The application conditions for art study abroad also need five lucky cards, and the "five lucky cards" for art study abroad can not be left behind, from application planning, documents, standardization to works collection and typesetting. Not only for the final application results, the process of learning and promotion is very important. There is never a shortcut to success. Let's introduce in detail the conditions for applying for art study abroad.
A complete set of application conditions for art study abroad
Application planning
At the beginning of choosing art study abroad, there must be many questions puzzling you: "Do you want to choose to change majors?", "Should I choose the UK or the US direction?", "Which college should I choose?"
If you are still at this stage, then The most basic step for you to leave the offer: application planning . The so-called application planning is Tailor the comprehensive promotion strategy according to the enrollment requirements of top universities in the country you choose and your own professional situation . According to your application cycle, plan the learning arrangements at each stage, solve all the problems in the application, and ensure that you can complete the required projects in accordance with the time node and apply successfully.
Since the application for art study abroad is a relatively complex process, careful application planning in line with personal conditions is conducive to reasonable arrangement of your preparation time later. Everyone has different foundations, majors, colleges, and natural planning. So we must Prepare the application plan in advance to ensure a solid foundation. Each project should have a relatively sufficient production time to avoid shortening the quality of the collection due to time constraints.
There are undeniable cases of winning excellent offers in a short period of time. A former student of Natural Light won Parsons MA Fashion studies in 14 classes in one month!
However, art study abroad needs more materials than ordinary study abroad. In addition to the normal standardized scores, it also needs to submit professional collections of works, documents and recommendation letters, and some also need independent proposition creation and interviews.
In particular, in recent years, the ddl time of major universities has been constantly adjusted, and the application materials have also been constantly revised, so It is necessary to plan and complete the project as soon as possible. Many top colleges and universities generally have quota restrictions, which will stop when the enrollment is full , so if you miss the best submission time because you haven't completed it, you will lose more than you gain.
Standardized results
In the application for art study abroad, the standardized score is like a basic threshold, which is an unavoidable performance requirement for any applicant. Standardized scores are generally divided into two categories: peacetime scores and language scores 。
Relatively speaking, the usual performance is very easy to get. After all, it is a daily performance during school. As long as it is not too bad, it can pass the basic requirements. However, language scores will be difficult for many people. For most students who apply for art, they need to brush English several times to get the ideal results. And if The higher your English and standardized scores are, the more likely you are to apply to top universities 。
Parsons' application language requirements
But it's not that you can't go abroad if you can't brush the language. It's not so absolute. Most overseas universities have Provide international students with bridging courses to improve their English ability , such as London Art, Edinburgh, Southampton, New York Vision, Parsons, etc. As long as students' language scores reach a certain level, such as applying for IELTS 5.5 and TOEFL 75 , are likely to be admitted by the above schools, as long as you complete language courses abroad, you can successfully enter.
Language courses on the official UAL website
Therefore, it is suggested that if the part of language scores can be well done in China, there is no need to go abroad to take language courses This is not the biggest problem, but it is an inescapable threshold. To study abroad is to learn more advanced professional knowledge and skills, if the language is not qualified. First, we need to be distracted from learning English. The most important thing is that all the English teaching content will not be accepted, which will greatly reduce the learning efficiency.
Documents
If you want to carve up 500 million yuan, one of the "five blessings" is indispensable, and so is the application for art study abroad. The document part contains a lot of content, Resume (CV), personal statement (PS) and recommendation letter (RL) are the most important three parts.
1、 Resume of Studying Abroad (CV)
Resume of studying abroad accounts for a large proportion in the application, especially for the students who apply for graduate students. Because when the admissions officer browses your submission materials, the first thing he sees is your resume, followed by your portfolio and other content Basically the same proportion as that of the works collection, accounting for 40% 。
British colleges and universities pay more attention to academics, while the United States pays more attention to students' practical ability, that is, project experience. Postgraduates are more important than others. They need to briefly describe their professional experience, focusing on highlighting the applicant's academic ability, such as professional background, research content, academic achievements, etc. The experience gained in study, internship, work, competition and charity can be fully written into CV.
