#All Fine Arts Programs (2024-2025)

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static moon
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i put in a self portrait but thats only because im missing human drawings

queen garden
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Me too lol

static moon
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not if you dont want to

little tartan
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gotcha

queen garden
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And that was like the one piece I chose to use to show I can do fundamentals

static moon
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best thing to do for port is to focus on one big part about yourself, not every part about yourself

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if you saw my port from earlier, my focus was environmentalism

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and leaned really heavy into that, with other smaller one-off pieces for stuff aside from that

queen garden
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I think the reason why my portfolio doesn’t have a theme is because I basically mashed together all the art I created in high school with a few personal pieces here and there ahahhaah

little tartan
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my essay/theme is basically about the fact that Night at the Museum inspired my love for history as a child and having been raised without my culture, i immersed myself in american history and felt inspired to work at a local museum and help preserve what i do have

queen garden
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Some from my Risd pre college thing too ig

fiery bough
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decision day
opens portal
sees the fattest fucking red X next to "Portfolio" oh my checklist

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little tartan
queen garden
queen garden
little tartan
queen garden
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U won’t trust

static moon
queen garden
static moon
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15 i think

queen garden
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Okay at least it’s not 40 (looks at user ford gt fanboi) AKJEHFJKADHF

little tartan
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LMAOOO

fiery bough
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😭

little tartan
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40 is WILD

fiery bough
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we ball so hard

little tartan
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dawggggg

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how many essays

fiery bough
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its gone well so far!

queen garden
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LMAO bro I cannot I swear essays were cooking me alive too

fiery bough
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i mean syracuse waitlist kinda sucks i had a lot of great convos with my AO but she did say she was not part of the VPA committee unfortunately

static moon
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one of my intl friends applied 45, and then got into oxford 😭 so shes gonna have to withdraw each one painstakingly

fiery bough
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but i got many other great options so this doesnt hurt too much

queen garden
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Tbh I think I applied to 15 schools total too but half of them are not in the US

little tartan
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would it be weird if i also submitted screenplays😭

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i know SAIC is cool with whatever

queen garden
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I think NYU encourages that at least for tisch

little tartan
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ok periodddd yayyy

fiery bough
little tartan
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i have screenplays but im not a film major

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which is quirky asffff

queen garden
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Bro I think I’m gonna get rejected from nyu I lowkey applied just to try 😭

little tartan
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one of them is a pilot episode that’ll accompany a series pitch

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raalll

queen garden
queen garden
little tartan
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WE GOT THIS GNG

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(cooked still)

queen garden
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Nah ur locked in!

little tartan
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geeked

queen garden
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What’s ur top choice

little tartan
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USC but its so expensiveeee

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besides that id say SAIC or NYU

queen garden
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Omgggg

little tartan
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😭

queen garden
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I think u will def get into saic

little tartan
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apparently i have a good shot at their themed ent program because i already have connections there

little tartan
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💔💔

fiery bough
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im so cooked for usc roski

little tartan
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oh dhittt

queen garden
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Pro tip go to national portfolio day they might give you an offer on the spot (happened to a number of my friends)

little tartan
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WAIT WHAT

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thats never happened to me

queen garden
little tartan
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what the fuck😭

fiery bough
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like are we even still getting considered for merit aid that was already decided last week

little tartan
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IVE BEEN TO NPD

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online at least

queen garden
little tartan
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theyve told me im probabky getting in

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iwth merit

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but like

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dmsn i want an offer LMAOO

queen garden
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LMAO

little tartan
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Im greeedddeeeyyy

queen garden
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THERE YOU HAVE IT

little tartan
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SAIC has historical preservation

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so

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😝😝😝

queen garden
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They literally told u ur getting in bro

little tartan
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THAN A FOR SURE

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💔💔💔

queen garden
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Likely is enough 😭💔

little tartan
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NYU USC likely Please

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💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

queen garden
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I need nyu to come out faster

regal swan
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i got wl from Syracuse for architecture

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chat😭😭💔

queen garden
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NAURRR

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it’s okay you’ll get off it trust

regal swan
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i shoudkve done 2nd choice interior

regal swan
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Well

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actuallt

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lemme do it

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i js need money from them

static moon
regal swan
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idk if they’ll give me money

regal swan
static moon
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??? i dont see mine yet

regal swan
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portal

static moon
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its okay its gonna be a reject anyays

regal swan
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it should say view status update

static moon
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nope

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still "applied whats next"

fiery bough
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fellow waitlisted syracuse applicant ❤️

regal swan
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😅😅

queen garden
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“Waitlist warriors” as they say 😭

regal swan
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refresh later

regal swan
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it’s growing

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im 3:2:2 rn

queen garden
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Oh damn let me count mine eq

regal swan
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7 left and they’re all reaches am i cooked

queen garden
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Rq

fiery bough
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lowkey should i just opt into my second choice of design studies to increase my chances

regal swan
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ye

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i was gonna put that for second choice

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interior

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however I gambled and procrastinated and never submitted anything for second choice

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💀💀

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I had sm faith id get in

queen garden
regal swan
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may ur last one be an acceptance

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🙏🏽

queen garden
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Hopefully

wild island
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damn they haven’t dropped yet?

