financial aid packet from Pratt and then I can decide where to go. I'm going to New York City in a week to check SVA/Pratt out. Then I might also go to Rochester Memorial Day weekend to check RIT out because they covered like 90% of the total costs with financial aid so despite being in a really fuckin cold area (and being known as the US central for dungeons and dragons playing computer nerds) I still am going to it a consideration.
I didn't end up applying to MICA because I messed up on their application (the blame goes 70% to MICA