Rec. from Art teacher?

momrath
Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:18:21 +0000

CrewMom, My son put together an arts package which consisted of slides of his work, his arts resume and a recommendation from his IB art teacher. This letter was in addition to the two academic recommendations required by the college. The arts resume included a personal statement about his artwork, his interests and background, a list of his art classes, grades, scores, activities and awards and achievements. If I remember correctly this package was stipulated by Amherst. Son did not actually end up applying to Amherst, but he liked the idea of putting together a package focusing on his passion. My understanding was that the package was evaluated by the art department separately from the rest of the application. Since the art professors would presumably speak the same “language” as the art teacher I think an arts related recommendation is a positive.

Where is your daughter applying?