Why didn't you apply for studying abroad in arts ？ Why didn't the college admissions officer offer ? Throughout Application for studying abroad in arts There will be many problems in the process, leading to poor application results, such as wrong memory Deadline for Application for Studying Abroad in Arts , missed Submission of Collection of Works for Studying Abroad ; Staggered the version of the applied portfolio, and the result that was originally to be submitted to Parsons Challenge was submitted to RISD; The applicant is clearly an interaction design major. As a result, in order to highlight his comprehensive ability, he carelessly made a set of product design works. The above embarrassing and terrible art study abroad applications often lead to a fatal injury - no offer. Today, the natural light will tell you that the following 10 hard core reasons can help you effectively avoid your own "hand injury" death. In terms of objective factors, the artificial guarantee of the success rate of art study abroad application!
Why was the application for studying abroad in art not accepted? What are the human reasons?
The collection of works is too abstract
The first step in making art study abroad application portfolio is to determine the theme. No matter what the theme is inspired by or what the main content is, it needs a theme. Some students' themes come from their own interests; Some take social topics as the theme; Some students will choose a practical project they are participating in; However, some students will take some illusory imagination as the theme, such as their own dreams, a fantasy world, or memories or feelings that are difficult to express in kind.
These themes are very attractive and have a lot of room to play, but they are not easy to grasp. Some students will deliberately make a collection of works with fragmented ideas when they think that what they want to show is abstract content.
If you choose an abstract topic as the theme, you can refer to Wang, a Fine Art major, who uses "the fiction of language" as the theme. Language is a form of communication. Under different contexts and emotions, language will have different meanings. For example, this expression may not be a kind smile.
Collected Works of Wang's Art Application for Studying Abroad
This is a very abstract topic, but in the final collection of works, Wang concretized "language" and completed a set of interactive devices to express this theme with the help of transparent balloons and redesigned font combinations.
The creation of your work collection for studying abroad can be very abstract, using many distinctive materials, and the final effect can also be very abstract, but the process you show in your work collection must not be abstract, especially the description of the text part, must be professional and strict, explaining the materials used, why to use such materials, etc. Don't just put out the works like the exhibitions we usually see, and simply give a few explanations. The exhibition can leave the audience room to understand the imagination, but your offer is not imagined by the admissions officer!
If you must choose an abstract theme in your work collection, make sure that the display of your work's creative ideas is not abstract, which is why you should emphasize the display of detailed processes in your work collection. Because the collection of overseas art works is very purposeful, it is used to apply for colleges and universities. In terms of theme selection and creative expression, we can use our imagination to create everything possible, even let the works show in a very abstract form, but in terms of logical expression and design ideas, we must be organized.
The logic of the collection of works applied for studying abroad in art is too jumping
It is inevitable that the collection of works will encounter some problems, especially when we face the collection of overseas art works with a completely different thinking mode and domestic art education, some problems will be magnified, for example, it is very creative, there are many ideas about the theme of the works that can be expressed, but the logic is too jumpy.
This problem does not seem to be very serious in China, because most art schools in China will hand in their final assignments as long as their final works are exquisite. However, foreign countries pay special attention to the logical development and creative process of students. As we said earlier, your creative ideas, inspiration sources, thinking process, etc. need to be displayed in the collection of works. Therefore, your creative logic must not jump, which is reflected in the continuity of the creative process in the collection of works.
Jumping directly from research to the final design scheme will make the work look chaotic. The admissions officer does not know how you came up with such a design scheme. You did research, but what was the result; What conclusions do you draw from the results; According to the conclusion, these admissions officers do not know what ideas they have. If the admissions officer does not understand your design intent, he or she will not be able to understand your creative idea and your intent. Therefore, in the collection of works, you must reserve certain exhibition space for your design process.
There are obvious errors that cannot be ignored in the collection of works applying for studying abroad
What is an "obvious mistake that cannot be ignored"? For example, in the research stage, the graph is easy to be lazy, and a random data is used in the work collection, resulting in serious academic errors; For another example, I "compiled" a document myself because it was too troublesome to find information; Others only value the works, ignoring the language interpretation of the design description, making mistakes in spelling or the use of professional vocabulary, which led to the deviation of the entire design intent; Or more seriously, designers have done related projects before in their own projects, and they directly misappropriate other people's early research and scheme drawings. All of the above are "obvious mistakes that cannot be ignored"! Of course, it includes but is not limited to the above.
The natural light also knows that, especially in the early research stage, it is really troublesome, especially in the landscape architecture, interactive design, which requires many links, and a large amount of data to support the construction of the project portfolio, may need to spend a lot of time on research and data collation in the early stage alone.