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last year i got my decision like early march

fiery bough
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not for me, no

mellow plume
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thank you! i mainly had realistic drawings and paintings with a few design pieces (playing cards, app interface, product design)

fiery bough
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rejected UCLA DMA 🔥

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ucsd icam better anyway

queen garden
crude sundial
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did u apply cmu bcsa as well 😭🙏

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and usc?

fiery bough
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yeah applied for the cmu bxa and usc roski

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im so cooked

crude sundial
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😭😭

crude sundial
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i got rejected from cmu bxa

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and i applied usc imgd 🙏

wild island
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if it makes you guys feel better i know someone in cmu’s bxa for compsci and theatrical design and she’s SWAMPED

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like 8ams every day last semester

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cmu is pittsburgh’s last steel factory

wild island
rancid dew
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did anyone apply to berklee regular action

wild island
rancid dew
wild island
rancid dew
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was that the email you got or that on the portal

wild island
rancid dew
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the chances of me going there are low but i just wanna know so bad LOL

wild island
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it was like 3pm est

rancid dew
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ah okok thankss

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im guessing im gonna have to wait till friday then ugh

wild island
rancid dew
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me too that is literally me

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thanks!

fiery bough
little tartan
crude sundial
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congrats omg!!

fiery bough
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ill be in pennsylvania for a bunch of college visits and ill def stop by PSU! i think their application was really unique and interesting, definitely willing to consider them at least for now

fiery bough
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CalArts is edging me i swear they better come out tomorrow

queen garden
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Oh my days gl

brittle kernel
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What do y'all wanna do with ur art

rancid dew
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im waiting for berklee it better ocme out tomorrow too istg

queen garden
spice sky
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anyone apply to Stanford art?

fiery bough
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me!

queen garden
spice sky
spice sky
fiery bough
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well CalArts finally got back to me
waitlist 🔥 i really cant escape it anywhere can i

fiery bough
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wbu?

wild island
rancid dew
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I'm tired of waiting

spice sky
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whats wrong with stanf

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im 3.8 UW 1480 SAT

fiery bough
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all the T20s are so insane nowadays nothings a given

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its alright though! got a bunchh of really great schools so im really content

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i hope u do too!

queen garden
queen garden
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Both of u actually sphereflush

fiery bough
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tyty
eh its just hard work and will, never had tutors or private instruction just did my best

fiery bough
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like parsons is the design school for me

queen garden
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My gpa was actually not horrible my sat on the other hand… (that’s why I did all test optional schools)

queen garden
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I’m like 90% set on parsons too tbhhh but im just like thinking it over…

fiery bough
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like the internship opportunities, cross registration with the rest of the new school to explore comp sci, and just the vibes ive gotten so far im so grateful for admission

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i got deferred EA and thought it was over for any art school pff

queen garden
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Nahhhh these art schools have so many diff things they want these days

fiery bough
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i think the only issue is just the cost which is sitting at like 45k i think? its like 4x what we can contribute and what most full need met schools offered, 2x the cost of my instate UCs

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really hard to justify

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but like most art schools are very tight on aid so its just how it be

queen garden
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Danggg yea

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Anwyays I lowkey really wanna switch to comm design tho but I’m too scared to ask before I accept the spot 😭 I’ve asked a lot of people and they said switching majors after first year is really common but do u think they’ll still have spots for CD after first year ….

fiery bough
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i believe all first years are admitted to what they call Parsons Foundations! basically art school gen ed where you dabble into a wide range of arts before finally committing to a major

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at least thats what my letter said

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i think they like "nominate" you for your chosen major and i dont know what that wording entails but i have to imagine theyre chill with switching

queen garden
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Yeah idk tho I’ve gotten so much mixed responses idk what to even do anymore liek from current students and all cursedmoon

queen garden
fiery bough
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sob

queen garden
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That’s around the price for me too meltingsob

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With the merit scholarship …

fiery bough
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i got 27k in merit thats safe (they say it wont be impacted by changing need or GPA) but that like is only able to cover housing so like yea

queen garden
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I think living expenses included tho

fiery bough
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still got that 50k in tuition

queen garden
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I heard you can maybe negotiate for more if you have a higher scholarship form another school but I don’t so smile

fiery bough
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yeah parsons is like my only top art school pff i dont think i can negotiate

queen garden
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Sadge…

fiery bough
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also noticed you got nyu in your nickname you also got admitted there?

queen garden
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Yess happythumbsup

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But I have 0 aid so like

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😭

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At least I have validation

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I feel like the connections at nyu would be so good tho…but then again ehhh i can try to network from parsons somehow uhhh proximity amirite yell

fiery bough
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iirc the new school has access to nyus libraries?

