As for the matters needing attention in the interview of art schools studying abroad, we can find many "secret scripts" by randomly searching. But when the admissions officer interviewed at art schools, he was really looking at your "exam ability"? Is the preparation for interview starting from the review of the portfolio? Today, let's talk about the ways of interview!

Interview skills and experience of admissions officers in art schools:

　　 Basic interview information of art colleges

The interview of art schools is the last step to apply for overseas art schools. After the collection of works is approved, if students can successfully pass the interview, they can get an offer.

At present, there are many colleges and universities that have interview links, but the interview requirements are different according to different majors and masters. It seems quite complicated. For example, Parsons needs an interview for master's application; RISD is a video interview, and there may even be multiple rounds of interviews; SVA will decide whether to arrange an interview according to the applicant's situation; RCA needs to complete the topic interview within one hour. In addition, there are four kinds of interviews: telephone interview, video interview, school interview and interview in China.

Generally, at the initial stage of school selection, the applicant teacher will explain in detail about the interview of art schools. I also remind my DIY students here to check the specific requirements of the schools and majors for the interview as soon as possible.

　　 How to understand the interview?

In fact, the interview for art study abroad is much like a "blind date". Students learn about a major in the college through official websites and other channels. The college has a general understanding of students through works collection and a series of materials. If you want to further understand each other, you need to start "face based" to confirm whether each other is suitable in a more intuitive way.

It may be because people pay more attention to the dream school, or it may be because of the influence of the exam oriented atmosphere in China. Many students will focus on the "exam" in the interview. The interview does contain some "exam" things. The art school interviewers should examine the students' business abilities, such as basic logical thinking, artistic literacy Painting skills, typesetting, etc.

Then, since you can receive the interview notice, it actually means that the students have been recognized by the admissions officer at the basic ability level. During the interview, the admissions officers are actually more inclined to "face", focusing on some skills that cannot be reflected on paper. They need to enrich their impression of students in the chat, so as to judge whether students are really suitable for the teaching mode of overseas colleges and universities, whether they are talents needed by colleges and universities, whether they really love art, whether they really understand the selected majors, and so on.

　　 High ticket questions for overseas study interview in art schools:

We can roughly divide the questions examined in the interview of studying abroad in art into three categories: skill, will and feel. Now I will talk about the skills of these three types of questions outside the interview in combination with some high vote questions in the interview.

　　 SKILL：

-What's the significance of the portfolio project

-Source of inspiration

-Work or internship experience

-Ask questions according to the works

-Choose one of the most satisfactory works to explain

-Which part of your ability do you think is weak

-Which part of the work is the most important

As we said earlier, the collection of works is something that students have been sorting out for a long time and polished after many modifications. There are many controllable places in it, so some abilities can not be seen through the collection of works. If you want to truly understand a student, you still need to interact. Ask some questions that the admissions officer is curious about, and check the logical thinking ability and language expression ability of students through communication.

Another thing is that students who study art or are interested in doing works collection should have heard about the work collection, so that in the process of explaining the works collection, the admissions officer can understand the originality of the students' works collection. So in the work collection step, we must do it step by step. If the basic ability is not enough, we should start from the basic course. If we can't think of a good theme without design thinking, we should follow Collection research At first, try different ways to spread your thoughts and find inspiration. What we should learn should not be left behind at all. We should make up for it when we don't learn it now.

In my previous work, I also met students and parents who came to ask if they could do it for them because of time constraints. However, the natural light has always opposed this kind of behavior, including some students who have poor foundation and are short of time, and want to skip the basic courses and do the works directly. I recommend that students practice their skills in a down-to-earth manner, otherwise every lazy person who stole at the initial stage will steal your aura.

So, on the premise of ensuring that the collection of works is purely original, how can you reflect your logical thinking ability and language expression ability in the expression category? This needs to be based on the study of courses related to human resources and speculation. It can also be understood as a compulsory general education course for overseas art schools after admission.

When it comes to humanistic thinking courses, many students may have a headache. I have a student majoring in design history who told me after entering the university that their major is often called "not talking well".

Indeed, the courses of art history, art philosophy, design thinking, contemporary art, and research on creation methods are much more boring than the workshops that can do it themselves. However, whether it is a collection of works or an art interview abroad, it needs some theoretical things as support.

The interview of art colleges attaches great importance to the depth of students' thinking. Majors such as innovative design, interaction design, and architectural design usually prefer to have a sense of social responsibility, such as designs that can improve the environment, promote new lifestyles, and provide better social services.

Pure arts majors such as oil painting and illustration also encourage students to study more science, technology, philosophy, etc. First, they can integrate some humanistic things into their works, so that their works can have a higher level of value in addition to aesthetic value, and second, they can redefine the concept of art and design as thinkers and remoulders, so as to create new things.

In the study of humanities courses, students can obtain the formation and promotion of creative ideas, critical thinking, logical thinking and artistic concepts through the construction of knowledge structure. In the discussion of art and design, you can cut into the topic in a multi-dimensional way, say more original opinions, and combine rational analysis to express the idea and significance behind your works in the interview. To put it bluntly, we should not only be able to do things without expression, otherwise we may waste good ideas.

In addition to expression, the gold content of the project is of course the best expression of ability. We can see the experience of work or internship in the high ticket issue. Of course, this issue does not mean that students who have not yet left the campus must have some full-time work experience.

