Benchmark for art supplement's "substantial talent beyond standard high-school level"?

TiggerDad
Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:42:17 +0000

“I feel it is elitist to imply that only those who study at pre-college or summer programs or who win big awards should submit their art work or music. Potential, hard work, and love of an art form is honored too.”

There was no such implication. I quoted the actual instruction by Harvard, and I stated what my son learned about his musical peers and their talent level at Princeton. That’s the reality that anyone who wants to submit their art work at such schools would have to be faced with. I don’t recall anyone here on CC that stated that “only those who study at pre-college or summer programs or who win big awards should submit their art work or music.” Not once by me or anyone. There’s no such qualifying instruction provided by Harvard or its peers, either. If anyone feels that their work is high enough to meet the criteria provided by these ultra selective schools, then they should by all means submit their works regardless of whether they’ve attended a pre-college or won big awards and whatnot. My son never attended a pre-college, by choice, yet he did submit his art supplement because he felt his work to be on par with others and met the instructional criteria. No one has discouraged the art student whose work you found to be “phenomenal” from submitting. Who knows other than her whatever the ultimate rationale for not submitting her work, but that was entirely her decision and no one else’s.