<p>VideoPro, yes, you should show your own style and also show your breadth. The link that worried_mom gave is great and full of the info you need. Page 14 of it mentions “National Portfolio Days”, which is something you might want to pursue next fall as a senior. [National</a> Portfolio Day - Home](<a href=“http://www.portfolioday.net/]National”>http://www.portfolioday.net/)</p>
<p>Assuming you’ll be creating pieces for your portfolio this spring and summer, then next fall you can bring your artwork to a NPD near you (presumably CMU reps will be there). When we went to the NPD in Austin in October, there was a CMU rep from the School of Art and a rep from the School of Design. Next weekend, my daughter will go to CMU and have her portfolio reviewed in person and now she has a better idea of which pieces she should bring.</p>
<p>One other thing… if you can manage it, you might want to consider a pre-college summer art program. CMU has its own 6-week program [Art</a> - Pre College - Carnegie Mellon](<a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/art.html]Art”>http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/art.html) and there are many other pre-college summer programs of varying lengths offered at schools such as RISD, MICA, Pratt, Parsons, SCAD, Wash U, etc. There are probably a few threads about summer art programs in the Visual Arts and Film Majors topic on CC. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visual-arts-film-majors/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visual-arts-film-majors/</a> </p>
<p>So… sounds like you’ll have a busy summer beefing up your standardized testing and developing your portfolio, but at least you have that time - best of luck!</p>