For example, when studying the local terrain, the students who have studied landscape design in Natural Light not only visited and investigated the local residents, but also had a deep understanding of the relevant institutions and some policies. This step alone took a lot of time and energy, but these efforts also brought him AA Architectural Alliance College , Sheffield University, Edinburgh University, Newcastle and other universities.
Many students may think that there are so many students applying to the school every year, and when they see some pictures on the Internet, they may feel the same as the domestic art exam. Admissions officers don't have many opportunities to look at the details of their own works very carefully. In fact, they are not! Although the admissions officer really doesn't have much time to be careful with every word, it doesn't mean you can take advantage of it!
Most of the admissions officers have an artistic background, such as graduates of their colleges, or professors of a department or a major, such as the admissions officers of the Natural Light Admissions Officers Alliance. In addition to being admissions officers, each of them also has the identity of a professor, artist or designer. So if there are serious mistakes in your portfolio, the admissions officer can see them at a glance.
Here, the natural light is very, very serious to tell everyone that the most unforgivable mistake is plagiarism and manuscript washing! This is absolutely absolutely unforgivable mistake! The natural light is not alarmist, which is really very serious. Foreign colleges and universities all attach great importance to this issue, for example, when writing a paper, if the reference part does not clearly mark the source of the literature, or even if the page number of the article is wrong, the paper may be returned by the teacher to write again! This is the same in the collection of works, once found, the consequences are very serious! For example, the details of some draft drawings and model drawings cannot be appropriated or copied at will. If "quotation" has to appear in the collection of works, it must also be clearly marked like the reference in the paper.
Works collection only shows certain abilities
Whether you are applying for undergraduate or graduate programs, the school has a focus when reviewing the portfolio. When applying for undergraduate programs, the portfolio should focus on showing your ideas and abilities. Some students may have heard that applying for undergraduate study abroad does not require integrity, and some schools even allow students to submit collections with integrity of only about 90%. Therefore, some students may feel that the undergraduate portfolio is not important, and they can submit it if they do it casually.
However, you may have overlooked the purpose of colleges and universities. The collection of works is a medium to show your personal comprehensive ability. Although different schools have their own investigation focus, and there are also differences between undergraduate and master, what you want to show to schools must be a comprehensive performance. For example, although undergraduate students focus on ideas, professional foundation and personal style are also very important. So your collection of works can be "unfinished" or "incomplete", but it must be guaranteed to fully display all your abilities.
Secondly, some collections of works pay too much attention to the display of ideas, and there is no special and sufficient display of basic abilities, such as the objective painting part. Some students feel that like the additional questions on the test paper, they can add points if they answer them, and will not lose points if they do not answer them. But art schools are different! Absolutely not an additional question! You also need to pay attention to it like a collection of works!
Poor professional ability
The focus of the work collection for studying abroad at the master's stage is different from that at the undergraduate stage. In the overall stage of applying for studying abroad for master's art, the ability to show is more rigorous and comprehensive, especially in terms of professionalism and work integrity. If you still use the requirements of undergraduate application to demand yourself at this time, that's absolutely not possible!
Let's take the real natural light student's work collection as an example to tell you that the following work collection is the work of Dong students who applied for interaction design and obtained the Grand Slam offer from RMIT, the University of Sydney, the University of Science and Technology of Sydney, Monash University and Griffith University.
Collection of Dong's art application for studying abroad
Dong's portfolio projects are all interdisciplinary, involving multiple directions and professional fields such as interaction design, product design, industrial design, etc., so first natural light arranged two tutors for him to focus on different majors.
Secondly, in the portfolio project, the two projects are respectively themed with "portable studio design" and "audio equipment design based on five senses design". Under the guidance of the teacher, starting from Research, Dong has combined his own experience and feelings to complete the problem summary and feedback, and found some of the most common problems in photography - the curtain, equipment movement, lighting needs, etc.
Collection of Dong's art application for studying abroad
According to these three points, the whole project was comprehensively completed with "interdisciplinary" thinking, interaction design, product design, visual design and other directions, inspired by the element of "origami".
Professional deviation
Some students may think it's funny. How can they deviate professionally? For example, Natural Light met a student who had interactive design DIY, and his collection of works had basically ended. He wanted to do some optimization and found natural light. However, under the guidance of his teacher, the student found that what he finally completed was only a collection of works for web design. This is because students' understanding of interaction design is biased. Many students in China think that interaction design is just website or APP design. In fact, these are only a very small part of interaction design. Interaction design also includes many aspects, such as interactive devices, AR, Ergonomics, and even the combination of other disciplines. Dong, as we saw earlier, has completed his collection of works by combining product design and industrial design.
