Sheridan Information Please!

[Diseased Fetus]

The rest of us will probably have to wait until Monday. I doubt there's anyone working on the weekend just to update everyone else. This is really annoying, right now I'd rather see "refused admit" than "under consideration".

[Taj]

Someone called admissions office! this sucks...

[amarryth]

someone called admissions office and... what happened? i don't get it lol... this is brrruuuuuuutal!

[Diseased Fetus]

I think he meant to say "someone call admissions office".

[HEROIC]

GOt an APplication TranSfer for Illustration. to-> Art Fundies- Ill

arrr, why dont they simply say rejected, than saying Application transfer or what so ever :/
g'luck to those still waiting

AMi

[Atazure]

i seriously thought that everything would have been cleared by now...This is just simply tiring...mentally :[

[sketchi]

hi, just joined in to fret with everyone else. x[

I've got an 'application transfer' on my animation and a conditional offer for art fundies - animation as well as art fundies, both of which I didn't apply for. >>

I heard from someone that application transfer means that it's taking longer than expected; so there's still a chance? they got application transfer on their art fundies application, and then got in four days later! in the end, it should change to either a clear denial/acceptance/wait list.. etc. the normal statuses.

arggg, I hate the wait.

[Atazure]

hi, just joined in to fret with everyone else. x[

I've got an 'application transfer' on my animation and a conditional offer for art fundies - animation as well as art fundies, both of which I didn't apply for. >>


Umm so was your profile updated today or was it yesterday?

[sketchi]

yesterday. no change today! is the strike affecting this thing? perhaps by monday.

one of my friends still has 'under consideration' on hers, so.. aye, I just hope it's not false hope.

[Atazure]

yesterday. no change today! is the strike affecting this thing? perhaps by monday.

one of my friends still has 'under consideration' on hers, so.. aye, I just hope it's not false hope.

Nah, strike has been over since monday and they had the results before it started so i think what's affecting this is..well...someone's slacking off , i think.
I'm in the same situation as your friend, "Under consideration". Seriously, i think that'll create some kinda trauma for my entire life, whenever i'll see them two words together, horror shall struck those around :O

[sketchi]

maybe the strike delayed sorting? animation and illustration do get a load of apps, so perhaps it's just taking longer than usual..
aw gosh, I don't want to go to fundies. sigh. I hate application transfer!! does it mean I've been transferred against my will? rroar.

someone told me that animation gets about 14000 apps. that's wrong, right? right?? it's 1400, rightright?? o_o;

[Taj]

Yeah, maybe, but they get 600 portfolios.

[sketchi]

oh, that sounds so much better! I guess it doesn't make a difference either way, but I feel a bigger hope! ..I wish I could just get it over with. rejection is almost better than not knowing. >_<

[kennygeeze]

maybe the strike delayed sorting?

Sheridan is just really slow when it comes to stuff like this.
When I applied to illustration in art fundamentals many of my friends were under consideration for a rediculous amount of time. -- for animation as well.

It seems like they repeat history almost every year or something. It makes me angry to watch the people on this board go through the same garbage as people in my class did 3 years ago.

They're also slow at mailing out tution bills and receipts too --- oh and they're rediculously slow at mailing marks.

They'd rather pick their collective noses than actually get stuff done. They release some of the decisions right before a weekend (which they get off) -- with many recent action definitions that aren't even listed in the glossary. Leaving people hanging like this is exactly their style.

I also had to E-mail them almost 3 times over 3 months to get my evaluation mailed to me. Each time they said they'd mail it, but much like my tuition bill it never showed up until I hassled them over the phone repeatedly.

[Atazure]

Sheridan is just really slow when it comes to stuff like this.

I also had to E-mail them almost 3 times over 3 months to get my evaluation mailed to me. Each time they said they'd mail it, but much like my tuition bill it never showed up until I hassled them over the phone repeatedly.

Gods, that's one of the most annoying and stupid things to do :[

When i sent them my portfolio, the fee didn't go through caus ethere was some trouble with the payment and the credit card so i wrestled with it for about a week, and when i spoke with the international help center lady, when the payment got through, she said that my portfolio was already checked in, even without it. I bet it was just another misread of some kind.

Really now, being messy and all, Sheridan's the one loosing :/

[Allegro]

Hate to break the news, but the coordinator slipped up this week and mentioned that he's still reviewing portfolios. It may still be a while despite that they recieved the fewest portfolios in a looong time this year

[Taj]

That's...good news.