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heard that somewhere

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what did you get into? tisch?

queen garden
queen garden
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For interactive media arts 🫡

fiery bough
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oooh awesome

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i considered applying but felt pretty deadset on 2d design stuff so yea

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heard their game design is also goated

queen garden
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I considered but there was like one more portfolio thing I had to do so I just did IMA

Also cuz I think IMA is most similar to my major at parsons rn….bur back then I lowkey had a different idea of what major I wanted to pursue😭

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I also considered maybe trying for film but that portfolio is sooooo extensive I had no time LMAO

fiery bough
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film school is so rough

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to apply into

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i know some people applying to USC SCA and are like mega talented and didnt get in

queen garden
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Tough competition… cri

fiery bough
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yeah :(

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i just remembered that i got into oxy and they got cross registration with the artcenter

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actually super cool

queen garden
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waos nice

fiery bough
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yeah and oxys art program itself is pretty nice too

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got rejected by artcenter for first year foundations 💔 so itd be cool to still be able to take classes

queen garden
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dang
still you got some good options tho 🔥

spice sky
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Anyone got in to UCB art program?

little tartan
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😭😭😭

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im so obsessed with usc

little tartan
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HELP ME

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WHAT DID YOU PUT ON YOUR PORT AGAIN

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guys my worst fear is to end up at like otis or something

fiery bough
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i liked otis when i toured it!

little tartan
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i do not like it

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😭

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most otis students ive talked to want to transfer out or regret going there in general

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the campus is so mid too💔

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genuine nightmare fuel for me

fiery bough
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well good thing there are plenty of other great art schools that arent that insanely competitive

little tartan
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yeah absolutely😭

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jm just like wow i hope these other ones have more stable programs LOL

fiery bough
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i think fit is so underrated and lowkey regret not applying because even OOS costs are cheaper than parsons by a bunch

little tartan
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thats true aghh😭

little tartan
fiery bough
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jealous of ma and ny kids getting massart and fit for public school prices like damn

little tartan
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😛

little tartan
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cali art schools want instate residents to die too

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💀

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like not even CCA has instate discount

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altho cca merit is very strong

fiery bough
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artcenter 💔
calarts 💔

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accd rejected me, calarts just waitlisted me after like ghosting my emails for like 2 weeks

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love that

little tartan
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bro im getting rejected from artcentr anyways lmaoo

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(its going to hurt)

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🤣🤣🤣🤣

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they expect 5 years of industry level work as a freshman applicant KMS

fiery bough
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i did get max merit at cca and it is still much too expensive

little tartan
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how much?

fiery bough
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30k/yr

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i think its their highest

little tartan
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ooh waht was the final coa then

fiery bough
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i think it still comes out to like 30-40k/year for me still

little tartan
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gotcha

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im hoping i get that

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im lucky i can pay 40k or so without debt

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im just worried about everything else

fiery bough
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which is why i really did hope for USC, UCLA, or CMU because they meet full need (or are in state public in UCLAs case) which wouldve been wonderful

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ah well

little tartan
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like im going to crash out if im paying a lot for a middle of the road art school💔

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like i cant justify the cost if it isnt a really strong school iykwim

little tartan
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idk i just keep hearing that my stuff is good but im struggling to believe it considering the quality of people who get into artcenter or something

fiery bough
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parsons acceptance gassed me up for CMU and USC man thought i had a shot 💔

little tartan
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like these people go to top LA art highschools💀

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RIP, but i hope parsons somehow gives u more money :(

fiery bough
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i hope so too but im cautiously optimistic

little tartan
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im just like worried that if i cant get into at least ONE awesome art school then my hard work and all nighters meant nothing and maybe im just not a good artist ij the end

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ykwim

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💔

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or like maybe its a sign this industry isnt meant for me?

fiery bough
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regardless, i got like every other UC that all have really cool art and design stuff one way or another
and i did get Lehigh IDEAS which would be awesome as a Design + Comp Sci study

little tartan
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OH CONGRATS ON THE UC SWEEP THO

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AND LEHIGH!!!

fiery bough
# little tartan im just like worried that if i cant get into at least ONE awesome art school the...

pls dont think this way!!!!!!!
i know it feels like that but like accd actually let me come in for a portfolio review and it was universally just "you shouldve showed off more mediums" which is fair and is far from the doomsday scenario that theyd like tear me apart. truly, its not personal and they want to see you succeed one way or another
i think many small art schools will allow post decision reviews like this and i think theyre a great growing opportunity
the accd conversation went well, encouraged me to apply as a transfer/also wished me luck on oxy and other schools. felt a lot better afterwards

little tartan
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aghhh idk i feel like being told to transfer would kill me

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like i cant mentally afford to transfer 😭

fiery bough
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any particular reason? idk ive always thought highly of the CCC system and also like yeah CC classes would be good for me to better develop some traditional work

little tartan
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and theres a ton of pressure from my HS and parents to go straight to a 4 year

fiery bough
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i mean i suppose the culture? but the UC system and USC have pretty significant transfer populations

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ahhhhhhh

little tartan
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if i stay home for 2 more years i might actually lose my mind

fiery bough
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im really sorry :( home situations are terrible

little tartan
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yeah its alright

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i just need one good school

fiery bough
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it does just take one!

little tartan
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but idk i thknk im applying to art school from a weird perspective as someone who has no formal training but relative professional success

fiery bough
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hey thats me

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no way

little tartan
fiery bough
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(interned a couple times, do a lot of volunteer community work)

