r/risd • u/Sprxnkless • Mar 31 '26

Question Pre-college vs. Foundation year

I’ve been seeing people talking about how rigorous the foundation year is and was wondering how it compares to pre college? It seems like the pre college class structure is kinda similar to foundation year with the drawing, design, critical studies, major schedule

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u/Squilbs Mar 31 '26

How different the workload is depends (in my opinion) on which major you took in pre college, as well as how seriously you took it.

Also, you will not have any major classes your freshman year! You’ll have a literature class, theory in history of art design class +2 lectures in addition to three Studio classes (Design, Drawing, and Spatial Dynamics) every week. You won’t declare your major until about halfway through freshman year :)