[Atazure]

Hate to break the news, but the coordinator slipped up this week and mentioned that he's still reviewing portfolios. It may still be a while despite that they recieved the fewest portfolios in a looong time this year

O_O my brain just doesn't know how to react and what to think. Happy, worried, sad, annoyed. Ahh the feelings're boiling up :B

[kennygeeze]

Hate to break the news, but the coordinator slipped up this week and mentioned that he's still reviewing portfolios. It may still be a while despite that they recieved the fewest portfolios in a looong time this year

Illustration or animation?

[sketchi]

oh wow, this makes me feel much more relieved. I had thought for sure I didn't get in... but what's up with the two extra courses popping up? does this mean they recommended me to the fundies, or does everyone who get in the program get these options?

[SirGreenSock]

I think everyone got it, everyone that i asked said they were popped into the specialized fundies programs. Makes sense for them to do it, but wouldve been nice to warn us first so there'd be less freakouts.

[amarryth]

ugh... ok, so i was feeling confident about this portfolio thing until you mentioned that one of the programs are still reviewing.. which one? please tell! i think we should all write complaint letters about this acceptance system! they get a month to figure this shit out.. why don't we just do it american idol style where they look at the stuff and say yes or no, lol.. i know, know.. 'cause they can only fill so many spots and need to size them up to eachother.. ack

[Taj]

why don't we just do it american idol style where they look at the stuff and say yes or no, lol..
Get out of my head!

[Atazure]

ugh... ok, so i was feeling confident about this portfolio thing until you mentioned that one of the programs are still reviewing.. which one? please tell! i think we should all write complaint letters about this acceptance system! they get a month to figure this shit out.. why don't we just do it american idol style where they look at the stuff and say yes or no, lol.. i know, know.. 'cause they can only fill so many spots and need to size them up to eachother.. ack

I second the "which program" Q (thought it's probably animation since that's the one obviously mostly behind) AND i will write that letter...after getting my answer. I am a coward, sheesh :d

[amarryth]

oh, me too (about writing the letter)... i don't think anyone should have to go through this.. or we just make a petition....

ALLEGRO! which program????????

[ambyuler]

I don't know anything for certain, but I'm going from what I've read from various Sheridan students and grads. I've heard that they have a maximum number of students they can accept from within the province, and they look to the outer province and international students to fill the remaining spots after they've met the quota. If the outer provinces and international students don't have grades that meet the standards set by Ontario, then they look back within the province again. Correct? If that's so, then it's entirely possible that the striking teachers didn't have time to go through all the portfolios mailed in.

Please, correct me if I'm wrong about something. It seems unfair to fly off the handle and yell at admissions though. It's certainly more understandable than all the students I've seen complaining about due dates after the strike. I'm eager to know who'll be in first year animation with me, but we'll all know soon enough without writing any angry letters.

[kennygeeze]

I've heard that they have a maximum number of students they can accept from within the province, and they look to the outer province and international students to fill the remaining spots after they've met the quota

I've always heard it's the other way around and they can only accept a certain amount of international students due to affirmative action for either canadians or ontarians (forget which.)

[sketchi]

I wish there was group therapy where everyone who's still waiting could all wait, play games or something, and not care about calculus or bio or other crud. there's no way I'm writing an essay at this time. <_<

though, I don't think we should write letters, since they're still people, and people have stuff come up etc. and are lazy. etc. besides, it builds character! (cough) in any case, letters will probably only waste your time as I don't see how they'll take it to heart. those people will probably read it and laugh, giggling over how much we're fretting!
in any case, sheridan's thing is at least earlier than alot of other schools. all the universities make people wait until may, at least! (I'd die!)

[ambyuler]

Ah, yeah, maybe I didn't explain myself clearly. I'm told there's a cap on the number of students they can accept from ON, but only so they don't take them ALL from there. Even mailing infosheridan to ask what the equivalent of one of the program requirements was in my province, I was told about residency priority. I moved here about half a year back to have a better shot at being admitted.