In this case, students must do a good job of preliminary research, know what major they want to apply for, see if there are similar majors, and what are the differences between them, and then make a decision. Otherwise, it might be like this facial expression bag above
Secondly, students who have been paying attention to natural light may know that interdisciplinary is the core of our teaching and teaching philosophy, and we also encourage students to integrate the content of other disciplines into their works. However, some students do not have a deep understanding of interdisciplinary, and think that interdisciplinary is necessary to make the works outstanding, Forcibly cross disciplines in order to cross disciplines.
How can cross disciplines be applied to the collection of works for studying abroad? First of all, for the collection of works, interdisciplinary is to enhance the ideological dimension of the collection of works, and to show your ideas more diffusely. For example, Han, a grand slam student in natural light, whose original major was environmental engineering, applied for the major of graphic design, and has no professional foundation. However, Han's collection of works uses the original major as a boost, and uses the data and theory in the original major, In the form of an art, we should conduct deeper excavation and reflection. She presents and discusses environmental engineering with art, and magnifies her findings with design, which also makes Han's collection of works more distinctive.
Missed the application Deadline
This is really a hard wound. I can't do anything about it.
The application materials for studying abroad in arts were missed
It depends on what the situation is. Some can try to send an email to discuss with the school. For example, there was a student in Natural Light who graduated in July and will enter the school in September, but the degree certificate of the school has not yet been issued. In this case, it is necessary to communicate with the school in time, submit the academic certificate, or see whether other materials can be used as a proxy, Then the formal degree certificate will be submitted within the specified time.
Or some students who are about to enter the school but have not yet got their visas must also communicate with the school in advance by email to explain the situation. Don't wait for the visa without saying a word, which is likely to be regarded as giving up enrollment by the school
In such special cases as the above, as long as the attitude is sincere, and the school explanation is generally flexible, the school can understand. But the most feared thing is "hard core missing". For example, the school clearly stipulates that there must be a recommendation letter, but forgot to submit it. In this way, we should try our best to argue, communicate sincerely and carefully, and there may be a glimmer of hope. But if you apply for Parsons or RISD and forget to submit Parsons Challenge and independent proposition works, it really will
Collected works of art application for studying abroad crisscross schools
Although only one set of work collection can be prepared, different schools have different details, such as the number of pages, file size, format, etc. When submitting, students need to fine tune according to different schools. But what's scary is that some students will carelessly submit the version of School A to School B and transfer the version of School C to School D. Once it is sent, it can't be withdrawn... So, if students are worried about this situation, it's better to name different versions according to the names of different schools.
There are serious problems in the application materials for art study abroad
As we said earlier, there are "obvious mistakes that cannot be ignored" in the collection of works, such as plagiarism and fraud. In the application materials, these are also mistakes that should not be made! In order to highlight your professional background and improve the success rate of your application, you are allowed to appropriately beautify the application materials, avoid disadvantages and emphasize advantages as long as they are objectively explained according to your own situation.
But deliberately "overstating the truth", or even faking, is terrible, because it involves your personal integrity. For example, on your resume, you said that you had interned in an advertising company and led the team to do the XXX project, but in fact, you only participated in the construction of one part of the project; Or you once participated in the cooperation project of a certain university, but said in your resume that you are an exchange student and have obtained a double degree. This is a very, very serious problem.
Most schools do not need you to submit it. They will also carefully check whether the students' backgrounds are true, for example, they will contact your undergraduate university, or check with the tutor who wrote a recommendation letter to you. Once they are found to be fraudulent, the offer will really stop thinking about it.
After finishing the above 10 questions, some students may ask why there is no language problem mentioned in these questions. After all, language is not specialized, and all foreign students have "pain". First of all, for students applying for art and design majors, if there is a problem with your language as the language score submitted in the application, for example, the IELTS requirement of the school is 6.0, and you have passed 5.5, the school may also send you a conditional offer. But if there is a problem with your portfolio, it may be that you refuse to accept the argument. Secondly, works collection, documents, PS, CV For all materials that need to involve writing, although grammatical errors will reduce the impression of the admissions officer, they will not completely reject you, because compared with the grammar of written expression, the collection of works still accounts for a larger proportion, especially your offers have the opportunity to take conditional offers, and minor grammatical errors will not make the admissions officer directly send a rejection letter. But it does not mean that language is unimportant, because it is very likely that you do not attach importance to language, and you will find that no matter how hard you try to take the test, you will fail the test.
Today, we talked about 10 reasons that lead to the failure to get an offer for art study abroad applications. Although each of them is fatal, they can all be avoided. If you also want to get help from other art application works and college majors, please come to the natural light! Natural light international art education has been established in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Zhengzhou, New York and other places Collection training and coaching organization Students from the school and other regions such as Guangdong, Guangzhou, Shandong, Jinan, Qingdao and Xi'an can also come to the natural light if they want to get help from the training and counseling institutions of the works collection!
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