Does the New York Institute of Visual Arts have a high pass rate in interviews? What are the questions in the SVA interview? As we all know, SVA is one of the art schools with the highest employment rate in the United States, and the American art and design industry knows that all design companies in New York have SVA graduates. So, is it easy to pass the interview to apply for the New York Institute of Visual Arts? Today, let's introduce the experience of natural light students interviewing the New York Institute of Visual Arts in detail.

　　 New York Institute of Visual Arts MFA application:

Applicants must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognized college or university.

Personal statement or goal statement: a 250 to 500 word goal statement, mainly writing the reasons for your application and the future direction of school research.

Resume: Applicants should submit their resumes, including relevant experience in art major, such as research done, awards won and works participated in the exhibition.

Official transcript: The applicant shall provide the official transcript of the university or college during the study period; The transcript must be sealed by the school where the student is studying and placed in an unopened envelope with other application materials; Foreign university transcripts must be translated into English and converted into American transcripts.

Letter of recommendation: All professional (except MFA design, social innovation and MPS fashion photography) applicants must submit three letters of recommendation, mentors or relevant professionals.

Please note that applicants for the MPS Fashion Photography Program only need to submit two letters of recommendation. Applicants for MFA designed social innovation programs are not required to submit letters of recommendation.

Submit the application (download from the official website) → application fee of 50 dollars → sample works of art → 500 word goal statement → high school/college transcript → English proficiency certificate+property certificate

Interview: interview or SKYPE interview is required

Collected works of students applying for New York Institute of Visual Arts

　　 Interview questions of New York Institute of Visual Arts:

Ran, graduate student of glass design in 2020:

"The interview lasted about 20 minutes and consisted of 4-5 questions. It was mainly about my collection of works. The first question was to let me talk about the creation process that was not mentioned in the collection of works. I mainly introduced the first project;

Then the interviewer asked me why I created in the form of video. After I explained, I also introduced the length of the entire creation cycle of my portfolio, and whether the project was completed in college or after graduation.

Bob, 2020 Studying Abroad in Pure Art Major graduate student

"It was also an interview around the collection of works, mainly asking me about the inspiration source, creation process of several projects, and how to solve the problems I encountered. My introduction was also quite detailed and explained the details;

After that, the interviewer also introduced me to the institutions and majors, and then I asked some interesting questions about the course, which ended happily~"

Collected works of students applying for graphic design study in New York Institute of Visual Arts

We see that the interview of SVA New York School of Visual Arts is mainly about the collection of students' works. Therefore, students must sort out their works before the interview, including inspiration, creation idea, solution, creation process, final work statement, etc., which may be asked.

In this process, students should first pay attention to authenticity, and elaborate their feelings, details and personal views on selecting design methods in combination with their own practice process; Secondly, we should reflect our divergent thinking to prove the personal style and professional reserve of our works. It is worth noting that the majors interviewed by SVA New York School of Visual Arts are relatively random, mainly focusing on pure arts, and there may be two sides.

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