[amarryth]

i understand the whole strike thing probably delays stuff.. but they should be straight up and honest with us, let us know that things will be delayed, instead when i called, the admissions people said countless times that results will be available march 31st. and as kennygeeze said.. it happens every fucking year.. a month should be plenty of time when teachers aren't striking.. and i'm not trying to be a bitch here.. but you have alot of tension off your back actually knowing that you got into your program of choice.. the rest of us are sitting here on the edge of our seats waiting to find out whether the months we spent working on this portfolio paid off or not, and for the most part, we're counting on this more than anything else... personally, i have never wanted anything as badly as this in my entire life.. basically my point is to be honest with the students.. the year got pushed back so we probably would have understood and accepted that admissions would be pushed back as well... but there was no word of that so we stuck to the deadline as they should have.
anyway...

[Atazure]

Please, correct me if I'm wrong about something. It seems unfair to fly off the handle and yell at admissions though. It's certainly more understandable than all the students I've seen complaining about due dates after the strike. I'm eager to know who'll be in first year animation with me, but we'll all know soon enough without writing any angry letters.


Mmm, i think, but only think, that the whole "agry letter idea" is not as serious as you seem to think. But a fact is a fact. We should have had our results by Friday evening, and some of us didn't, and i believe that we have all the right to be kinda upset since all the accumulated stress is just starting to leak out into our brain. Poison i call it! Poison! Rah!

I babbled away, there. sketchi I want such a room too! 8)

[Atazure]

i understand the whole strike thing probably delays stuff.. but they should be straight up and honest with us, let us know that things will be delayed, instead when i called, the admissions people said countless times that results will be available march 31st. and as kennygeeze said.. it happens every fucking year.. a month should be plenty of time when teachers aren't striking.. and i'm not trying to be a bitch here.. but you have alot of tension off your back actually knowing that you got into your program of choice.. the rest of us are sitting here on the edge of our seats waiting to find out whether the months we spent working on this portfolio paid off or not, and for the most part, we're counting on this more than anything else... personally, i have never wanted anything as badly as this in my entire life.. basically my point is to be honest with the students.. the year got pushed back so we probably would have understood and accepted that admissions would be pushed back as well... but there was no word of that so we stuck to the deadline as they should have.
anyway...

I totally agree. And seriously, trying to chill out when you're awaiting a decision that might change your whole life is kinda...well...dammit, i'm sure i knew some saying that related to that, but let's just say that it's quite impossible (for me atleast) to calm down, when i'm waiting for a life changing response :I Dammit!

[ambyuler]

Sure, amarryth, but there are so many more productive things you can do with your time than to get on someone's case about things not going smoothly. I'm with you on your point that they should be upfront with the students about things not being ready, if that's really the case.

I'll disagree on the big tension off my back bit, though. I've had a terrible case of nerves since I found out. All jittery, worried about moving expenses and tuition and doing it on my own out in the middle of liberal nowhere. It's certainly of interest to me to know who else is going to be accepted. I want nothing more than a creative environment with people I can feed off of and work well with.

[kennygeeze]

Admissions also hasn't offered any explanation on what exactly an 'application transfer' is. They included no explanation in the glossary about it either.

And for my friends outside of this board effected by it... and the people on this board... well admissions deserves plenty of angry letters for that alone.

[sketchi]

oh yes, I do think admissions should put up an explanation for 'application transfer'. I must've gone over the list (and google) five hundred times, looking for one! perhaps not an angry letter. more a sharp, pointedly-directed, unhappy letter. 0.0

[amarryth]

exactly! i'm not actually an angry person.. ever. i'm terrible at wording things.. but like any type of work that deals with an exchange of services for money.. they deserve to hear both our praise and our criticism about how they function. writing a letter to colourfully describe our frustrations...many of us are not first time applicants, and know this year's application lag is not a one-time thing.. anyway, i'm going to stop talking before i don't make sense anymore... it's saturday night and i probably shouldn't be writing shtuff in a forum right now.. yah.. bye

[darth massacre]

Application Transfer PROBABLY means you're not going into the course you want and they ditch you somewhere as close to what you want as possible. In this case Animation or Illustration Fundies. I understand since last fall, applicants may end up in Animation or Illustration Fundies without applying for it at all.

Anyhow, those of you who did apply to other schools and got an admission confirmation, there's honestly nothing much to think about. I'm making a educated guess that most of you here are young, don't know a lot about the industry, or have a very idealistic image of the industry from the books and videos you've seen. You guys have nothing to lose by going to school....ANY SCHOOOL...because there's so much to learn. So choose the one that best suit your budget, location and so on. It doesn't have to be Sheridan.

