Congratulations to WCAAD Students on Their 2020 College Admissions and $1,352,320 Scholarship Offers!

​100% First-tier College Admission Rate---all of the 14 students from 2019-20 Portfolio Preparation Class of West California Academy of Art and Design (WCAAD) have been accepted into their dream colleges with impressive scholarships-total of $1,352,320!
 
Ashley Xiang
13 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $212,000
 
Parsons -The New School for Design
scholarship $28,000/year
$112,000/4 years
 
Pratt Institute
scholarship $25,000/year
$100,000/4 years
 
Cornell University
UC Berkeley
UCLA
USC
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Carnegie Mellon University
New York University
Northeastern University
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC San Diego

She Chose Cornell
Major：Architecture
 
 
Fiona Pan
10 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $93,600
 
USC School of Business
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD
UC Davis
UCI
UCSB
UCSC
 
UCR
scholarship- $13,400/year
$53,600/4 years
 
University of Rochester
scholarship $10,000/year
$40,000/4 years

​She Chose USC School of Business
Major：Entrepreneurship and Business
 
 
Jineni Mei
6 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $172,000
 
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
scholarship $17,000 per year
$68,000/4 years
 
Otis College of Art and Design
scholarship $16,000/year
$64,000/4 years
 
Laguna College of Art and Design
scholarship $10,000/year
$40,000/4 years
 
Parsons -The New School for Design
San Francisco State University
California State University, Chico

​She Chose Otis
Major：Fashion Design
 
 
Brenda Yi
4 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $191,400
 
School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC)
scholarship $17,850/year
$71,400/4 years
 
Otis College of Art and Design
scholarship $18,000/year
$72,000/4 years
 
Laguna College of Art and Design
scholarship $12,000/year
$48,000/4 years
 
Art Center College of Design

​She Chose SAIC
Major：Fine Arts
 
 
Emily Liang
4 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $102,000
 
Otis College of Art and Design
scholarship $16,000/year
$64,000/4 years
 
Laguna College of Art and Design
scholarship $9,500/year
$38,000/4 years
 
Parsons -The New School for Design
Art Center College of Design

​She Chose Parsons
Major：Illustration
 
 
Magdalene Gunawan
4 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $47,320
 
Parsons -The New School for Design
scholarship $11,830/year
$47,320/4 years
 
Pratt Institute
UC Santa Cruz
Clarkson University

​She Chose Parsons
Major：Architecture
 
 
 
Chloe Wen
3 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $112,000
 
Otis College of Art and Design
scholarship $18,000/year
$72,000/4 years
 
Laguna College of Art and Design
scholarship $10,000/year
$40,000/4 years
 
Art Center College of Design

​She Chose Otis
Major：Entertainment Design
 
 
 
Jacqueline Huang
3 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $64,000
 
Otis College of Art and Design
scholarship $16,000/year
$64,000/4 years
 
Art Center College of Design
UC San Diego

​She Chose Art Center
Major：Illustration
 
 
Annie Zhou
2 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $124,000
 
Otis College of Art and Design
scholarship $16,000/year
$64,000/4 years
 
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
scholarship $15,000 per year
$60,000/4 years

​She Chose SAIC
Major：Fashion Design
 
 
Kelly Chen
4 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $60,000
 
Art Center College of Design
scholarship $15,000/year
$60,000/4 years
 
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
UC San Diego

​She Chose Art Center
Major：Entertainment Design
 
 
Jimmy Liu
2 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $78,000
 
Otis College of Art and Design
scholarship $9,000/year
$36,000/4 years
 
Art Center College of Design
scholarship $10,500/year
$42,000/4 years

He Chose Art Center
Major：Product Design
 
 
 
Chloe Cao（transfer student）
3 Colleges
Total scholarship offers $96,000
 
Art Center College of Design
scholarship -$24,000/year 
$96,000/4 years
 
University of South California - USC
Cal State University, Long Beach

​She Chose Art Center
Major：Graphic Design
 
 
Esther Yang
2 Colleges
 
Art Center College of Design
School of Visual Arts - SVA

 
She Chose Art Center
Major：Graphic Design
 
 
Lillyanne Fisher
7 Colleges
 
She Chose RISD
Major：Painting

WCAAD Now Offers 2021 Summer Portfolio Online Intensive Program from June 14 to August 20, 10 Weeks, Monday--Friday: 9:00am--7:00pm.
 
WCAAD offers college-bound students a unique com­bi­na­tion of prac­ti­cal exper­tise and men­tor­ship to help them develop the skills, knowl­edge, and con­fi­dence to choose the right school for them – and get in.  Students will work one-to-one with faculty to develop an intense individual focused and disciplined-specific portfolios.​

​This program is especially targeted for students seeking High school Art school admittance, college admittance and college transfers national and international students. Whether you require the full range of mentoring services or just one or two, your experience can be tailored to your needs. It’s all about making you the strongest college candidate you can be.
 
Sign up now! Take advantage of the summer to create a quality portfolio! 

Author

Omar Gallegos, WCAAD Vice Principal and Director of Education