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scoop
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Posted: Sun Nov 4th, 2007 02:11 pm |
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| We attended a second national portfolio day yesterday. It was on a much larger scale and our previous experience helped take away a lot of nerves. I highly recommend going with a parent or other person willing to stand on line for you. I held a place in a longer line while my D went to another school. Some schools had waits of an hour or more and this was very helpful. We were able to get to Parsons, Pratt, Syracuse, RIT and Ringling. RIT actually accepted D's portfolio for admission and then she had to show him the form she filled out stating that she was only a junior. I was impressed (with the exception of one school) at how in depth and individual the reviewers were. We have decided to skip the next one in NYC. She has gotten enough feedback to move on and has had enough for now!
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mackinaw
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Posted: Sun Nov 4th, 2007 06:01 pm |
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Hi Scoop,
I'm impressed that your daughter was able to get that many portfolio reviews at an NPD. It seems to have gone really well, too. If she does any more of those, then perhaps it would be best to wait til a year from now when she will be close to having her final portfolio. Did she learn new things this time?
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scoop
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Posted: Sun Nov 4th, 2007 11:25 pm |
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Mackinaw,
Yes, we did get a lot done. The only way we managed that was having places in two lines at once! The timing worked out great. She won't do another NPD until next fall. She may show her portfolio for feedback if she interviews at a school this spring. She had a terrible head cold that day and we were lucky to get in done in 3 1/2 hours. She did learn new things. Ringling told her that she was "conceptual for her age" which I can't say I understand all that well, but know is a good thing I didn't hear the actual reviews but she did tell me that each school had their own preferences in her work. There were a few things that they all liked but some very varied responses too. If they didn't think your work was much good would they tell you or are they too diplomatic for that?
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mackinaw
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Posted: Mon Nov 5th, 2007 12:29 am |
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Would they tell you? I should think they'd mainly say it diplomatically, by identifying what they considered to be the stronger and weaker pieces, and why. I think my daughter got signals like that, and just took out the weakest stuff. In the end, in fact, she decided to submit only about 17 items (as I recall) rather than the permitted 20 (the schools typically say something like 12 to 20, or 15 to 20).
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WestrnMom
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 07:35 pm |
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In our experience, yes, they do tell students if they aren't ready yet or if their work is not the caliber or type they are looking for. I found them to be very blunt, actually, although these were mostly west coast schools like Cal Arts and the Art Center in Pasadena. Not only my D but some of the other students who were being reviewed. The schools are there to get an idea of whom they might want as students, as well as for the students' benefits, so it's in their best interests to be honest. One school said the portfolio wasn't conceptual enough for their program and that she would be better off looking elsewhere. That was true, too, at the time she was not conceptual at all. The figurative schools loved her work.
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 09:37 pm |
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Thanks Westrnmom,
She was told she was on the right track. I'm glad it's over for now.
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