"Why hasn't my portfolio been offered yet? Is my portfolio right? Is there something wrong with my portfolio or something else? What is the standard of the admissions officer? How is the admissions officer reviewing my portfolio?" Many students may have thought about similar issues in the portfolio review, In response to these questions, we consulted several relevant professionals with more than 5 years of enrollment experience to answer them. The admissions officer's work collection points out: what kind of overseas study work gathering left a bad impression on the admissions officer.
Guide to the work collection of the admissions officer: what kind of overseas work collection left a bad impression on the admissions officer
MICA Maryland Academy of Arts former admissions consultant:
For example, some students majoring in fashion will have excessive accumulation of pictures. For example, if they want to show a beautiful coat, they only need a few photos from the front, back and side, but they will put 50 photos in it, which can't be seen clearly by the admissions officer.
Director of Admissions and Deputy Director of Admissions Management, Calarts:
Some students don't understand how to display their best works, because all works are important to him and take time. Maybe you don't want to give up your important works, but I have to say that these are unnecessary for the admissions officer.
Parsons SAIC, former director of admissions in Chicago:
A collection of works with a single style is usually not the most competitive. The school hopes to see your personal style, but the admissions officer also hopes to see more possibilities in your works. No designer or artist is good at only one style or media.
SAIC, former director of admission office of Chicago Academy of Arts:
Students will mistakenly think that they should show their professionalism, thus ignoring the basic content. But in fact, the foundation of the portfolio is equally important, which can let the admissions officer see your foundation and ability. Compared with professionalism, we would like to see students create countless different things with a pen.
Current professor of SVA RISD:
The idea of foreign schools is to see your creativity. We are looking for many creative, interesting and cool people. You need to tell us through the collection that you can innovate rather than copy others' things, because anyone can copy.
Parsons, former admissions consultant of Parsons School of Design:
In fact, when the admissions officer browses the collection of works, your works will not appear on the screen in full screen, but 20 pages at the same time. If the layout of your collection is not clear, the admissions officer may miss your works when previewing.
SVA New York School of Visual Arts Former Admissions Officer:
You should think about what you want to say, and then list the things you want to express. A 20 page collection of works means that you have 20 opportunities to say what you want to say, and also means that the contents of the list should be reasonably arranged in the 20 page collection of works.
Pratt Preet College of Art Former Deputy Director of Admission:
I once saw a very unfortunate collection of works. He had a very good work and took good photos to put into it, but he stacked a lot of trivial details on the photos and marked some unimportant points. We call this collection of works "over design".
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