Natural light has met many students' problems. For example, students in Beijing said, "Natural light, do you know Mr. XX? Is he good at teaching?" Students in Qingdao, Shandong Province said, "What do you think of me Do you want to find an art study institution "Which art study abroad institution is good for training?" Changchun Liu asked, "Which art study abroad institution should I choose in this situation?", Nanjing, Jiangsu, "How do you think you compare with XXX?", Hangzhou, Zhejiang, "I consulted an art study abroad agency, only 6000 yuan, can I choose it?", Guangzhou, Guangdong, "Is it free for you to consult to study abroad?" Believe that for most preparations Apply for art study abroad As far as students are concerned, these issues are of great concern. Therefore, the eccentric natural light decides to be reluctant today, standing on a neutral point of view Art students abroad From the perspective of, talk about the three most concerned issues:“ Whether to find an art study institution or not ？”、“ How to select art study abroad institutions ？”、“ How to apply for DIY art study abroad and work collection ？”。
Do you want to find an art study institution?
differ from man to man! Why does it vary from person to person? The natural light is divided into the following situations, and I will tell you the following situations separately. It is not necessary to find institutions:
Apply for master's degree without changing major
If you Prepare to apply for master's degree study, and do not consider changing majors (That is to say, undergraduate and master are the same major, for example, undergraduate illustration major, preparation Apply for a master's degree in illustration , and strong English ability.) It has a solid professional foundation and comprehensive ability, and has a high degree of completion of the portfolio. Every link of the project is taken care of. Students in this situation can consider not looking for institutions.
This type of students, as they have accumulated strong professional ability at the undergraduate stage, have already possessed basic professional artistic literacy. What they need to do next is to improve their art overseas works collection as much as possible, so that their works collection can have a higher degree of professional integrity and highlight their personal style.
At this time, students can appropriately consider choosing some art study abroad institutions according to their own conditions Items reviewed by admissions officer 。
American High School/International High School background
For the students with the background of Meigao/International High School, if you already have a certain artistic foundation and strong basic painting ability, plus the ability to learn thinking and English in colleges and universities outside Shanghai, you can also try DIY.
This is because, compared with Master study application For the most part Requirements of art colleges for undergraduate students to apply for studying abroad Both pay more attention to the expression of students' artistic creation and the presentation of creativity, and do not require students to submit very perfect series/project works. Therefore, creativity and design thinking are very important for students applying for undergraduate courses. If you think your work is creative enough, you might as well try it.
In this regard, the suggestion of natural light is that students can choose some summer courses of art overseas study institutions, summer and winter school entry programs, admissions officers/masters' tours, etc. according to their own conditions to improve their background.
Such a short and highly targeted course can quickly help students supplement themselves in a tight period of time, and help them improve and perfect more efficiently.
In the following situations, it is recommended to find a good art study abroad training institution:
Application for changing majors
Many students were not majoring in art at first, but majored in business, engineering and other types of majors at undergraduate level, and found that they were not interested in their original majors; Or maybe many students are majoring in art design, but in the process of learning, they found their abilities in other professional fields. Students in these two situations should be most in need Guidance of art study institutions Yes.
Situation 1: No artistic foundation
such as Finance major applies for graphic design, psychology major applies for clothing design Wait, this type of 0 basic students, can be said to have no contact with art/design. What these students lack is the foundation of painting and artistic thinking.
Students in this situation should be the most confused when applying, so natural light is very recommended to seek the help of art study institutions. The organization will provide certain basic courses of art and specialty to help students master basic artistic literacy in a planned way in a relatively short time. Later College Portfolio Guidance Will have more goals and directions.
Situation 2: No professional foundation
This situation is similar to Bachelor of Sculpture Applied for Master of Interaction Design ， Bachelor of Fashion Design Applied for Master of Architecture For students with such background, they have certain basic design and art skills, but they have no professional foundation for those who intend to apply for art design majors.
In this case, students are in great need of systematic and directional guidance of professional courses from overseas study training teachers to help students learn and master certain professional knowledge in a short period of time, so as to start the creation of art works for overseas study.
Little understanding of colleges and universities
Some students are studying art in the domestic environment and are not familiar with the tonality, logic and teaching methods of foreign art colleges. And limited by English ability, the ability to obtain English materials is not strong enough; There is no clear goal for their future majors, and they need to be guided by the trainers of overseas study portfolio to help them get familiar with the college situation, professional profile, application process, and preparation of overseas study portfolio.
In this case, a good art study abroad institution can help you get familiar with the college and make your application intention and professional goals clearer; It can also provide you with a certain application plan to help you create and prepare for the art study abroad portfolio in a more orderly and secure way.
