<p>Violadad has suggested some great links.</p>
<p>I claim no special knowledge of how Yale treats arts supplements, but I do know a few Yalies (including my D) who submitted visual arts supplements. These Yalies were also offered portfolio-based scholarships at schools like SAIC & MICA. If you look at the portfolios of the kids in the art forum who were ultimately admitted to RISD/MICA/SAIC (particularly those with merit scholarships), you may get an idea of the quality of the portfolios submitted by students admitted to Yale. The NFAA and AP websites will also give you a feel for what a high quality high school portfolio looks like.</p>
<p>If there is a National Portfolio Day in your area, take your work there & get some feedback. Even if you haven’t had a lot of formal training or won any big awards, the reviewers at NPD can tell you whether your work is of a quality that will catch the attention of Yale’s art department.</p>
<p>Having said that, I will add that I think my D’s art helped in her admission because she wanted to dual major in Art and XXX, and her entire application reflected her interest in/capacity for broadening her academics through art and her art through academics.</p>