The Maryland Institute College of Art
Breakdown of “Social Life” at MICA/MIA
By Gender
| Males | B- |
| Females | B- |
By Major
| Art & Design Department | B- |
| Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc | B- |
| Education | C |
| Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | C+ |
| Other | B+ |
| Undecided | C+ |
Against similar schools
Social Life compared with similar schools in class.
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Maryland Institute College of Art
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Average of All Schools
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Average of schools in class
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Rhode Island School of Design
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Savannah College of Art and Design
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School of Visual Arts
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Pratt Institute
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Harvard University
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Social Life
“... Another difficulty in transferring into MICA is the school's social structure ...Read full comment
“... Plus finding a job in the city is problematic and you get so much homework that it is impossible to have time to have a job, spend hours on artwo...Read full comment
“... However, if your social skills are good to average and your favorite pastime isn't complaining about how terrible Western society is, you'll feel...Read full comment
“... Socially it is cliqish and as typical as an art school could get, many students are self-absorbed and to themselves ...Read full comment
“... I've visited friends at other schools and comparatively, the social scene at MICA is quiet and decidedly non-inclusive ...Read full comment
“... The only downside at MICA is that I don't have as many friends or as rich of a social life as I'd like ...Read full comment
“... I went through high school with a normal social life ...Read full comment
“... Personally, I did not enjoy this aspect because I felt like it was too much of a push to socialize to the point it was uncomfortable ...Read full comment
“... The food, dorms/ social life, and curriculum is awesome ...Read full comment
“... The social scene at MICA is decidedly non-inclusive ...Read full comment
“... there is no social scene you will spend every night smoking weed in your room alone or going to some bad party run buy some guy who will probabl...Read full comment
“... too busy with work to have a social life though ...Read full comment
“... If you come in as a transfer student, living off-campus, it will generally be difficult to fit in, meet people, and be involved in the social and...Read full comment
“... There are plently of social events such as on and off-campus parties, dances, coffeehouses, inter-mural sports, religious clubs, social clubs, e...Read full comment
“... if u have good social skills you'll be fine ...Read full comment
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