Unless you know exactly what you want, and do extensive research into the school's program to ensure they cater to your exact needs for career advancement, otherwise for most of you guys it really doesn't matter. Because you're all like dry sponges just waiting to absorb the huge amount of knowledge out there. Yeah don't gimme that "I know exactly what I want in life" crap. 80% of my friends who uttered those words 10 years ago when we were all 18 have changed careers. Half of those changed careers twice.

[5frames]

I got into animation! I'm totally pumped... I cant wait to go back to school now and go to lifedrawing without stressing and just have fun...


Good luck to those still waiting, and if you are applying from highschool, I highly recommend art fundies. Infact, dont even try for animation, just do a year of fundies because unless your amazing you will not understand what they are looking for. But no real fault of your own, the high school art cirriculum is a joke.

BUT YOU ONLY GET OUT OF ART FUNDIES WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT. GO TO LIFE DRAWING EVERY SINGLE DAY.

-my 2 cents.

[Atazure]

Yeah don't gimme that "I know exactly what I want in life" crap. 80% of my friends who uttered those words 10 years ago when we were all 18 have changed careers. Half of those changed careers twice.

I'm taking a wild guess, but do you think that by any chance your friends were told the same thing when they were 18, that you're telling us? If so, did they listen? :d

5frames Whoa! Congratulations! :D

[5frames]

Sweet someone else is on right now...



FYI people: change your clocks. We lose an hour :(

[Allegro]

It was Animation

[Atazure]

Sweet someone else is on right now...



FYI people: change your clocks. We lose an hour :(

Nheh, it's a relatively unrapey hour in my country so there's nothing amazing at me lurking around :D

Hah, i've already been on the spring time for...hmmm a week? :]

Allegro: Awwww, damn... :I

[sketchi]

Application Transfer PROBABLY means you're not going into the course you want and they ditch you somewhere as close to what you want as possible.

aw, that's too bad. >_<
the thing is, I applied for both animation and illustration, but never made any attempt at the portfolio for illustration, so they *should've* rejected me flat out. not transferred me anywhere (it says "application transfer" for both animation and illustration). and don't I get some waiting list, at least, if I'm in the animation fundies? also, why did they pop both animation-fundies and regular-fundies at me? animation-fundies would be better in general, right? I think it should end up as a defined status, not something off the charts? right?

it does sound like they 'transferred' my app to unwanted programs. sigh.
arrg, first time applying. I am a lowly high-schooler from a meh-ish art curriculum. mayhaps I [probaby] didn't get in. >.<

oh, congrats 5frames! :D

[Taj]

aw, that's too bad. >_<
the thing is, I applied for both animation and illustration, but never made any attempt at the portfolio for illustration, so they *should've* rejected me flat out. not transferred me anywhere (it says "application transfer" for both animation and illustration). and don't I get some waiting list, at least, if I'm in the animation fundies? also, why did they pop both animation-fundies and regular-fundies at me? animation-fundies would be better in general, right? I think it should end up as a defined status, not something off the charts? right?

it does sound like they 'transferred' my app to unwanted programs. sigh.
arrg, first time applying. I am a lowly high-schooler from a meh-ish art curriculum. mayhaps I [probaby] didn't get in. >.<

oh, congrats 5frames! :D
They aren't gonna choose a program for you, it's your choice in the end. Sheridan opend up 2 doors for you, Animation fundies (if your firmly adamint on being an animator), and General fundies if your still a bit confused.

[Sanby]

Application Transfer PROBABLY means you're not going into the course you want and they ditch you somewhere as close to what you want as possible. In this case Animation or Illustration Fundies. I understand since last fall, applicants may end up in Animation or Illustration Fundies without applying for it at all.

Anyhow, those of you who did apply to other schools and got an admission confirmation, there's honestly nothing much to think about. I'm making a educated guess that most of you here are young, don't know a lot about the industry, or have a very idealistic image of the industry from the books and videos you've seen. You guys have nothing to lose by going to school....ANY SCHOOOL...because there's so much to learn. So choose the one that best suit your budget, location and so on. It doesn't have to be Sheridan.

