According to the application process in previous years, the EA and ED applications of American colleges and universities began in September, while British colleges and universities will also open application channels in succession from October. Although affected by the epidemic, on the one hand, many colleges and universities may have delayed applications this year, or a series of policies to appropriately relax application conditions, but this time is not unlimited; On the other hand, whether the creative progress of the students who were delayed during the isolation period has caught up, I believe that the students have their own minds set. How to handle the collection of works in a short time? Today, we will introduce some students' application experience.

　　 How to handle the collection of works in a short time?

In the past, we shared a lot of application planning suggestions from application teachers, professional teachers, and tutors in the teaching and research center, but in fact, the most intuitive and efficient way needs to learn from real student cases! Therefore, today we have selected several students from the 2019/2020 session of Natural Light who have a short preparation period (less than half a year), and from their application experience, we can find the secret of how to get the work collection and offer in a short time!

Chengcheng classmate

Study time: 4 months, application for major change Studying abroad in illustration , won the Grand Slam of offers from 6 famous schools, including RCA, UCA, SCAD, UAL, Kingston and Brighton.

Summary of application experience:

The case of Chengcheng tells us that a solid professional foundation is one of the important conditions for applying to top art colleges in a short period of time. Of course, cross majors are also an advantage. Don't set limits on yourself, try different ways of expression, and in-depth research will lead to different results.

Secondly, it is also one of the efficient learning methods to maintain the love of the profession, build a creative framework with careful logical thinking, and develop a full and detailed learning plan. Strict time management is also essential.

Yixi classmate

Study time: 4 months, 0 basic+change the country to apply for fashion management major, and successfully won the LCF-IPF guaranteed preparatory course of Dream School Lunyi, as well as the offers of Manchester, Southampton and other top institutions.

Summary of application experience:

In the face of insufficient preparation time and forced to face the situation of changing the application plan, it is very necessary for students and the teacher team to cooperate highly, develop a detailed and thorough application plan according to the specific situation, and scale up in advance, leaving room for Plan B.

For students, they must fully understand the application requirements of colleges and universities, and comprehensively use the professional knowledge learned in previous courses as a sharp tool to supplement their weaknesses; Teachers should also play a collaborative role, and try to provide students with high intensity, efficiency, and high standard curriculum programs, including urging students to make progress at any time, booking interviews in advance, doing a good job in back-end services, and minimizing risks through team efforts.

Yaozhong

Learning time: 5 months, online teaching applied for architecture&urban design, and won the offers of AA, Manchester Metropolitan University, Sydney University and other top institutions.

Summary of application experience:

For students in remote/online classes, the first key is to cultivate good trust between teachers and students, and develop good interaction and mutually adaptive class plans and methods. Secondly, students' ability of independent thinking, self-discipline and independent learning is also critical.

Yaozhong in the case takes class time as DDL seriously for a long time. Each time, he carefully completes and sends homework, forming a sense of ritual. In addition, he will not take more time to receive and send homework in class, and the learning process is naturally very efficient.

Wangyue

Learning time: 5 months, resigned to apply for photography, and won RCA offer.

Summary of application experience:

For a relatively simple major like photography, in fact, the creation of works depends more on the importance of conception. Without the accumulation of theory and experience, it is difficult to shoot interesting things, which is also Wangyue's own experience.

It is very helpful to accumulate materials for the works that students can look forward to in their daily life, whether in words or other art forms. The most important thing in the preparation process is the choice of theme, the accumulation of theory and the construction of purpose.

Xiao classmate

Learning time: 6 months, transfer to interior design, and gain Rhode Island School of Design Five offers including RISD, CCA, NYSID and SAIC (scholarship: $6000).

Summary of application experience:

The professional knowledge of architecture cannot be made up as comprehensive as that of the students in this major in a short time. In order to reflect our competitiveness, we need to pay more attention to expressing our potential and unique ideas.

The concept work of "small scale" is the direction that students can try. It emphasizes the designer's cognition of space and structure, adds the application of different materials, and also gives consideration to the display of visual dimensions. Through discussing more detailed space issues, it shows the comprehensive ability to develop strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Today, we have summarized several successful cases of obtaining ideal offers in a short preparation period. Although everyone's experience and background are different, we can still find some general rules from them:

1. Formulate a strict and detailed learning plan and put it into action;

2. High intensity learning state and correct learning methods;

3. Make full use of learning background and interdisciplinary advantages;

4. Develop strengths and circumvent weaknesses, and show comprehensive ability with emphasis;

5. The professional team provides high-quality and professional intimate support.

Although today we have listed some successful cases in a short period of time, we do not hope that students will mistakenly think that this is "normal" and that it is very easy to win the offer of a famous school or even the achievements of a grand slam in 3-6 months.

In natural light, the preparation period of most students is 8 months or more. The more fully prepared the work collection and various materials are, the better they can face the application. In addition, the natural light also suggests that everyone should try to set aside at least one month of "adjustment time" for themselves when planning the schedule, so as to cope with the changing college application policy every year.

From the above cases, we can see that success is not accidental. They have made multiple efforts under their own excellent conditions. With the help of professional teams and a little "luck", they have finally achieved these brilliant offer lists. Students should also learn from experience and start to act from now on!

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