Academics

heavy, heavy workload, i hear, although the liberal arts classes leave much to be desired in terms of academic quality. but it's an art school, not a liberal arts school.

As I mentioned earlier, this school is rigorous but not unnecessarily so. You wil be challenged in all aspects of learning, however the liberal arts aspects of this school seem to be lacking a little bit. There is an opportunity to take classes at Brown which is an easy solution to this problem.

It's just plain difficult. The studio classes will be your hardest classes, liberal arts and other academic classes end up being the break

Once you are in, expect spending a lot of time working on your projects.
Projects given in classes are meant to inspire you and designed to make you think critically. It is pretty hard to make A's in classes.

the academic classes, as well as the art classes, are extremely challenging. professors are always willing to help, but you need to put in the work as well.

RISD is extremely hard, but time management helps keep stress levels down

I've heard from many students the courses are challenging, and the professors are demanding. But that's what makes a good artist.

studios challenging, some liberal arts are some are lacking