Creative Kids Who Want to Study STEM or the Liberal Arts

Many colleges are beginning to recognize that not all students are satisfied with one traditional major choice. The good news is that there are interesting options for students at the Intersection of STEM, liberal arts majors, and the arts. Students can discover schools that provide what they want: the chance to pursue a rich undergraduate experience that supports using critical thinking and a desire to chart their own path. 

I have seen how many disciplines benefit from creativity and artistic thinking. For example, design in engineering and visualization in data science require innovative thinking, which artists often excel in.  Visual literacy and understanding artistic conventions are essential for marketing and communications students. Combining a background in music with life sciences can lead to interesting intersections between creativity and scientific inquiry. Students who embrace a creative mindset through music, drama, or visual communication have many opportunities not to be restricted in their academic pursuits. Your creative student who wants to integrate their artistic experience with a STEM or liberal arts major should be encouraged to integrate their unique skills into an application that differentiates them and helps them stand out.

At Creative Kid, our practice includes students with a background in the arts who want to study another major in college. Perhaps they want to major in marketing, minor in fine arts, or major in bioinformatics and minor in music or theater? Our focus helps them to stand out from other applicants who do not have their skill set. We help our students showcase how their visual or performing arts background has equipped them with interdisciplinary skills such as creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking, which are highly valued in many other disciplines.

The student's experiences in the arts build the total picture of who they are for admissions, and we make sure there are no "missed opportunities" to communicate that. Colleges want students who are collaborative, creative problem-solvers and want to engage with others. Showing a background in the visual or performing arts will reinforce those qualities and distinguish the student from other applicants.