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believe me it speaks well!

little tartan
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like okay i guess im a successful game dev and concept artist for a theme park company but my fundamentals and experimentation skills lack compared to people whove been training

fiery bough
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like i still cant get over getting into parsons and just even considering places like risd and calarts as someone who really did just start this as a hobby
the things you can do with a lot of will (and free time)

little tartan
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artcenter accepted entertainment design portfolios really trigger me because i cant catch up

fiery bough
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i mean

little tartan
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honeetly this wasnt ever a hobby for me ive just been fighting

fiery bough
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is accd the dream for you? i feel like art schools all have different vibes and perhaps accds more professional and cutthroat culture isnt for you

little tartan
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but usc being a larger university is even harder

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so im probably going to saic because of how open the curriculum is

fiery bough
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like calarts has always had the quirky vibe
parsons is very interdisciplinary innovative and outward thinking
ucla art students are harvard-cracked

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etc

little tartan
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im someone whos in that weird zone where they want to be somewhere super competitive because being around people who dont really care/aren’t that good makes me feel bad about my own abilities evne if im happy for them

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but i also want freedom to make my own hyperspecific plans

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like idk what school even fits that😭

fiery bough
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mmm

little tartan
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like being surrounded by cracked people forces me to push myself further and succeed but usually because im just constantly pissed 💀

fiery bough
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okay i know ive gas up parsons a bunch in this thread but i think it being a part of the new school and encouraging students to double up either within parsons or in their liberal arts college could maybe be something for you?
or perhaps even just a high end LAC in general like Bucknell for example has a pretty robust arts and film programs and its pretty well regarded in academics

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i dunno

little tartan
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that might work

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i think theu also have good grad placement

fiery bough
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yeah!

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for me personally i wanna do design in conjunction with comp sci or tech

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and so LACs and art schools in research unis were pretty appealing

little tartan
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i feel like my grades disqualify me from most LACs 😭

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considering i have a C and some B’s and im going test opt i can probably only get into art art schools

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unless usc shows me mercy because i fit their niche for this one program

fiery bough
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ahhh

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well i feel LACs are inherently a lot more holistic than the big unis

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many care a lot about the essays and also outside factors like interviews and demonstrated interest

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i know an online friend who like got into so many great LACs like denison, kenyon, oberlin with like 3.4 but they just had great ideas and just showed a lot of fit
never say never!

queen garden
# little tartan BRO IM APPLYING NYU IMA

O EM GEEE I put like variety of stuff
Also nyu ima I think it’s a little different there’s no minimum or max
And your stuff doesn’t all have to be art either
Like I put paintings, graphite, animation, chair design, mini installations, etc but also that random robot car thing I built from this summer program and clips of a film I made lollll

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Vrooo I really like parsons but part of me is kind of bummed out I can’t go to nyu coolcry

queen garden
queen garden
wild island
fiery bough
little tartan
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GUYS

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SAIC LOWKEY IN THE BAG?

queen garden
wild island
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is criticism/feedback standard in studio art? i was a classical pianist so i was used to it in that realm but i didnt realize it was common practice

fiery bough
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most art schools havent sent me feedback, both the admitted and denied

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though Kendall in Michigan did

queen garden
fiery bough
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Kendall did as one of the AOs personally sending an email

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while the art schools dont really, a lot of general unis with art scholarships have sent me personalized feedback and thank you notes

queen garden
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Damn this is news to me …did you do like an online review or go in person for a review?

wild island
queen garden
# wild island studio art as in visual art

I would say so.. like I feel like every visual art class that I’ve been in did emphasize on crit and feedback lol

Although I swear half the time the crit is just compliments, I’ve only really had one class where it was actual hardcore crit cursedmoon

fiery bough
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its cool

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but yeah the actual art programs usually dont

wild island
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i mean obviously piano isnt really taught in a traditional class setting but

fiery bough
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dont think its National Portfolio Day season but i presume youre in the area and just walked in?

queen garden
queen garden
fiery bough
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i know i was technically able to book smth with otis in person but didnt

queen garden
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oohhh i see interesting

fiery bough
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i think iirc

queen garden
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i just applied to only online ones soo

fiery bough
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and many art schools still allow you to mail physical art

queen garden
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lowkey mailing physical art would givew me anxiety like what if it gets damaged...

fiery bough
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in fact cooper union still has an art hometest as part of their application

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where you create a physical piece of art and then mail it

queen garden
fiery bough
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i think it used to be more standard pre covid or many years back

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ive seen old risd threads of people doing their hometests

queen garden
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lowkey guys what if it was like those art school auditions where u draw live...sphereflush

fiery bough
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i dunno tho

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like genuinely cooper union is the only hometest school ive seen ever this cycle lol

queen garden
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interesting

little tartan
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the campus visit was GODLY

queen garden
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TELL US ABOUT IT

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personally ive never stepped foot in chicago

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so like

little tartan
little tartan
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like 11+ floors deadass

fiery bough
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saic is super generous with the scholarships so its a great pick

queen garden
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dangggg

little tartan
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really clean and up to date tech

queen garden
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11 floors is crazy

little tartan
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like many labs and awesome lecture rooms

queen garden
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imagine the stairs

little tartan
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LMAO YEAH

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also they let undergrad students use some advanced equipment

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suoer open curriculum ofc which fits my needs perfectly

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its cold af here so my fur coat was perfect which is so extra but like

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vibes

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the dorms are HUGE

fiery bough
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i think saic's grad program is the highly reputable part of the school but its undergrad is still pretty cool!

little tartan
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and with a loft

little tartan
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saic grad is ivy level id say

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saic undergrad is still t5 iirc?