Unless you know exactly what you want, and do extensive research into the school's program to ensure they cater to your exact needs for career advancement, otherwise for most of you guys it really doesn't matter. Because you're all like dry sponges just waiting to absorb the huge amount of knowledge out there. Yeah don't gimme that "I know exactly what I want in life" crap. 80% of my friends who uttered those words 10 years ago when we were all 18 have changed careers. Half of those changed careers twice.

Man, I agree with you totally here. You guys are putting to much emphasis on this. I know it's good to be pumped about it, but honestly chill out. You have no idea what you are going to be doing in 10 years frm now. If it's animation, or illustration, then great, if it isn't, than that is also great. Seriously, thats half of school, just finding yourself, as corny as that sounds.

Sanby

[amarryth]

Good luck to those still waiting, and if you are applying from highschool, I highly recommend art fundies. Infact, dont even try for animation, just do a year of fundies because unless your amazing you will not understand what they are looking for. But no real fault of your own, the high school art cirriculum is a joke.

BUT YOU ONLY GET OUT OF ART FUNDIES WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT. GO TO LIFE DRAWING EVERY SINGLE DAY.

-my 2 cents.

listen to 5frames, guys.. he knows what he's talking about..

don't cross fundies off your list just yet.. it's a great program and the instructors are not all pro-sheridan so you get proper guidance.. without it i would have had a very very difficult time getting to where i am today; anyone who puts effort into that program will come out an improved artist. illustration and animation fundies apply to this as well, but the instructors are all actual animators and illustrators and artists that work in the industry. it's a more advanced art fundamentals.. and like taj said.. they're opening more doors for you.. if you got into the specialized program they're basically saying that you have the potential to make it in the ba program, but you need a bit more fine tuning.

i'm just chilling now.. riding this wave of indecision.. i've got my summer job now, so i'm a little bit more collected..

[SirGreenSock]

Personally I dont think it really matters which program you're in as long as you take full advantage of your resources. Sheridan's full of great students and teachers, you have to be able to push yourself and take the learning and drive outside the classroom as well.

[amarryth]

Personally I dont think it really matters which program you're in as long as you take full advantage of your resources. Sheridan's full of great students and teachers, you have to be able to push yourself and take the learning and drive outside the classroom as well.

well said!

[darth massacre]

Congrats 5Frames....uhh....actually no, we should feel sorry for him. All that amount of workload and drawing and learning and interaction with other great students who will put in so much stress to make him try harder to do better. And more stress from teachers...and the workload....and .....boy do I feel sorry for you :teeth:


I'm taking a wild guess, but do you think that by any chance your friends were told the same thing when they were 18, that you're telling us? If so, did they listen? :d

Yes they were told - we have a good amount of students over 25yrs when I started my diploma program a decade ago. Did they listen? You'll have to ask them. Now bear in mind most of them put a lot into their careers in art before finally figuring out its not their cup of tea. There are still those who are chugging along and finally getting somewhere in the industry.

Who knows someday I may just give up and join the 80%?

[SirGreenSock]

Congrats 5Frames....uhh....actually no, we should feel sorry for him. All that amount of workload and drawing and learning and interaction with other great students who will put in so much stress to make him try harder to do better. And more stress from teachers...and the workload....and .....boy do I feel sorry for you
The stress is one of the things im looking forward to in illustration- gotta get use to the challenge and hard work required for the industry. Besides, gotta get my shit straight and keep serious, my highschool artprogram is too lax, a tough workload can do no harm :teeth:

[purb36]

don't like the waiting game? try these instead. :teeth:

www.miniclip.com

http://plazaplace.dyndns.org/~mgeorges/Page_O_Tos/ (make sure to click on "Old Page O' Tos" in the "Bloggy Links" section in the upper right.)

[Atazure]

Yes they were told - we have a good amount of students over 25yrs when I started my diploma program a decade ago. Did they listen? You'll have to ask them. Now bear in mind most of them put a lot into their careers in art before finally figuring out its not their cup of tea. There are still those who are chugging along and finally getting somewhere in the industry.

Who knows someday I may just give up and join the 80%?

Mm. I know all that(ok, maybe not that precisely but the general idea you're picturing...or picture rather :/ ), what i meant is that, when you're 18 and people tell you to calm down, and to look at certain things in a more reasonable way, that there's a lot of things in front of you and that you might really end up doing something completely different, that pretty much has no effect. Jim David said that;
"[..]the older you get, you realize a very important thing people in their twenties do not know a damn thing, about anything. People in their twenties are good for one thing looking better then people in their thirties or forties."

