We all know the "extracurricular activities" that are favored by the American admissions officers for art study abroad in the art study abroad interview that the American University of Arts inspects the academic achievements of art students abroad through the PA and standardized examination results. But how can students who have the same test scores or do not have too many advantages in their scores be admitted? The answer is to let the admissions officers of foreign art colleges see your shining point, those extracurricular activities that can reflect your potential and contributions!

　　 What kind of activities can make the admissions officer interested in you?

Sports activities

Club activities

Student work

Social public welfare

Charity activities

Volunteer activities

Art activities

Internship and work experience

　　 How can extracurricular activities make you shine?

　 　 ▶Leadership leadership

Leadership reflects the leadership ability and role of art students in an association or an activity, which is also the quality highly valued by admissions officers of foreign art colleges. Don't try to hold multiple leadership positions. Holding different leadership positions in different organizations will not only show that you are not very committed to a certain activity or organization, but also show that you are just chasing the title, not really want to make a difference in the organization.

It is suggested that everyone focus on a few activities. To be the leader of an organization means to be fully committed to the organization and strive to develop it. Make long-term contributions to it. Commitment is more reflected in "perseverance" and "dedication" to activities.

Harvard's Administration Committee said that they did not like to see an art student choose a new club to participate in every year in three years. Although there were three kinds of club activities in three years, it seemed mediocre. They may even think that you just do your resume for the purpose of doing it. I didn't understand that the significance of this material to American art universities is not to list, but to show your personality and advantages. Adhering to and focusing on an activity for a long time will not only reflect your persistence, but also your perseverance.

　　 ▶Records of Excellence This refers to an extracurricular activity in a broad sense of "achievement"

The focus is on "excellence". For example, you are not only the president of the English club or the leader of the debate team, but also have achieved good results, including district and county and national and international competitions, as well as achievements in expanding the team. Stanford likes some students who show leadership skills that have surpassed their predecessors through various activities with relevant connections, and has given high praise to this personality charm.

　　 ▶Depth&Breadth breadth and depth

There was once a foreign art college admissions officer who said, "I hope to recruit a class where everyone has their own strengths and combines talents, rather than a class where everyone has all-round development." So you don't have to be an all-round development, versatile student. If you only like one activity, no matter debate or model association, it is OK to dig deeply and do it well. But one thing to note is that the admissions officer should see that you are willing to accept new things, rather than being confined to your own small world. Curiosity is always the quality that admissions officers like.

　　 ▶Potential potential

Everyone has potential. However, the potential needs to be shown in the activities, which can only be seen by the admissions officers of foreign art colleges. So it also confirms the importance of activities again. The admissions officer wants to know what you have done off campus and what activities you have participated in, so as to understand and speculate about what you will be like when you enter the university in the future. Unlike China, American universities will never value students who can only learn. They hope that the art students recruited can make their school more colorful, including the school's academic achievements, the school's reputation, the school's contribution to society and the school's achievements in major sports events.

　　 ▶Creativity Creativity

For example, some art students love environmental protection but only stay on the slogan. Some students not only understand the significance of environmental protection. In order to protect the environment, they organize some environmental protection clubs and hold environmental protection activities regularly, which reflects their innovation ability. Some students care about stray animals. They just feel sorry for the stray dogs running around. However, some students have taken action to organize community members and volunteers to build shelters for stray animals. These activities can not only see that students have a sense of social responsibility and the spirit of giving back and dedication, but also see their innovation ability. For schools, if there is little difference in their achievements, they will definitely prefer art students with rich personal experience, initiative and all-round development.

　　 The last thing that the Natural Light Art Study Abroad Institution needs to remind you is:

① Don't blindly pursue "tall and tall" activities. Not all applicants have "Guinness World Record holder", "foreign academic exchanges", "political campaigners", "writers", "inventors" and other high-level activities, which are always a small part of all applicants. The admissions officers of American art students often value the role and role of students in activities. The activities will reflect students' abilities in all aspects. Such as leadership, organization, innovation and communication. More importantly, whether it can bring "positive energy" and whether it is willing to contribute to the society and others.

② It is absolutely impossible to prove your excellence by "piling up activities". The activity experience is "refined" and "lasting". It can also prove that you are a persistent student who specializes in fields. The kind of activity experience that seems to have many activities but only exists in the form and surface can not play a positive role.

③ A perfect "activity list" cannot completely make up for the lower TOEFL/SAT scores, or the unqualified scores in a high school subject. But it can add weight to your admission. From these soft strengths, we can see a student's personal quality, life planning, ideological depth and personality characteristics to a large extent.

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