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but its perfect for my needs

fiery bough
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yea !

little tartan
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im very interdisciplinary

fiery bough
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that goes for a lot of the art schools

little tartan
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they also have a vr lab which is what ive been experimenting in

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they dont lock you into like a traditional foundation year

queen garden
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omg dang

little tartan
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which thank GOD

fiery bough
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less competitive undergrad but like among the best grad programs

queen garden
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oh thats new

fiery bough
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like mica and vcu

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so its a cool experience for us prospective college students!

little tartan
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i understand why they do trad foundation years at most art schools

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but its painful

queen garden
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every school i applied for needs a foundation...

little tartan
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and it wouldnt help me i think with what im trying for

queen garden
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actually idk about tisch i feel like that might be diff

little tartan
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they have a freaking neon sign making class

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incredible

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its still expensive for me (cheapest would be around 55k lmao uhh)

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but its fine

queen garden
#

no fr lowkey let me just skip the foundation guys..

little tartan
#

FR

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😭

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risd would KILL me

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id literally die

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saic my beloved

queen garden
#

like why am i paying so much for a foundation year 💔

little tartan
#

also their campus is near so many cool museums and theaters

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which is frnaki coded

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(me)

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and yeah its amazing

fiery bough
#

yep!

little tartan
#

the dorm studio space is AWESOME

queen garden
#

dang i think this schools seems like a good fit for u

fiery bough
#

saic is run by the aic

#

lol

little tartan
#

i think this is THE fit

little tartan
#

but other museums too

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lots of access

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saic id gets free admission to most chicago museums

fiery bough
#

man i need to put saic back on my radar now dont i

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they gave less merit than parsons

queen garden
#

LOL

little tartan
#

$100/year access to metro system is great too

fiery bough
#

but surelyyyy i can negotiate

little tartan
#

as someone who goes around a lot

queen garden
#

nah u can fr

little tartan
#

im rlly aiming for max merit however impossible that may be

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i think i just gotta put my whole badussy into my artist statement

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which im already working on 💀

queen garden
#

but nao get back to parsons come to nyc with me.../j dogekek

little tartan
#

LMAO

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😭

#

tehee

fiery bough
#

ill check 17k versus parsons 27k

queen garden
#

dang

little tartan
#

oh damnn

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i think im gonna meritmax

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and then take loans

queen garden
#

the highest ive seen someone wiht merit aid is 36k

#

one of my irls

little tartan
#

i dont have to worry about housing after college bc my friend's mom is buying a condo for us in chicago during our jr year

queen garden
#

hes so cracked

little tartan
queen garden
#

yeah

little tartan
#

fireee

fiery bough
#

i think 27K is the second highest tier of merit

#

but 36K is crazy

little tartan
queen garden
#

bro got accepted to everywhere he applied istg

little tartan
#

real asf the goaat

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what country r u from i forgor

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if you dont mind

queen garden
#

maple syrup land

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❤️

fiery bough
#

oh canada is goated

#

yall got Emily Carr and OCAD

queen garden
#

LMAO

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vro i swear ocad takes everyone tho from what i heard

#

😭

little tartan
fiery bough
#

emily carr seems like a vibe i love BC

little tartan
fiery bough
#

ah yea i heard the same about OCAD

little tartan
#

ocad is like canadian scad

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ik the creator of dead plate goes there rn

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sheridan is just evil

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😭

queen garden
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ive BEEN seeing ocad around my whole life i need a change of scnerary guys

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DONT GET ME STARTED ON SHERIDAN

little tartan
#

LMAOOO REAL

queen garden
#

😭

little tartan
#

SHERIDAN IS BRUTAL

queen garden
#

RVOOOO

little tartan
#

LIKE WHAT IS THAT PORTFOLIO GRADING SYSTEM

fiery bough
#

Sheridan animation 🥀

queen garden
#

ykw
at least

little tartan
#

im not even an animation major

fiery bough
#

🥀

little tartan
#

but shit intimidates me

#

:sob"

queen garden
#

i developed my drawing skils

little tartan
#

REAL

queen garden
#

bro idk why i even tried

little tartan
#

💀 naw its valid

fiery bough
#

whats sweatier RISD, CalArts animation, or Sheridan animation

queen garden
#

(context i never finished the portfolio and didnt submit)

little tartan
#

saic has a certain formula they like to see for their artist statement

#

i think ill follow that and add the old razzle dazzle

#

haha get it, chicago the musical reference

queen garden
#

is risd evne known for animation acc i usually only see people comparing calarts and sheridan