Documents required for London University undergraduate application
The information content of the resume can be arranged according to the specialty and advantages of the individual, and the content should be arranged within one page . The overall page should avoid fancy, and the overall layout can choose the same style as the composition of the collection, The text is concise and clear to avoid repetition , you can use some small icons. Remember not to use subjective language in content expression.
2、 Personal Statement (PS)
In the large module of documents, personal statements also need to be sorted out and prepared. This part mainly includes Let the admissions officer know your professional foundation by describing your professional experience and background. And why are you interested in this major? What have you learned in your major in the past? What are your expectations and plans for the future 。
This part is for Apply for postgraduate Students are extremely important, and many majors have high requirements for professional background. For example, in the major of architectural design, whether there is a bachelor's degree in architecture directly determines the choice of courses after enrollment. also Apply for comprehensive universities In addition to considering standardized scores and collections of works, professional background is also the key for PK to defeat rivals.
Essay requirements for RISD application
Therefore, if you lack relevant professional experience, you need to participate in more internships, competitions, volunteer activities, project practices, scientific research topics, experiments, etc. to enrich your personal statement in the application preparation stage.
3、 Reference Letter (RL)
Although the collection of works, documents and standardized achievements are troublesome, they can at least be achieved through their own efforts. However, the recommendation letter is in the hands of senior professors, celebrities or bosses!
The general recommendation letter is written by the applicant's supervisor and professor for the purpose of Understand students from another perspective through the description of others Generally speaking, one letter of recommendation is enough to apply for undergraduate education, but graduate schools will require two or three letters. The specific number depends on the professional requirements of each school.
21fall latest RISD recommendation requirements
It is better to choose a professor who has had professional cooperation and guidance in the past 1-2 years, and has a certain understanding of the major you are applying for You can communicate many times, so that the professor can have a full understanding of you and write more pertinent opinions in the recommendation letter. Remember not to be too pompous.
You can also choose the person in charge of the cooperation project, or the judges of large-scale competitions and activities. The higher the title of the recommender, the better the influence 。
sample reels
Among the "five blessings", the most difficult one is the dedication blessing, which accounts for the largest proportion in the entire application materials is the collection of works, and the most time-consuming and laborious part is also the collection of works.
Overseas art schools have passed the review of students' works, Investigate the applicant's creative design thinking, unique views on life and artistic expression techniques, We hope to enroll outstanding students with innovative consciousness, creative inspiration, future potential and artistic talent through the review of the collection of works
Therefore, when making a collection of works, we should first sort out the correct design thinking, establish a clear project framework, give full play to our creativity to achieve landing, and then carry out research and experiments according to the theme to finally present a collection of works that meet the requirements of the university.
Different countries have different assessment of project focus. The British direction has higher requirements for the centralized research of works, while the United States pays more attention to creative points and finished products.
Pictures of student works of natural light
21 fall student of natural light, she applied for the British direction of illustration design. She wants to create a group of illustration works about people's mental outlook and emotions, but considering that the theme of emotion is used frequently, she wants to make new ideas and make people more sympathetic.
So she checked a lot of existing image works about emotion, but in order to distinguish from existing works, she went on under the guidance of her tutor Trace the source of this emotional image . She did a lot of Investigate various artistic images about emotions in ancient Chinese, ancient Egypt and other cultures On this basis, he produced eight emotional works with great resonance, and finally successfully applied to the world's top 1 art.
Not only in the research, but also in the whole production process, students need to have a very good creative expression ability and be able to skillfully use various materials and media to explore. Express your ideas in the best language, and you can try and practice boldly. Through practice, we constantly break through the existing framework and highlight our own ideas and characteristics.
Cases of Excellent Collection of Costume Design
Additional materials
In addition to the above essential items for art study abroad, some colleges and universities will also require to submit some additional materials when applying. For example, both RISD and Parsons undergraduate students are required to submit their own propositions, as well as the 2-3 minute video requirements and interviews added by various colleges and universities due to the epidemic situation.
