Skip to main content
Department Of Design

Students vie for entrance in competitive BYU animation program

PROVO, Utah – Taylor Holt dreams of telling stories with pictures. She thought she might like to be a writer, 'but I ended up spending more time drawing out my stories than actually writing them,' she said.

Animation seemed like a natural fit when she enrolled at BYU and started looking at a course catalog. Turns out, trying to get into BYU's red-hot animation program is a high-stakes path. Each applicant can apply for the program only twice. Holt struck out on her first attempt. Holt entered this summer facing her last shot at making her dream a reality.

Click here to read the rest of this Deseret News article.