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undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:05 AM

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Hey there! When you say year 12 I assume you’re in the U.K., which makes this a bit easier to answer! I’m not long off leaving for work so I might end up answering in bits throughout the day if that’s ok!

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What A Level subjects are you taking by the way? 🤔

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:06 AM

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yes thats ok! im actually in australia ahahh

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:06 AM

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Oh! Fair enough hahah

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I hear year 12 and assume here, no worries 🤣

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:06 AM

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i do:

design tech
textiles and design
english standard
4 units math or math ext 2

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:06 AM

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undone venture I hear year 12 and assume here, no worries 🤣

hahah yeah fair

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:07 AM

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Ah, perfect! So for uni entry here at least you basically just want to show the work you’ve done

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Document your projects as you do them too. Process pictures, your thinking, keep notes and sketches and so on

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You basically want to tell a quick story of each project (certainly for a university entry portfolio) - and definitely don’t be shy putting other stuff in. I had my school project t work, some extracurricular design/engineering stuff I had done, and some art/drawings etc

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So I don’t know what sorts of projects you have for design tech and textiles and design but putting those in is good

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:09 AM

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okok

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:09 AM

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You want to show your work and how you think about the process. Don’t worry about it being perfect or industry standard, you’re going to uni/design school to learn that!

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:09 AM

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so because i was affected by covid last year in year 11, is it ok that i cant show the final project as i couldnt complete them?

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:09 AM

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undone venture You want to show your work and how you think about the process. Don’t worry abou...

ah okok!!

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yeah thats understandable

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:09 AM

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Show what you have, and mention why it’s like that

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If you are able to do anything (even small!!) that’s unique or different from the other people applying that’s always nice

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:10 AM

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ok !!

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:10 AM

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When I was applying they gave us guidance on how many pages etc

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:10 AM

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i was really worried that i dont have enough to present because they couldnt be completed due to covid but im glad that i can show my progress photos and sketches

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:11 AM

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So see if anything like that is around

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:11 AM

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undone venture So see if anything like that is around

ok not a problem, thank you!

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:11 AM

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Absolutely. Those are likely going to be more interesting to the interviewer than the final thing to be honest :)

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:11 AM

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ah alright hahah

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:12 AM

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Feel free to ask too if any more questions come up or there’s anything you want looked over too 👍

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:12 AM

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thank you so much !!

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that has really helped me calm down about what to present haha

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:12 AM

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I don’t have any experience of Australia’s system though 😅 if you can find anyone that has done what you want to do that can be really useful too

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:13 AM

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okok

undone venture Jul 30, 2021, 7:13 AM

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Haha, good to hear

hard plank Jul 30, 2021, 7:13 AM

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thank you for your time, that means a lot :))

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