1、 Autonomous proposition
Independent proposition is a project requirement added by some art schools in the application requirements updated every year. According to the topic points given by the school, students will further spread their creativity, produce and submit as required. Although the theme changes every year, the form and routine are basically the same.
This year's independent topic of RISD is "repair", which is also a hot topic of various artistic creation themes recently. Ask students to define a thing that needs to be repaired, select a tangible object or intangible system, and repair it. Small as a piece of broken leaf, worn out electronic products, clothing, large as used cars, damaged buildings However, it is worth thinking about how to repair and what kind of materials to repair are interesting and have stories.
21 fall Rhode Island Independence Proposition
Natural light A 21fall student applying for Rhode Island jewelry design chose the theme of organ repair. What organs are repairable and renewable in the human body? She thought of the skin, which can heal itself after being damaged, and can be repaired by some means after aging. But it is more to express that the surface is to repair the skin and become young, but actually it is to repair the awareness of wanting to become young.
This creation is shown in the form of a video. As the main body of the video, she and her grandmother interpret The skin can repair and remove wrinkles, but even if the traces disappear, the experience left by time cannot be erased.
In addition to RISD, Parsons' annual challenge proposition It is also a headache for students. This year's challenge proposition is: Design for extensibility on one of your own projects . Natural light A student carried out interdisciplinary installation art based on his own project.
"Capsule House" for exhibition in Luohu District
She combined a project with the fashionable clay sculpture course, and made pills, capsules, tablets and other elements with transparent acrylic plates to form a 2-meter high capsule house device Finally, with the help of new media, the installation art Exhibition at a site in Luohu District , attracted many people to clock in. Let everyone have close contact with the design, and let everyone understand the design theme through explanation: pay attention to the vulnerable groups of the elderly.
2、 2-3 min video requirements
In recent years, some colleges and universities have targeted videos in their applications and required to submit 2-3 minutes of Video Essay in their submissions. This year, because of the outbreak of the epidemic, many colleges and universities have cancelled interviews and changed to submit videos.
It was almost submitted last year, The official website of LoneArt applied for updating and added 2-3 min video requirements. Seven popular graduate majors, LCC, CSM and Camberwell, were hit! This made many students explode in situ, and they had to light the lamp and boil the oil when time was short!
The picture is from the official website of the UAL
But in fact, this video is not as difficult as you think, Keep fluent language and clear thinking in videos . Don't pay too much attention to formal things in content, and don't need too gorgeous background, Clean and tidy Just fine. There is no need for overly complex editing techniques, namely Naturally explain your portfolio project and plan for future learning 。
There is also no need to deliberately tout schools and majors, as long as Explain the specific reasons why you choose this major OK. must do Have a deep understanding of the works, and express their own ideas and opinions 。
3、 Interview
Many of the students who applied were very nervous when they heard the interview, and felt that they would not be able to cope with the problems of the admissions officer. But in fact, the interview is a very good bonus item, and a good interview will help applicants improve their admission probability. Although the interview is not mandatory, it is a very good opportunity to show yourself.
Since it is an interview for studying abroad in art, the interview process must involve many Professional and portfolio related issues Students must remember clearly Inspiration source, creative idea, production process, etc The examiner will also check whether the students understand the institution and whether they choose it based on their own needs. When asked about "future career planning", try to The answer should be based on the development of the selected major in recent years.
The interview is an indispensable part of Huangyi's application. This year's interview is also a "fight between immortals". Some of the students in the natural light also participated in the interview and got the offer with their excellent interview performance. The application tutor of Natural Light learned the specific situation at the first time, and summarized a set of "martial arts secrets" for the professional interview of Huangyi Interactive for the students.
Many students worry about the interview. The biggest reason is that they are afraid that their language ability is poor and they cannot express their feelings and thoughts at the first time.
In fact, compared with language ability, examiners pay more attention to everyone's professional ability. So remember that if you can Explain your professional skills and creative ability fluently and completely in the interview It doesn't matter if you don't use complicated language expressions.
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