little tartan
queen garden
#

no fr tho like

fiery bough
#

oh i mean risd as general admission

little tartan
#

calarts is chill if you're a cool person

fiery bough
#

since its so selective

little tartan
#

risd feels like nepo babycentral

queen garden
#

these god artists i go to their profile "sheridan '2X year"

little tartan
#

ngl

#

😭

fiery bough
#

artcenter is rich intl student central lmfao

#

i visited and like

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everyones me (asian)

queen garden
#

LMAO

#

bro i wanna visit cali so bad

little tartan
#

i removed tufts and nyu

queen garden
#

didnt dare apply to the west cuz i never visited it before

little tartan
#

too expensive and like no damn merit its so buns

little tartan
queen garden
#

HEPL

little tartan
#

but theyre cracked

queen garden
#

COOKED 😭

fiery bough
#

oh sweet summer child UCLA DMA is not 9% AR

#

its like 3 now

#

probably lower since its data is 2 years old

little tartan
#

idk i removed artcenter bc i just hate their culture

queen garden
#

dang what ucla is 42k??

little tartan
#

like thats just burnout guaranteed

little tartan
#

LMFAO

little tartan
queen garden
#

thats still expensive but like comparatively guys

little tartan
#

ill just apply to ucla for film

#

WAIT NO

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history

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sorry

#

minor in film

fiery bough
#

UCLA film is even harder 🥀

little tartan
#

also ucla dma only seems to take people from feeders

fiery bough
#

any art program in UCLA is burnt from the get go

queen garden
#

bro how is usc TUITION 100k

little tartan
queen garden
#

????? thats crazy

little tartan
#

😔

#

ucsc game arts is chill since im not doing the cs route

#

i think though realistically ill end up at saic no matter what LMFAO

queen garden
#

nah yea i think saic seems like a good fit for u

little tartan
#

ucla is too impossoible all of their dma students come from art high schools

#

and also i just

#

hate la

queen garden
#

LKAJFGG

little tartan
#

genuineluy a miserable city

#

😭

fiery bough
#

kinda true

#

(i live here)

little tartan
#

WHY WOULD I WANT TO BE THERE ANOTHER 4 UYERS

#

IVE BEEN HERE 17 YEARS

queen garden
#

i wanna visit at least once..

little tartan
#

ALREAYD

#

KILL ME

little tartan
fiery bough
#

like i love Occidental and would be so down to commit

#

but its in LA

#

🥀

little tartan
#

i landed in chicago and immediately decided that this is my home

#

also im so glad my bestie's mom is buying our first house like what

#

😭

#

sorry apartment but effectively house

fiery bough
#

i got a car at least and they let you have it all 4 years

little tartan
#

this is insane

queen garden
#

would u say chicago is like unsafe tho just from what u felt ibe hearing horror stories

fiery bough
#

which goes to show they know how bad it is

little tartan
#

or southside

#

saic is in arguably the nicest part

#

🔥

queen garden
#

thats nice

little tartan
#

yeahayah

#

uchicago suffers though

#

right in the hood LMFAO

queen garden
#

vro....

little tartan
#

thats what they get

#

uchi is so fraud

#

🙏

queen garden
#

i could never

little tartan
#

anyways saic my beloved id literally commit here over ucla

#

even if my parents begged me

#

i cant wait for windy snowy winters thats literally my thing

queen garden
#

HELP

little tartan
#

ive experienced it every time ive been to northern europe

#

so awesome

#

so aesthetic

queen garden
#

oh... iim over windy snowy winters...

little tartan
#

also i can wear a historical costume here without looking poopoo dumb

queen garden
#

actually yeah maybe it at least looks aesthetic in europe..

little tartan
#

REAL

#

and chicago

#

film noir ass city

#

im obsessed

#

saic's cafeteria is so good too

#

omffg

queen garden
#

guh i wanna tour my shcools too... 💔 ia havent been inside nyu yet

little tartan
#

my plan is to live in the school-sponsored apartment building shared with depaul and uic

#

you live with 4 people

#

including yourself

#

so 3 other ppl which is awesome

#

and its a legit apartment 👅

queen garden
#

danggg

#

nice

little tartan
#

i kinda like the fact that you can chill with other schools bc that means a wider community

#

which is important to me

#

artcenter feels isolated

#

and so does lcad

#

maybe fit is the most important thing after all 😭

queen garden
#

bro i swear nyc has so many schools art, not art everything i cant even count schools i didnt even know existed EXIST

queen garden
fiery bough
little tartan
fiery bough
#

and they let me use a piece i made as an essay....