"Difficulty in choosing"
A question often asked about natural light in the background is:“ I Can I put my college works into my portfolio ? How do I filter? "
During the four years of college, I have done a lot of works in the school, and even the homework of many courses are relatively complete projects. But do these works really meet the aesthetic standards of foreign universities? Are there any details that can be improved in the direction of Dream School?
For such uncertain students, Natural Light also suggests that you can choose a tutor from an art overseas study institution to help you screen and optimize your works for the second time to ensure that your works can have a stronger competitive advantage.
Time is tight
Time is very precious for any art student abroad, Language examination, portfolio preparation, material preparation Each item needs to be taken seriously. If you miss it, you may have to wait for the next round of application.
The normal preparation period for the collection of works for studying abroad is 6-10 months, which is slightly adjusted according to personal conditions. However, if the time is less than 5 months, it will be very tense.
At this time, it is recommended that you go to overseas study institutions for training, so as to reduce the burden of documents and application process, and hand over this part of "work" to the institutions, which can also help you save a lot of time, so that you can devote yourself to the preparation of art study collection creation; Second, the tutor can quickly and purposefully formulate your own courses according to your situation, help you plan the theme direction of your overseas study portfolio, and guide your creation.
Poor professional ability
It is possible to prepare the application for art study abroad at the end of freshman and sophomore year, and the professional courses are still finished; Maybe I have been studying for four years in college, but I still feel my professional ability is not strong enough; It is also possible that there may be some misunderstandings in previous professional studies
Students who have doubts about their professional ability can also find art overseas study institutions to improve their professional ability. After all, professional ability is very important both in the creation period of the works collection and after entering the school. Because getting an offer is actually just the first step, professional ability is not strong, which will affect the future study and life.
How to choose art study abroad institutions?
"Self knowledge"+"Horizontal comparison"
"Self-knowledge"
Before choosing an art study abroad institution, students must first do their own "homework". They have a general goal for their own application intentions regarding countries and regions, colleges, and majors.
For example, although we may not have a good choice of interaction design, product design, service design, or user experience design, we have roughly a goal of design innovation.
When consulting institutions, it can also effectively avoid going astray: I want to understand the differences between innovative design majors, but my teacher recommended me to learn visual communication???
Horizontal Contrast
Comparison of several training institutions for art overseas works collection
We must not worry about choosing an art study abroad institution. Especially for students who are short of time, we must not make a decision easily after only knowing about one institution or talking to a consultant for two sentences. Shopping around is also applicable to the choice of art study abroad institutions.
How to compare? Apart from the service attitude visible to the naked eye, there is absolutely nothing more real than the students' personal experience. At present, most institutions will provide audition services, which is a very good opportunity for students who are learning about the institution to get in touch with professional teachers and understand the professional ability of the institution.
For students who have more choice in time and money, Natural Light also suggests that you can learn more about the art study institutions by experiencing the short-term courses of the institutions. After all, when a project is completed completely, we can find out the truth.
Offers, student cases
I believe that when students learn about art study abroad institutions, art training teachers will show you the past students' offers. The success of offers can be said to be one aspect of the ability of an art study abroad institution, which can not be ignored.
However, the natural light emphasizes that, in addition to the offer, you must also look at the collection of professional design and successful application cases of past students of these art overseas study institutions, which can be generally found on the official website, public account and other platforms. You can pay more attention to the original background of the students and the training results of the art study abroad collection, which can actually show the ability of an institution.
But the public account and official website can't let you contact the students themselves.
Natural light suggests that everyone must participate in the "excellent student sharing meeting" of various overseas art study institutions! This is a good opportunity to communicate face to face with the students of the organization, to communicate with the students and truly understand the level and ability of the organization.
on-the-spot investigation
When students learn about art overseas study institutions, they must not go to the field without trouble. Field investigation can help students see the teaching environment and hardware equipment of the institution intuitively. A good teaching environment and a variety of hardware equipment can provide more learning space and opportunities for students.
Consultant teacher, art tutor
The consultant teacher should be the first person that students meet when they enter the organization. The professionalism and attitude of the consultant teacher are very important.
But what the natural light wants to remind you is that the professionalism and service attitude of the consultant teachers are important, but you must not neglect the professionalism and teaching ability of the art instructors! After all! It is the art tutor who provides you with course explanation and art guidance! To a large extent, it is the art tutor who decides whether to get the offer of Dream School! (This is also why natural light suggests that you must attend the audition class!)
Price
Price of art study institutions In fact, it is often one of the reasons why some students consider whether to choose an organization. Natural Light suggests that when choosing an organization, you must first choose a training organization with clear prices, clear terms, and a certain brand and reputation.
