What are the new highlights of studying abroad in art in 2021? After the Spring Festival, the most difficult 21 fall finally came to an end. The new application season is about to sound the horn. After the epidemic, many rules of art study abroad have been disrupted and face a new start. Do you still have any worries:
"Application country How to choose? "
"Do you want to report mechanism ？”
"Professional prospect How? "
"Application requirement What has changed? "
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So, what highlights are worth looking forward to in the new year's art study abroad?
22FALL Study in the United States
Since Biden came to power in November last year, the Trump government's harsh and unreasonable policies on studying abroad and immigration have been changed Strengthen epidemic prevention and control, adjust exit and entry policies, and encourage the introduction of international talents The appeals and measures from three directions have made the majority of students studying abroad feel relieved during the whole application season.
Over the past few months, under the dual role of vaccines and government efforts, the number of newly confirmed cases, deaths and inpatients in the United States has all shown a significant downward trend, The epidemic situation is changing in a good direction.
Curve of daily new cases in the United States since March 2020
Many states have allowed a limited resumption of offline social and business activities. Most American colleges and universities have also changed the teaching method of "full online courses" to gradually resume offline teaching and normal campus life. In addition, colleges and universities, including Southern University, Maryland, University of Iowa, etc It is planned to open the campus in the fall semester of 2021 。
along with Epidemic situation and international policy As these two dark clouds dissipate, the art study in the United States is bound to return to the top echelon. Students who choose to apply this year should also plan in advance and prepare as soon as possible, pay attention to whether their target universities have further changes in application requirements, and grasp the initiative in advance.
The popularity of British universities continues to rise
On February 22, Prime Minister Boris officially announced the UK's four step unblocking path. From March 8, primary and secondary students will return to campus for offline teaching, and universities and colleges will reopen their campuses. Until June 21, all social restrictions will be lifted!
Britain has been unsealed, and the spring of studying English art has finally come
In addition, the UK is the first country in the world to approve the COVID-19 vaccine, and the vaccination speed is faster than expected. The British government has previously ensured that Complete vaccination for people over 18 years old before July 31 。
Everything indicates that the worst is over. In fact, since the beginning of 2020, the UK has successively issued new points immigration policy, new PSW visa regulations, increased scholarship benefits, etc., and continued to issue favorable policies to international students, becoming the most popular art study abroad.
Even in the year 2020, when the epidemic is spreading, the number of applicants for UK colleges and universities has also increased for six years. According to the official statistics of UCAS, as of January 2021, 616360 people in the world have submitted undergraduate applications for admission in 2021 through the UCAS system, Up 8.5% over the same period last year 。
In addition to the excellent objective conditions, under the impact of the epidemic, the cost-effective short school system has also become the best choice for many foreign students. It also means waiting In the application season of 2021, the competitive pressure in Britain will continue to rise If you want to stand out in the fierce competition of studying abroad, you must improve your personal competitiveness from multiple dimensions.
Zero basic and interdisciplinary application success rate climbed
According to the statistics of successful cases of natural light over the years, the success rate of students with zero foundation or cross majors applying to British and American colleges and universities is increasing year by year. So far, 20/21 fall students have nearly 1000 students, More than 53% of the students have successfully applied for non majors.
Enrollment data of domestic universities in recent years
In interdisciplinary applications, part of them are small leaps between disciplines, such as oil painting, printmaking and illustration; There are also some students whose professional fields span a lot, but have certain relevance, such as market management to art film and television production; Others are bold and innovative. For example, the Chinese Department changes its major to apply for clothing design.
In the past years, the successful cases of zero foundation are more concentrated in the application of undergraduate colleges, while the proportion of successful applications of graduate students is also increasing year by year, and most of them are non artistic academic backgrounds, and even have no professional learning experience such as painting.
In addition to natural light Collection organization training The objective reason for the improvement of ability is not that the application threshold of overseas top universities has been lowered. Instead, the dimensions of colleges' assessment of students are being widened Requirements for comprehensive ability and learning initiative More stringent.
This trend is bound to become more pronounced in the next application season. With the social change and economic development, the employment prospect of art and design is more clear, and the market demand for comprehensive talents is expanding, so overseas top education resources are even more scarce.
For the sake of future development or salary, many in-service or junior students will be willing to challenge themselves to jump out of the comfort zone and make application plans in advance to find more possibilities.
The proportion of standardized performance is reduced
Previously, the University of Washington announced that it would permanently cancel the submission of SAT/ACT scores. Their recruiters have been studying any possible relationship between standardized test scores and school scores, and they found that there is almost no relationship between the two.