#

i got waitlisted i think thats a win for a T5 school for me

queen garden
#

i spoke to some admitted people theyre all so nice... carlpensive

#

well i only talked to the tisch people

#

but still

queen garden
fiery bough
#

mhm!

queen garden
#

nice nice

#

lowkey like

#

i wish i applied to penn

#

😭

#

i tihnk this was their last test optional year oto

fiery bough
#

upenn?

queen garden
#

eyea

fiery bough
#

i forgot to finish their app lol

queen garden
#

like not for business ofc maybe like cas

fiery bough
#

they wouldve rejected me anyway

queen garden
#

i was there for the summer program thing it was nice but i lowkey felt so out of place being like the art focused kid there

#

and i swear everyone had like crazy stats and linkedin was being exchanged everyday bro i wonder why they even let me in ik the summer programs r like really high accpetnce rate but even so bro my math mark 😭 🙏

little tartan
little tartan
#

nah ur goated tho

queen garden
#

nah i be just there with these people who r probably all gunning at wharton telling them "oh me im gonna go into art!!!"

vagrant ether
#

eastman/uroch dual degree (EE) for 53k/yr or vanderbilt blair for 11k/yr for piano performance

#

i'm leaning heavily towards vandy because of the cost

neon sage
#

Did anyone get parsons letter?

#

I applied rd and I still haven't recieved an update

fiery bough
#

I was admitted on March 18

#

id email admissions

wild island
#

is there nothing in your portal?

neon sage
#

sending them an email tonight yeah

little tartan
#

ok good news we’re locked in for pratt

#

😝

queen garden
#

Btw I went to both schools admitted students day and now I’m more confused than ever

#

Both are great

wild island
#

anyone in here who does digital art what program would you reccommend for rendering/tracing sketches? i have a project and im having trouble figuring out how to transfer physical sketches to digital lol

queen garden
queen garden
#

HOLY SHIT GUYS JUMPSCARW I got into UAL Graphic Branding and Identity (BFA) confusedcat

#

No cuz like I was fully convinced I wasn’t gonna get in because of the amount of times they told me to apply for foundation year but I was like nahhhh but here we are happythumbsup

little tartan
#

IM SO CONFUSED BY THE APP PROCESS BRH

queen garden
#

THNKS BRO

queen garden
#

ngl like

#

This portfolio

#

Was SO LAST MINUTE

#

I HAD ZERO FAITH

#

Idk I feel like I got accepted here cuz the AO I talked to works at this campus lolll I

#

and on top of that I noticed one of my sentences in my essay was incoherent but i already submitted it

#

anyways LITERALLY WHY DO THEY PUSH THEE FOUNDATION PROGRAM SM BRO 😭😭😭 gave me so much anxiety that I wouldn’t get into any of the majors cuz I didn’t apply foundation

little tartan
#

WAIT

#

WHICH CAMPUS

#

im applying to chelsea/and or camberwell

#

i feel like theyre so fine artsy though

queen garden
#

I also applied Chelsea but got rejected i feel like it makes sense tho my portfolio was def suited for more branding and digital stuff

little tartan
#

DAMN

#

IDK WHICH CAMPUS MY ART FITS

#

IM WORRIEDDD

#

i want like ONE uk school

queen garden
#

I think csm and Chelsea r def more fine artsy traditional

little tartan
#

at leasttt

little tartan
queen garden
#

Yesss

#

Zoe yeah do u remember ciel form fridge

little tartan
#

yes

#

😭

#

omg

queen garden
#

He got into camberwell

little tartan
#

fridge server…. a million lives ago

#

OH SHITTTT

#

awesome sauce

queen garden
#

But he decided to leave lolllll idk if he’s still active to reach out tho 😭

little tartan
#

i feel like my portfolio is so american school-y because its more storybased

#

💔💔

queen garden
#

Idk I think he’s kinda a special case tho he kinda just does whatever he wants

little tartan
#

im a good artist in concept

queen garden
#

R u like aiming for foundation year

little tartan
#

naw i want the major

queen garden
#

Oohhh

little tartan
#

im not opposed

#

but also

#

its kinda like

#

i dont wanna dilly dally

#

and its more expensive to do foundation year

queen garden
#

Yeah be prepared for them to try convincing you hard on applying for foundation 😭😭cursedmoon cursedmoon

queen garden
little tartan
#

💔

#

km cooked

#

😭 pls i just want at least one escape plan from the US

queen garden
#

Ok well thing is UAL unlike the US doesn’t like variety for their majors iirc

little tartan
#

ts so goofy

queen garden
#

And u have to like explain ur process

little tartan
queen garden
#

It’s not oh yeah I’m just gonna dump it at u

little tartan
#

im pretty rigorous when it comes to mg process

queen garden
#

Yeah i feel you’d be good at thissss

little tartan
#

like i do historical research on my subjects then my artistic methods

#

then i like

#

do sketches on paper

#

i have a notebook for story concepts

#

and do mind maps

queen garden
#

Heheheh i can see u getting into ual

#

They LOVW that

little tartan
#

yaurr but my foundational skills r weirdd

#

do i take pics of my process and add it in?

queen garden
#

For me my process was so wishy washy so i had to liek scour meltingsob

queen garden
little tartan
#

i got ghosted when i did that thing on the website where i expressed interested in talking to an AO

little tartan
queen garden
#

They only want 3 to 5 pieces total

little tartan
#

oh whatttt

queen garden
#

But like

#

Each piece u have to go in depth

little tartan
#

like full project pieces or like individual illustrations

queen garden
#

Like i had 5 slides for each piece

queen garden
little tartan
#

like id love to submit dear clarent but its kinda huge

queen garden
#

NOO SUBMIT THAT YES

little tartan
#

but its so researchy

#

IDK HOW TO FORMAT IT BECAUSE ITS AN ENTIRE WEBSITE LMAO

queen garden
#

NO FHEY LOVW THAT

little tartan
#

😭😭😭💔💔💔💔

#

HEHAHAHA

queen garden
#

DO LIKE A SCREEN RECORDING

little tartan
#

do i screen record and add captions?