There, that pretty much sums up the perception of every -ies over the lower -ies. Which doesn't change the fact that the "younger" ones never listen :]

[Atazure]

don't like the waiting game? try these instead. :teeth:

www.miniclip.com

http://plazaplace.dyndns.org/~mgeorges/Page_O_Tos/ (make sure to click on "Old Page O' Tos" in the "Bloggy Links" section in the upper right.)


Oh noo! Time eaters! :'D
Thanks purb :]

[Diseased Fetus]

I hope all of this is done by this time tomorrow. At this point it's just one more day, nothing to get too upset about. Being amongst the rest of you who are still in limbo I can understand where the hostility is coming from but I don't think an angry letter would solve anything. The paper you'd use to write the letter would just get thrown into the recycling bin and you'd be wiping your ass with it 6 months later.

[amarryth]

I hope all of this is done by this time tomorrow. At this point it's just one more day, nothing to get too upset about. Being amongst the rest of you who are still in limbo I can understand where the hostility is coming from but I don't think an angry letter would solve anything. The paper you'd use to write the letter would just get thrown into the recycling bin and you'd be wiping your ass with it 6 months later.

here's hoping for that, eh! i thought the angry letter thing was over with already.. anyway.. tomorrow, yes.. almost brings me back to memories of last thursday, lol..

[Diseased Fetus]

i thought the angry letter thing was over with already..

Yeah but I just wanted an excuse to talk about recycled toilet paper.

[amarryth]

Yeah but I just wanted an excuse to talk about recycled toilet paper.

haha.. alright.. i'll give you that much, it was a good one... and soo true

[Amazing Action Ape]

Man i found out i was accepted to OCAD for 3d design a week ago, and then march 31st, i found out i was firm admit into the bachelor of animation program! Now to make a choice!

Generally from what i know, the people that score high marks on the portfolio eval find out immediately after march 31st they are firm admit, if you pass the grade but are on the lower end, you generally find out a few days/a week later that you made it in. Also, the people on the waiting list usually make it in too, as several people who get accepted may choose other schools.

[Taj]

EVERYONE i know who applied to OCAD got in this year, really weird...

[amarryth]

apparently getting into ocad isn't too tough anymore.. i couldn't do the living in toronto thing, either..

[Amazing Action Ape]

Well it was very easy to get into OCAD, they told me on the day of my interview I was accepted, if they really are letting everyone in easy.. What could it mean? Maybe ill just stick with animation at sheridan then.

[Taj]

Doesn't mean anything really. If anything, it just means not a lot of artists applying this year.

[Amazing Action Ape]

Yeah thats true, i guess.

[sketchi]

Generally from what i know, the people that score high marks on the portfolio eval find out immediately after march 31st they are firm admit, if you pass the grade but are on the lower end, you generally find out a few days/a week later that you made it in. Also, the people on the waiting list usually make it in too, as several people who get accepted may choose other schools.

people on the waiting list score lower than those that get admit to animation-fundys, right? if it's based on marks, how come someone I know already got on the waiting list on friday? it's so confusing! x_<

[Taj]

people on the waiting list score lower than those that get admit to animation-fundys, right?
...Know what kind of logic is that sketchi :P

[Taj]

WOOOHOOO finally an update, alright, im in Art Fundamentals-Animation, woo, im so taking advantage of that. See you guys in September!

(does anyone know tuition?)

EDIT: sirgreensock, we gotta organize some sketchgroups next year!

[Atazure]

WOOOHOOO finally an update, alright, im in Art Fundamentals-Animation, woo, im so taking advantage of that. See you guys in September!

(does anyone know tuition?)

EDIT: sirgreensock, we gotta organize some sketchgroups next year!

Congrats! Man, you're gonna get so much better in the upcoming year :D

on the other hand, no change in my status, i'm beggining to get worried...

[Amazing Action Ape]

people on the waiting list score lower than those that get admit to animation-fundys, right? if it's based on marks, how come someone I know already got on the waiting list on friday? it's so confusing! x_<

No, id guess that people on the waiting list to the fullfledged animation program scored higher marks than people that got admit to animation - fundies.

