As of this week, we have a full class of students to start in the Fall. Of the 90 applications we received, we accepted 38 and 31 have decided to come. That's an unprecedented yield of over 80%--more than any other program here at CCA. It's also one more than our plan so it may be a tight fit in the classrooms.
Our students come from a wide range of experiences and background--just what we had hoped for. About two thirds have traditional design backgrounds, including fashion, interaction, industrial, interior, and graphic design. The rest have a variety of business experience as entrepreneurs, managers, and leaders. We have a few international students joining us and expect about 5-6 to be commuting to the program monthly from around the USA.
We plan to enroll the class into our online learning system ASAP as we have a full summer of activities planned for them, including a summer reading list, film list, and sketching schedule. We'll be posting each of these in the next week or so.
Congratulations to this pioneering cohort!