Art

Become An Agile Thinker and Maker

Whitman's studio art major offers an intensive undergraduate program spanning diverse media, processes and ideas. Through extensive personal instruction, students are given the intellectual and technical tools to become agile thinkers and makers. The art classroom is a dynamic space where students wrestle actively with the materials and concepts that inform the practice of art in the 21st century.

• The Common Application.
• An official transcript of the secondary school record.
• A School Report completed by the applicant’s secondary school counselor.
• An academic recommendation from a secondary school teacher.
• A nonrefundable application fee of $50, remittance made payable to Whitman College. (Using guidelines distributed by the College Board for test fee waivers, applicants suffering financial hardship may have this fee waived by written request substantiated by a counselor or principal.) This fee will also be waived for applicants who submit by December 1.
• Optional: Scores on either of the following tests: the SAT, administered by the College Board, or the ACT, administered by ACT, Inc.
a) Whitman’s Test-Optional policy allows most candidates to choose whether or not they would like to submit an SAT or ACT score for review in the admission process. b) Candidates who were homeschooled or attended secondary schools that provide written evaluations rather than grades are strongly encouraged, but not required to submit SAT or ACT test results c) Early Decision candidates who plan to submit test scores should take one of the tests no later than October (Early Decision I) of the senior year in order that score reports may reach the Office of Admission by November 15. (Scores from the November and December test dates may be submitted for Early Decision II applicants.) d) Regular Decision candidates who plan to submit test scores should take one of tests no later than December in the senior year in order that score reports may reach the Office of Admission by January 15. Arrangements for taking the SAT or the ACT must be made directly with the testing agency, and the responsibility for making these arrangements rests with the candidate.
• Early Decision applicants must submit their Early Decision Agreement, which is available via the Common Application.