[Qian Wang]

Does anyone know about international students? Mine is still under consideration. Why????? This is too killing. And I heard that there are like 10% of the spots for international students. that made me feel even worse.
Rah!!!!!!:yayca:

[Artistic Suicide]

No, id guess that people on the waiting list to the fullfledged animation program scored higher marks than people that got admit to animation - fundies.

Amazing Action Ape's got it. Those offered a place in Animation Fundamentals scored a 4-6/10 on their portfolio. Those that scored higher(7-10) were accepted or placed on a waiting list because their academic marks/grades were lower than those granted a firm admit. That's how the program co-ordinator explained it to me anyway.

It looks like i've been offered a conditional acceptance into both Animation and Illustration fundamentals. I was actually a little surprised, considering I made each of my portfolios in about two day's time(I literally finished my illustration portfolio standing in line to hand portfolios in...group sketch). It might be due to the low number of applicants this year in both animation and illustration(I think it was around 700 applicants each by mid-February?). Then again, it was probably harder to get in this year due to those applying from the specialized fundies streams(around 400 students per program).

I'm still deciding what I want to do. I heard the animation stream is pretty nice(an entire semester to work on a 3D original character model anyone?), but have only heard bad things about the fundies illustration stream so far. Anyone have any input?

~Blaine

[Atazure]

Does anyone know about international students? Mine is still under consideration. Why????? This is too killing. And I heard that there are like 10% of the spots for international students. that made me feel even worse.
Rah!!!!!!:yayca:

I feel your pain, same "problem" here ...

[ambyuler]

I just phoned the school and was told that they'll be mailing all the scoresheets for animation and illustration in about two weeks time. So contrary to what we were told at the info session (on the 27th, at least), you don't have to request that it be released to you.

[Taj]

Congrats! Man, you're gonna get so much better in the upcoming year :D
Thanks, as much as I wanted to get into animation. I was worried about my skill level if I got into it, so im pretty pumped about getting into animation fundies.


Where do i Confirm Animation Fundamentals? it's not on my OCAS list.

[sketchi]

Amazing Action Ape's got it. Those offered a place in Animation Fundamentals scored a 4-6/10 on their portfolio. Those that scored higher(7-10) were accepted or placed on a waiting list because their academic marks/grades were lower than those granted a firm admit. That's how the program co-ordinator explained it to me anyway.

It looks like i've been offered a conditional acceptance into both Animation and Illustration fundamentals. I was actually a little surprised, considering I made each of my portfolios in about two day's time(I literally finished my illustration portfolio standing in line to hand portfolios in...group sketch). It might be due to the low number of applicants this year in both animation and illustration(I think it was around 700 applicants each by mid-February?). Then again, it was probably harder to get in this year due to those applying from the specialized fundies streams(around 400 students per program).

I'm still deciding what I want to do. I heard the animation stream is pretty nice(an entire semester to work on a 3D original character model anyone?), but have only heard bad things about the fundies illustration stream so far. Anyone have any input?

~Blaine

yeah, I guess that makes sense.. I heard during info-hour that the top 40 after the 120 were automatically given fundy-animation, so I thought they'd get above the waitlist. but I guess it's 120 and then wait list and then 40. >_< ah well, I guess I'll be seeing you guys in fundy animation, then!

[5frames]

Congrats 5Frames....uhh....actually no, we should feel sorry for him. All that amount of workload and drawing and learning and interaction with other great students who will put in so much stress to make him try harder to do better. And more stress from teachers...and the workload....and .....boy do I feel sorry for you



lol... no I know how hard it is. I know how to work for days on only a couple hours sleep. I think one of the more important factors is learning how to finish. There is never infinite time to do something, so dont linger on it to long.

Also to the sheridan newbies:

Throughout fundies, even though it wasnt that hard, there are naturally times where you will be swamped. And through the times I always just shouted to myself

"'GIT R DONE!!"

Yeah its old now, but shouting it outloud in a humorus kinda way relieves stress and gives you hope - even though u know your in deep shit. Another good tip is, if u have hardworking friends, do assignments with friends because you encourage each other. BUT ONLY IF THEY ARE HARD WORKING. If not they just slow u down.

I remember earlier this year a buddy and I were working on an assignment the day before it was due, and we stayed at school from like 3pm to 6am to complete. Neither of us would have finished if we hadnt pushed each other.

Its like, "Pfft man, we've only been working for 9hours straight, suck it up."