CWRU does not require students to submit SAT/ACT test scores
In fact, since the outbreak of the epidemic, many American universities have adopted the "Test Optional" policy in response to the cancellation of examinations, It will be released in succession that students will not be required to submit SAT/ACT test scores . In addition to the broadening of language examination methods, the proportion of standardized scores in art study abroad applications is gradually decreasing.
The University of California system suspends the standardized examination requirements for admission in 2021
As a part of the application materials, academic background and standardized scores are also important for the application of art study abroad. In fact, the academic background and academic performance of the previous stage can indirectly reflect the comprehensive ability of students, even including the implicit ability that some colleges and universities attach great importance to, such as learning ability, solid professional knowledge, personal quality and scientific research and academic ability.
Especially for those who apply to big U schools, rattan schools, Parsons, Lunyi and other top ranked universities, the academic background of the previous stage is generally the better, which is more favorable for the application.
UCLA 2019 GPA Score Statistics of Applicants
Source: UCLA official website
But what is different from the broad category of overseas study is that the requirements of colleges and universities for assessing students in art overseas study are all closely related to the comprehensive quality reflected in the professional dimension. Therefore, the requirements of the school for learning background are not only limited to the ranking of the original colleges and universities, or degrees, credits, but also have certain requirements for students' undergraduate majors and qualification certification.
In general, the more top universities, whether big U or art universities, the better their comprehensive background is, the more helpful they will be to apply. However, this comprehensive background is not only reflected in the academic experience such as standardized scores and university rankings, but also includes the comprehensive ability reflected in the soft power background (activity experience, scientific research experience, internship experience, etc.), documents, recommendation letters and other materials.
UCLA Film Application requirements shall not be lower than GPA 3.0
Source: UCLA official website
But, The most important thing in applying for art study abroad is the collection of works To improve our professional ability and reflect it in the quality of the collection, which is our most guaranteed starting point. Especially for those students who want to be admitted exceptionally, it is necessary to ensure whether their work collection is better than that of students with strong comprehensive strength, so as to improve the possibility of obtaining this "lucky".
Diversified professional choices
Today, we have already unconsciously lived in an "interdisciplinary" environment. The demand for new talents from social development has expanded, and the gap between Chinese and Western art education has widened, The type of interdisciplinary specialty has become the most popular in recent years 。
Represented by the design innovation major of interaction, games and new media, this kind of major came into being in line with the development of the Internet era. Network technology and digital media are integrated, which is different from traditional IT, but from the perspective of network and new media, it achieves two-way communication from the user direction.
In addition, the employment advantage of this kind of specialty is also very significant. Both traditional network companies and new media oriented occupations can be qualified. It is a sunrise industry in China, and the demand for overseas talents is growing day by day.
In addition, Traditional art majors also start to shine According to the survey data of students from the 19th to 21st sessions of Natural Light, the first batch of popular majors for studying abroad in the three categories of plane, architecture and clothing also have a rebound trend this year.
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The industry is facing reform, the domestic market is becoming more mature, and the employment demand is increasing. The above figure is the survey report on the employability of new graduates released by Zhaopin Recruitment recently. From the survey results of art and design alone, as the main force of design, graphic design graduates' expected jobs do not match the proportion of jobs they actually obtain, Data shows that although there are many graduates The employment market is still in short supply.
In the future, the development of art and design is bound to be diversified, scientific and sustainable. This trend also means the change of market and enterprise talent demand. They will pay more attention to compound talents who can bring new skills and creative thinking to the company.
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Therefore, when choosing art majors for studying abroad, students can more comply with their own interests. Obtaining recognition from professional colleges is only the first step. If you want to develop steadily in the future employment environment, you should have a clear understanding of future career planning, use the professional platform to cultivate correct creative thinking, and accumulate sufficient skills reserves, Only then can we have enough professional quality to deal with the future!
The society is developing rapidly. No matter what kind of runway we choose, the surrounding environment makes it impossible for us to stay where we are. It is also because we have higher requirements and goals for life, and strive to face stronger competition for more scarce resources such as hobbies, educational resources and employment advantages. All these are manifestations of progress.
The human society is developing towards diversification. There is no longer the so-called sole criterion to define success. Follow your inner desire, find real positive help, and let yourself have the ability and confidence to choose. Then perhaps we can let go of some fear of competition and work more calmly towards our goals!
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