For the admissions officer, I hope you reflect your practical experience in the past, that is, the background improvement we often say. Many overseas colleges and universities have completed their homework in the form of group collaboration since the first grade. In the following years, they have constantly emphasized the ability of collaboration and leadership, hoping that students can not only think about it, but also do it.

Then the social practice projects that I have participated in in the past are the trump card to show these abilities to the admissions officers in the interview of art schools. Therefore, when ordinary people improvise solo before the interview, the gods have already started to participate in social practice projects, brand cooperation projects, interdisciplinary camp projects, such as the brand adidas Originals, COSTA, the creative contest ONE SHOW, Huawei, which the natural light students participated in before, have played a great role in the background improvement in the later stage.

It is suggested that everyone should practice more, ranging from participating in some meaningful activities, short-term classes, summer schools to organizing their own teams to participate in some design competitions and charity activities, which need to be accumulated for a long time before the interview. For example, Rhode Island summer "academic" program: 3 credits universal conversion, 15 days of official professional courses, summer vacation in RISD 。

　　 WILL：

-Why choose our school?

-Why choose this major?

-Apply to other schools?

-Your attitude towards design?

-What professional direction do you want to further study after entering the university?

-What problems do you think you may encounter after enrollment?

With the affirmation of the first part of the ability, the second point is the so-called "will". It depends on whether you really love art and whether you have a strong desire to enter the selected colleges and majors. When you ask this question in the interview, it is a bit like falling in love. At first, you express your yearning for dream school. Then you find that your favorite school has also sent you a favorable signal. You also ask whether you have applied to other schools, and start to measure the degree of fit between the two sides.

A student we interviewed some time ago was directly pointed out by the Chelsea admissions officer when interviewing Chelsea that it was not really suitable for Chelsea, but the students' abilities in all aspects were excellent, so if the students were willing, they could get an offer from Camberwell without interview, and then directly made an offer from Camberwell.

The saying that interest is the best teacher is very rustic, but it is true in art education. We can look back at the famous artists in history. Among the reasons for their success, talent is a little, and more is their endless creative desire due to love.

My colleague from the UK branch interviewed a very excellent student majoring in graphic design a few days ago and asked him to share his interview experience. He said that RCA Huangyi Interview Our teacher asked him: Why this major? What you trying to do with this work？ His answer is that he thinks communication is very interesting and the most basic way for human beings to understand each other. If a person has good communication skills, he can be better understood. He also expressed his willingness to concentrate his enthusiasm on one field of creation. Although the answer is simple, the admissions officer can get a clear understanding of himself and his interest.

In addition to the impact of interest on professional learning, colleges and universities are also examining whether the applicant has a relatively correct understanding of the profession, institutions, learning and career planning. How to show your strong desire for colleges and majors is actually not difficult. It's just a matter of clarifying some basic questions: such as what to learn in your chosen major. What are the future employment options, what is the core concept of the school you choose, and what kind of history, etc.

In addition to online access to these information, offline natural light will have an admissions officer activity every year. The admissions officers from top art schools in Britain and the United States will introduce schools and majors in the story, so that students can know the most real overseas schools through close contact with the admissions officers. For those students who cannot be present due to the distance problem, the admissions officer is also invited to do online classes to answer their questions. At the same time, natural light will also cooperate with brands and artists in the industry, so that students can experience and immerse themselves in such activities to understand whether they really like an industry. (For example: How to learn space design? Speech forum: form, function and experience in overall space design ）

　　 FEEL：

How can you leave a deep impression on the admissions officer in 30 seconds and arouse the desire of the other party to understand you? This should be the most curious question that many students want to learn before the interview.

In this part, we can talk about the third level of "feel" of the interview. It seems a little false. Some students may say that it is too unreliable. Who knows what kind of character the interviewer is? How are you feeling today? How about my mouth? However, many times we have to admit that this virtual "feel" may play a decisive role in the end.

At the same time, "feeling" is very real. The so-called "real feeling" is actually to return to the irrational side of people after the rational investigation of the first two items and stimulate some "invisible conditions". This invisible condition is whether the students themselves are interesting and attractive.

In the short interview, the students extracted the highlights of their own experience and presented a condensed version of life. The interviewer, as an experienced person, made judgments on the students with intuition. It's like an expert fighting. The basic skills will not be put on the table.

Art students need charm and fun. I don't think I need to repeat it. Everyone should have many friends who study art. They make many interesting things because they are interesting. When the teachers of art schools interview students, in a way, they are looking for people to work with in the future. The same people may also be more attractive to each other.

Like a former student, he is very talented and has many fantastic ideas. When he met CalArts California Academy of Arts, he was nervous because of his poor language, but he relaxed when he saw the admissions officer in the video. At the beginning, the professor expressed his appreciation for his works, then talked about a lot of family affairs, and made an appointment to come back to China to play. At last, the admissions officer said that he thought he had the ability to study abroad and was directly admitted.

But being an interesting person is not an improvised solo. Interesting has nothing to do with the interview. It is because you absorb more good things in your daily life, observe your own life, and make your life more interesting and interesting. The interview is just an opportunity to show.

Whether the foundation is good or not, we may be tempted by "luck" and "shortcut". In the face of these temptations, I hope you can adjust your learning attitude and take a long-term view. Before each student goes to the interview, the natural light teacher will take the students to simulate the interview process for two or three times, and then make some suggestions until the students are fully prepared and confident. Art is a discipline that gradually improves through accumulation. Interviews are not improvised solos or improvised performances. Prepare for interviews as soon as possible in future studies.

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