#

and then only do 1 or 2 puzzles?

#

on god i need to make a new demo videoo anywahs LMAO

queen garden
#

Maybe just add the video and add text next to it

little tartan
#

how long is the videoo allowed to be if yk💔

queen garden
#

idkkkk which major ur aiming for again

queen garden
#

I added in like one video of this ui thing i did

#

T really depends

little tartan
queen garden
#

On ur major

little tartan
#

💀

queen garden
#

Oohhhhh

little tartan
#

1 min is safe though i think

queen garden
little tartan
#

thats more than enough for me to get to the important parts

#

ok besides dear clarent idk what to include

#

😭

#

most of my projects are unproduced….

#

and i only have illustrations here and there

queen garden
#

I don’t even think u should include liek still life and stuff ual just wants to see ur process nd ideas mainly

#

Or like technical stuff cause they’re like “ we can teach u that there “

queen garden
little tartan
queen garden
#

Oh I think they’re a sucker for sketchbooks too ( at npd at least)

little tartan
little tartan
#

im bad with sketchbooks but i have digital pages

queen garden
#

I remember they gave a girl an offer cuz she had a fire sketchbook

#

At npd

little tartan
#

i might include this in my dear clarent oart

IMG_0991.jpg
little tartan
queen garden
#

VRO THIS IS
ITERALLY IT I THINK THIS IS WHAT RHET WANT

little tartan
#

LMAOOO

#

REEALLL

#

maybe thhs too?

IMG_0994.jpg
#

hes a major character

#

i could compile this on one slide with an illustration of him

queen garden
#

Yes bro u got this in the bag

little tartan
#

UCAS opens next month chat im just gonna apply early

#

😭

little tartan
queen garden
#

LOL

little tartan
#

UAL pls accept me i love british ship designs pelaseplewassseee

DEAR_CLARENT_-_Portfolio.zip_-_BG_Process1.jpg DEAR_CLARENT_-_Portfolio.zip_-_BG_Design1.jpg
queen garden
little tartan
#

😭

queen garden
queen garden
#

NAUERR

little tartan
#

ILL TRY AGAIN

#

IDK HOW TO EXACTLY DO THIS

#

i couldnt find them at NPD either

#

broooo

#

saic the only school that truly fucks with me fr

queen garden
#

lowkey u need them vro to make an account connect ur ref letters and everything

#

They also helped me edit my essay a little bit

little tartan
#

💔💔💔💔

#

SLAY

#

was rhe essay an artist statement

queen garden
#

Kinda yes

little tartan
#

like my artist statement is really comorehensive

queen garden
#

It’s a little different than the US personal statements tho

#

There’s like a structure u have to follow methinks

little tartan
#

interesting

#

oh whatttt

queen garden
#

It’s very centeres around ur major

little tartan
#

mine follows the saic structure but apparently it fits the bill for most schools

#

oooh

queen garden
#

It’s basically

#

Introduce urself what major ur going for
Ur past with art and ur ecs
Why u picked ur current major
Ur future goals

#

Kinda like that

#

But in essay form

little tartan
#

oooh slay!

#

wait that kinda matches mine but i dont mention the major

#

wait would u be able to skim thru my general artist statement

#

😭🙏

queen garden
#

Yeasss sure maybe tommrow tho cuz i h ave a test tmrw trust

#

I’d be happy to happythumbsup

little tartan
#

YAY TYYY

queen garden
#

I’m gonna go eep now gnnnn gl

little tartan
#

gnn!! ty!

fiery bough
#

got into pratt munson !

queen garden
#

Congrats!

little tartan
#

LETS GO GUYS

#

i had a meeting with MICA today and they loved my stuff!!

#

very high chance of getting merit there

#

also, i had a meeting with the US counselor for UAL😭

#

and she also loved my stuff!

#

basically im ready for MICA applications but for UAL i just need more rough sketchbook pages

#

and for UAL i was suggested to apply to both the foundation year and the actual degree program (its apparently like just applying as a 2nd year transfer to a US school wowowo)

queen garden
#

Omg awesomeee

queen garden
#

Also see if you can try to meet the UAL people actually from London if u haven’t already ^^

little tartan
#

i think im just gonna do foundation to make suree

queen garden
queen garden
fiery bough
#

got rejected from UAL Foundations and i think its mostly cause my portfolio is very sided towards digital stuff
definitely learned that a wide range of mediums is really useful and strong just for any school tbh

#

but especially the tippy top

#

so its awesome that youre already getting good recommendations!
MICAs awesome i was admitted to a fellowship as part of my offer and it just seems super well-connected on the east, especially to DC

thats another thing i regret with my apps i wish i did portfolio days and in general reached to more people before i applied. i just kinda winged most of mine

queen garden
little tartan