Is academic background important for studying abroad? We all know that applying for a broad range of study abroad attaches great importance to academic background. 985 and 211 seem to have become standard configurations. Colleges and universities also need to comprehensively consider various hard and soft strengths, including comprehensive GPA, standardized scores, college rankings, class rankings, extracurricular activities, recommendation letters, practical experience, etc. For art study abroad, is academic background also "popular"?
Is academic background important for studying abroad?
Education background is an indispensable application material
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.
Top comprehensive colleges have higher requirements for academic records
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.
UCL Design requires applicants to have undergraduate study experience in the same major
In particular, architectural design, industrial design, interaction design and other disciplines that are very challenging to professional foundation and time accumulation, top art colleges are also more strict in assessing students' academic qualifications and academic achievements.
UCL Bartlett requires applicants to meet the second class and first level degree standards
with University College London UCL Bartlett, for example, in order to apply for UCL graduate courses in architecture, you need to obtain a bachelor's degree at the same level as the British second-class degree and a bachelor's degree or work experience related to architecture. It also clearly stipulates the need to obtain a higher Upper second class degree (2:1), that is, a second class first degree, which is equivalent to an average score of more than 70 British undergraduate degrees.
Academic Transcript of British and Domestic Universities
Corresponding to the scores of Chinese universities, it means that the average undergraduate score of students from 211, 985 or the Academy of Fine Arts is at least 80 points, while the average undergraduate score of students from other colleges is at least 85 points.
More comprehensive consideration of art schools
Relatively speaking, the UK and Australia have higher requirements for the original school rankings and scores, and the academic background of 985, 211 or the eight major art schools has brought more obvious advantages. In addition to language scores, American colleges and universities usually do not set specific score values, but provide measurement indicators by substituting other application materials for several major items of soft power.
UCLA film professional application requirements shall not be lower than GPA 3.0
The above figure is UCLA The GPA requirement of UCLA film major for applicants is no less than 3.0 points, GPA3.0 It is the passing line of most American schools, but in fact it is far from the standard that students can reach when they apply for colleges. We can see from UCLA's statistics of applicants' scores in 2019 (below) that only 5% of students are lower than GPA 3.5 without extra points. For such a popular subject of film, the actual requirements will certainly rise.
UCLA 2019 GPA Score Statistics of Applicants
In addition to top comprehensive schools, art schools consider the comprehensive ability of applicants more clearly. Taking Parsons as an example, GPA and SAT of students in most majors are only basic standards. On the contrary, other application materials, including resumes, purpose statements, recommendation letters, collections of works, are explained in detail.
Parsons Graphic Design Application Requirements
These materials are just a direct way to prove students' academic achievements, soft background and professional ability. Compared with specific scores, this way of presentation will also be more specific. In the process of application preparation, students will also have few ways to make specific preparations and provide different dimensions of experience and materials to prove their comprehensive ability.
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