<p>^^^^^^^^^ Basically right.</p>
<p>We do our reviews separately using our own processes. We don’t see their materials, and they don’t see ours. Though we are each aware of your application of the other place and that you are interested in the 5 year program, and though we share basic information on students, our processes are separate. If you get admitted to each school, you have the option of choosing the enroll in the 5 year DD program. </p>
<p>Please, carefully consider the value of sending an art portfolio to Tufts. We are not qualified to make a judgment on it in an artistic sense. I would not advocate sending a portfolio in, but if you choose to do so, I’ll provide some guidance.</p>
<p>Know that you are submitting your work to demonstrate a broader quality about yourself, not to demonstrate something about your artistic skill. Pick one or two works that reflect your personality and your ways of thinking and send those in; an entire portfolio is overkill and will get in the way of noticing the important things you are trying to show. Send prints that will fit in an 8.5x11 manilla envelope and will not require special equipment to see.</p>