Five death operations in the application document for art study abroad? The application for art study abroad is a long and variable process. Because of the existence of the collection of works, many students will ignore the importance of the documents and think that the order of importance in art study abroad is "collection of works - language - documents". But in fact, the relationship between the three is equal, and there is no one who has priority and who has priority. Today, Natural Light will introduce you to the five mistakes that cannot be made in the application documents for art study abroad.
For art students studying abroad, because of the existence of works collection, the application for studying abroad seems to be much simpler, but it also seems to become more complex. The simplicity lies in that the collection of art works for studying abroad helps the application materials "share" most of the attention of the recruitment teachers, but the complexity also lies in this - the collection of art works "distracts" the time and energy of students to prepare application materials. Many students believe that there is basically no problem in applying after the language scores and works collection are settled in this period. Is that true? Absolutely not! Today, we will take the most representative Personal Statement in the application documents for art study abroad as an example to tell you:
The reason why Personal Statement is the key to application is mainly reflected in "Personal". What is Personal? UCAS, the unified application system for college students in the UK, has given a key suggestion, which I think can help you understand the meaning of Personal: Have a think what makes you so special?
Personal, the emphasis is personal, only you have the characteristics that others do not have, or that others are difficult/rarely have, which is your competitive advantage! This is very similar to the collection of works, which emphasizes "Personal Voice", as is the application document. I once met a student in PS who recounted all the awards and learning experiences from primary school to college graduation. It was not only more than three times the number of words, but also like a journal. After a long period of deletion, it was finally decided to temporarily add "application services", with the help of the application teacher to refine the key points and complete the document writing.
A document that seems to be dominated by a collection of works, in fact, its importance is much higher than you think, and much higher!
In terms of the duration of document preparation, UCAS did not give a clear answer to the number, but it should be noted that UCAS answered at the beginning of the question: It's never too early to start thinking about it! It's never too early to start your application!
In a sense, the application materials can definitely be regarded as "the second set of works in the art study abroad application". If the work collection is a visual demonstration of students' ability, it is a visual resume; Then the application document is the "written works collection" in art study abroad. We can imagine its importance. Because of the existence of works collection, many students will ignore the importance of documents and think that the order of importance in art study is "works collection - language - documents". But in fact, the relationship between the three is equal, and there is no one who has priority and who has priority. It is precisely because of this "misunderstanding" that many students will have some desperate death operations when writing PS. These death operations, without exception, will bring the same result - rejection.
Five death operations in the application document for art study abroad?
1. Start writing directly without doing any research
Research is not only a reflection on yourself, but also a clear understanding of the school and major, and whether you really like this school and major. You should know that once you decide to choose, you need to face this major in the next 1-3 years or even longer.
Therefore, whether you choose the help of an agency or intermediary in the application document stage or not, the whole application process is a decision-making and planning process. You must be clear about your application intention and choice!
Taking natural light as an example, when students formally enter the natural light to start learning, the application team teacher has started to track the students' learning dynamics and intentions in full progress, grasp the students' current teaching process and their professional direction at any time, so as to help students complete the most advantageous documents for application.
The first step of teachers' work is to communicate with students and their parents, understand their application intentions and appeals, and determine, analyze and explain the requirements that the application intentions need to meet. According to the feedback again, determine the student's application goal and document direction.
Later, at each stage, the teacher will follow up the students' learning status at any time. Do students participate in academic projects? Have you participated in practical practice? Only by grasping the situation of students at any time can we better work together with students and make the best preparations at any time. After all, the overall planning in the early stage of application is the beginning and foundation of all application processes, and also the key to the final application results.
Like Han, one of our former students, UCL is her Dream School. She was worried about the difficulty of applying for UCL, so she didn't regard UCL as the ultimate target school, just didn't want to give up and choose to apply for it. However, the natural light application teacher has always encouraged her to set the IELTS test target as the direct recording requirement of UCL.
Because the applicant teacher has kept in communication with her in the daily follow-up, and has also talked with professional teachers and parents for many times. The analysis shows that the academic background and work collection of Han are excellent, and the probability of getting admitted is high.
Therefore, shortly after carefully preparing and submitting the materials, Han received the UCL interview notice. The application teacher and professional teacher attach great importance to the interview, repeatedly polish and practice, everything is ready, and the tense moment has finally arrived. Unexpectedly, an accident occurred. The UCL interviewer did not appear at the agreed interview time because he forgot the interview.
Fortunately, we applied for the whole process of accompanying the teacher, immediately contacted the relevant teachers of UCL by email and phone, rescheduled the interview time, and finally helped Han to achieve a successful harvest University College London UCL offer.
2. Set templates to "piece together" the application background of others
Take UCAS as an example. UCAS itself is equipped with an "anti cheating system". Whether it is short sentences or long paragraphs, when your PS is detected to be "plagiarized", you have lost your application qualification.
Just as overseas colleges and universities attach great importance to students' academic originality, Personal Statement can be seen as a "paper test" before students enter school. If you even involve plagiarism in your personal statements, it is no exaggeration to say: Is academic fraud far away?
Secondly, I have seen many cases of "patching up" background experience, but without exception, all of them have been seen through. During the summer course this year, we interviewed Trevor, the former admissions officer of MICA, who also said about his college experience that many students will "add" experience in paperwork and interviews to make their application background look beautiful and have advantages.