Secondly, if the price is too high or too low, it is unreasonable. If the price is too high, there is no need to say more. But why is it unreasonable for natural light to say low? Foreign high-quality teaching resources and colleges actually have teaching and art costs, which is also true for institutions.
Course content
The course content should be the focus of your investigation! Is the curriculum based on students? Is the course targeted? Can it cover multiple fields systematically and comprehensively? Is the arrangement reasonable? Can we provide multi-dimensional help for students? It is all the students need to understand and compare.
What should we pay attention to in DIY collection?
Natural light knows that although it has shared a lot with you above, there may still be student associations who choose to DIY instead of seeking institutions for various reasons. Then, for these students, Natural light is also very sincere and gives some suggestions.
"Rational use of resources of major institutions"
Cases and portfolios
As mentioned earlier by Natural Light, all major art study abroad application agencies will share their previous art study abroad portfolio cases on their official websites, public accounts and other platforms. After you have determined your Dream School and target major, you can guide your creation by browsing these cases.
Dry goods and resource sharing
Whether it is large art study abroad institutions, small institutions or public accounts, there are a lot of dry goods, study abroad resources to share, and knowledge points in professional fields, Notes related to art study abroad, college introduction, professional introduction , which can be viewed on the public accounts of various art study institutions.
For example, the dry goods sharing column of Natural Light "Tutor Class" will regularly share professional content, art study resources, art websites, booklists, etc.
Admissions officer's portfolio review
Each art study abroad institution has the content of official enrollment direction. The admissions officer's meeting with Lecture and the admissions officer is very common in the industry. You can choose a trusted art study abroad training institution, bring your own art study abroad collection, and participate in this activity.
Here! Natural light will be quietly Amway natural light again! Because we have a team of long-term resident admissions officers, which is unique in the industry! 7 admissions officers from New York Institute of Visual Arts SVA Parsons Parsons School of Design, Pratt Pratt College of Art, MICA Maryland College of Art Many art schools have many years of experience as recruiters. At the same time, we also provide students with 2-5 days of admissions officer courses, multi-dimensional review portfolio.
Institutional community
Each institution has various art study abroad communities, such as workshop group, work collection case sharing group, online course group, etc. Students who join these communities can not only obtain free high-quality resources, but also communicate with many students who are also preparing for art study abroad. (Natural light raises its horn and says loudly: Students who want to join the exchange group of natural light works collection come to find natural light!!)
"College official website resources"
Details of the application
No matter what part of the application for art study abroad is, it can not be separated from the "restrictions" required by the official requirements, and the most intuitive place to understand the requirements of the university is, of course, the official website of the university! What materials are needed? Is an interview required? How much is the tuition? How high is the language requirement? All these are explained on the official website of the school. Good art study institutions will help you deal with these problems clearly!
Art study abroad Collection requirements, student works
The official website of the university will not only give the application requirements and details, but also explain the requirements for the collection of overseas art works. The number of pages, format, size, and text description will be listed in detail on the official website.
When you have identified your target school, you can browse the student works published on the school's official website to get a deeper understanding of the school and major, and prepare your own collection of art works for overseas study.
Admissions Officer Email
Almost all art colleges and universities will publish the e-mail addresses of 1-2 admissions officers on their official websites for students to send e-mail inquiries when they need them. Students can try to send their well prepared and highly completed collection of works to the admissions officer for review.
AICAD online overseas study portfolio review
AICAD: Founded in 1991, it is a non-profit art university alliance composed of 42 top universities in North America. Member colleges regularly organize meetings and teaching seminars through the Alliance, formulate unified academic evaluation standards, and share teaching resources. At the same time, it is also one of the important overseas partners of the Natural Light Art Study Abroad Institute.
AICAD provides online review channels for all students applying for art schools to review their art study abroad collections. Students can submit art study abroad collections online, and let the admissions officers of AICAD alliance colleges review and evaluate their art study abroad collections.
Online open class
The official websites of colleges and universities generally provide open classes for students. Some of these courses are free, and some may charge some fees. But for students, they are definitely high-quality resources that cannot be missed.
"Wild resources"
The so-called wild resources, of course, refer to all resources except the official websites of domestic art study institutions and foreign art colleges! Including microblog (art and design bloggers), douban (group, local activities, exhibitions, diaries, etc.), zhihu (question and answer, private classes, online consultation, etc.), public accounts (art and design, etc.), and other art resource platforms!
The above is what Natural Light shared with you today about how to find reliable art study abroad institutions. If you have more to know, you can come to Natural Light! Natural light professional consultation and resource sharing are free!
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