Do I even have a chance?

turbo93
Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:02:24 +0000

Different choices abound - some very good schools do not even care for a portfolio to begin with - some send a Cooper Union style take home test of some kind; some have optional portfolios.

In terms of building a portfolio, from what DD1 heard, a lot of schools do not just want ‘classroom’ art or heavy AutoCAD and the like… I do not think they expect one to build up a portfolio out of HS art classes alone.

The obvious thing to do here would be to go to the web sites of the school(s) you want to apply, find out what specific things they want (of which you’ll send originals) and what can be repros, i.e. digital images. Figure you’ll need around 25 or so for application to half a dozen schools. A small number could be art like 3-D, ceramics, or art photography; That’s how many she did, and out of the 25 or so 1 was a photo, 1 was a ceramic, and so on.