However, you should know that although you are faced with a recruiter who has never met before, these recruiters often have many years of academic or application review experience, and are definitely not vegetarian! "Fake content" may not be obvious to the students themselves, but most of them show their true colors before the auditors.
Moreover, during the interview, your "unfamiliarity" with your own experience, "ignorance" of your own life, and "inability to explain" can fully expose the problem of fraud.
3. Spelling and grammar errors - basic problems
The PS with plain content may not make the admissions staff pay more attention, but! PS with basic errors in grammar and spelling will inevitably attract their attention. I don't need to say much about this, but it is also because it is too basic that many students are careless and make mistakes.
4. Try to conquer the admissions officer with his "sense of humor"
I once met a student who wrote a PS that was very "interesting" and rich in content. Every word can see that he is trying to create a "relaxed reading atmosphere", trying to use "attractive language" to describe his own experience.
However, remember, PS is not any literary work, it does not need too many decorative adjectives and adverbs, is a formal to even a bit rigid statement! I mentioned the key point of PS: Personal, but here I want to emphasize the "Statement", which refers to the declarative and formal "statement".
In addition, you can never be sure whether the admissions officer of this PS can get your "humor points". Due to the reasons of Chinese and Western culture, even the daily communication with overseas professors, it is sometimes difficult for us to understand each other, and we need further and more formal explanations. Not to mention the important moment of applying to colleges and universities.
5. Plain daily account
Although PS pays attention to formality, and it is absolutely not advisable to set templates and "fake" the application background of others, it does not mean that it must be written in the daily account in a straightforward manner. Like the student I mentioned earlier, he wrote his own experiences from childhood to adulthood, and this is not the only one who did so.
At this time, we need to think about: what makes you so special?
First of all, remove the "advantages" that are not related to your major. You must be clear that you are now applying to an art school, not recruiting "decathlon athletes". Even the advantages displayed should be centered on art design. For the admissions officers, the certificates and titles of Chef Grade 10, Taekwondo Black Belt and National Grade II athletes can not prove your ability and unique advantages in applying for majors. Nor can they see the reason why "I choose you over others".
Academic, competition and social practice projects are all based on your professional experience. At this time, such awards and testimonials as the Grand Prize in the calligraphy contest, the top ten in the national painting contest, and the top ten designers on campus, although related to their majors, also have no unique advantages.
Have participated in so many workshops, so many short-term projects and courses, but none of them can be included in the application documents? As one of the first institutions in the industry to set up a sound application team, Natural Light has always insisted on the whole process of paperwork services in the early, middle and late stages. At the same time, a service officer is set up to provide application service assistance for students in need.
For example, the "building nest" project of natural light, which has been carried out for three consecutive years, went into Tibetan areas to build shelters for local people. This unique experience can not only become the background for the project to be included in the work collection, but also the application background with high practical significance and application advantages.
Another example is the New York Campus of Natural Light and the officially established campus of the British branch this year. One of their main "functions" is to help students connect with more overseas advantageous resources and help domestic students directly obtain the application advantage of connecting overseas.
RISD summer courses linking with overseas art colleges and universities to bring students conversion credits; Formal cooperation with MIT Media Lab, exclusive licensing, so that students have the opportunity to cooperate with MIT Media Lab students and professors to complete the project
When students have these experiences and abilities, their understanding and cognition of the major will also rise to a new space and dimension. At this time, it is necessary to selectively extract the "advantages" part according to these projects and practices, and expand the PS text description.
To provide professional, college level application services for students with document needs, connect the art department, consulting department, educational administration department, teaching research center and other links, more integrate the common needs of parents and students, and provide the art study application document services tracked throughout the process. This is the "document purpose" that the Natural Light application team always adheres to.
In the application in 2018, Lu was an independent and progressive student with a high enthusiasm for fashion design and a clear application goal - to go to CSM Saint Martin. Therefore, the early planning of the application teacher also focused on CSM.
In order to help Lu enrich his background and obtain higher promotion, Lu chose to participate in CSM after communicating with his teacher Central Saint Martin College of Art The summer school curriculum to improve themselves. Lu most wants to apply for Creating a Fashion Sketchbook, but this course is only open to students over the age of 18. At that time, Lu was not over 18 years old, so the teacher helped the student argue fight for it first. After confirming that he could not apply, he helped Lu apply for the Teenager course in fashion design at the first time.
Help students sort out their design ideas, make sketchbooks, carefully explain the course to students, and finally work together with students to finalize the two application intentions of Fashion Sketchbook for 16 to 18 Year Olds and Fashion Design for 16 to 18 Year Olds. Finally, students also successfully got the offer.
In addition to the domestic application team's efforts to polish students' documents, as I said earlier, Natural Light Overseas Campus has always insisted on providing students with exclusive multiple polishing services for overseas documents. From admissions officers, in-service professors, to native speakers, documents will undergo multiple customization and review services to ensure that they are most suitable for students' reality, At the same time, it can maximize the advantages of students and meet the application needs. Because we know that the application document for art study abroad has the same "weight" for students as the collection of works and all other materials.
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