Recently, the natural light received a question from students, "I applied for this major, can the original undergraduate works be used as a collection of art study abroad for graduate students?" The idea of students with this fluke mentality is very dangerous. The application date of colleges and universities is getting closer and closer, and the competition pressure of art study abroad is increasing, The requirements of colleges and universities for assessing competitors are becoming more and more stringent. The most important thing for students at this stage is to abandon the fluke mentality, face up to the authenticity and preciseness of artistic creation, and work hard in the right direction at the critical moment! Now, let's talk about whether undergraduate works can be included in the collection of graduate students' works for studying abroad?

Objectively speaking, students in this major have advantages over those who apply for postgraduate study abroad. Four years of undergraduate study has not only accumulated a solid professional foundation but also left many works. Therefore, many students in this major hold the "inventory" mentality and believe that they only need to adjust the typesetting according to the requirements of the applicant institution Just supplement the design process.

In the course of our work, we usually encounter many works with our own undergraduate collections. We hope that we can help make some adjustments on this basis, but the fact is that after the review of professional teachers, most of the works are far from the standards of colleges and universities, and even many of them are not suitable for use after modification.

The root cause of this situation is that the students did not really understand what the overseas work collection is. They only saw the requirements of the university's official website, which are not limited to form and theme, and some picture formats, but did not see the multi-dimensional review requirements behind the university, such as design thinking, design process, design strategy, etc.

Most of the students' works come from their undergraduate assignments, which directly correspond to the course tasks at a certain stage. In order to highlight the assessment points, other design processes can even be omitted. However, the collection of overseas works is different, and a complete design process and a strong logical sequence are indispensable.

Secondly, because of the difference between the Chinese and Western art education systems, the domestic undergraduate stage pays more attention to the cultivation of students' professional skills and theoretical knowledge. Relatively speaking, the awareness of the critical thinking ability and innovative thinking that overseas art colleges attach importance to will be relatively weak, which is also easily reflected in the works.

So from the point of view of creation and review standards, many undergraduate works are not suitable for collection of works. But if students have solid basic skills and the project itself has bright spots, they can actually be modified and included in the work collection, but the key is how we should change.

Natural light before Studying abroad in architectural design Sunmeng, a student of, spent four years of her undergraduate course preparing a collection of works for the purpose of studying abroad. Compared with other students' undergraduate works, they will be more complete and targeted. However, due to differences in thinking, there are still some problems, the most obvious ones are three:

1. Serious disconnection between design concept and design results;

2. The design logic is not clear enough;

3. The beauty of project renderings is poor;

For each point, the teacher has formulated strict Portfolio training For the learning plan, in six months, starting from the preliminary research, a comprehensive and detailed background research was supplemented one by one, and then the next revision plan was formulated according to the rigorous design logic. Finally, a qualitative improvement was achieved in aesthetics and professionalism.

From Sunmeng's case, can we know that undergraduate works can be included in the collection of graduate students' overseas works? An objective judgment step is needed to check whether the quality of the project is qualified according to the assessment standards of the institutions. Especially for many students who apply for DIY art study abroad, don't take chances. Follow the rigorous design ideas to check and fill gaps. If you find gaps that can't be filled, you should also learn to give up and start new theme creation again. It is the wisest choice to stop losses in time.

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