You also need to prioritize, and sometimes you also just gotta learn to say "fuck it".

btw thank you to everyone for your kind words.

[SirGreenSock]

EDIT: sirgreensock, we gotta organize some sketchgroups next year!
Thats a given :)
Attendance to the sheridan sketchgrope will be mandatory :teeth:

[amarryth]

lol... no I know how hard it is. I know how to work for days on only a couple hours sleep. I think one of the more important factors is learning how to finish. There is never infinite time to do something, so dont linger on it to long.

Also to the sheridan newbies:

Throughout fundies, even though it wasnt that hard, there are naturally times where you will be swamped. And through the times I always just shouted to myself

"'GIT R DONE!!"

Yeah its old now, but shouting it outloud in a humorus kinda way relieves stress and gives you hope - even though u know your in deep shit. Another good tip is, if u have hardworking friends, do assignments with friends because you encourage each other. BUT ONLY IF THEY ARE HARD WORKING. If not they just slow u down.

I remember earlier this year a buddy and I were working on an assignment the day before it was due, and we stayed at school from like 3pm to 6am to complete. Neither of us would have finished if we hadnt pushed each other.

Its like, "Pfft man, we've only been working for 9hours straight, suck it up."

You also need to prioritize, and sometimes you also just gotta learn to say "fuck it".

btw thank you to everyone for your kind words.

yeah... completely summed up my fundies experience! choose your friends wisely, or moreso the ones that you choose to do homework with..

still waiting...

oh, yeah.. and i was in the admissions office today and saw a chick photocopying all the score sheets.. tried to look as hard as i could without being obvious lol.. no luck-

[amarryth]

Thats a given :)
Attendance to the sheridan sketchgrope will be mandatory :teeth:

i'm in! who else is??

[5frames]

...but have only heard bad things about the fundies illustration stream so far. Anyone have any input?

~Blaine


From what I've heard the illustration streamed fundies is almost identical to normal fundies - and I believe it.

The difference between animation and illustration is this:

Illustration you focus on rendering; which is shading, colour, texture, light, detail, etc.,

Animation you focus on structure; lifedrawing, objectdrawing, turning masses, story and movement.


Because most 'generic' art is more concerned with making paintings/drawings that look 'realistic', they fall under the illustration category. The animation guys dont really care about the minute details like eyelashes and individual beard hairs.

So basically, everything you do in normal fundaments, is illustration based because they dont show you anything about structure.


From my experience, animators are so much better at drawing convincingly, because they understand the structure and therefore without any detail they already have an appealing foundation.

Thats not to say there aren't AMAZING illustrations, but I often see kids that want to jump into the details and the eye lashes and the pimples and all the BUSINESS without even THINKING about the form. As a result the drawing turns out grotesque - they think its cool because its got all the detail of a real human, but it doesnt FEEL like a human at all.

[SirGreenSock]

i'm in! who else is??
I said its mandatory, not like you had a choice :P


Anyway, I dont see nearly enough CA peeps here in Toronto, the local groups thread is completely deserted.
You guys should all try and make it out to Bobby Chiu's subway sketch group, so far Ive only seen HEROIC and Sanby attend, there should be more! :D

[amarryth]

I said its mandatory, not like you had a choice :P


Anyway, I dont see nearly enough CA peeps here in Toronto, the local groups thread is completely deserted.
You guys should all try and make it out to Bobby Chiu's subway sketch group, so far Ive only seen HEROIC and Sanby attend, there should be more! :D

i've heard about this subway sketch group.. tell me more! i'm highly interested but don't know the details..

[Diseased Fetus]

Thats a given :)
Attendance to the sheridan sketchgrope will be mandatory :teeth:

Heh, that's sounds like a wierd mix between life drawing and sexual harassment.

[Taj]

So who's gonne be there next year?

Me
SirGreenSock
ambyuler

[SirGreenSock]

Arghmisfit is in, I'm pretty sure HEROIC is in for either illustration of fundies, and 2 of my non-ca friends (will convert the heathens soon!) are in.

i've heard about this subway sketch group.. tell me more! i'm highly interested but don't know the details..
We meet on Sundays at 3:20 at Union ttc station, depart at 3:30 sharp and switch to the Bloor line, ride for a while (usually disperse around 6:30) talkin and sketchin on the trains. Sometimes we go to a cheap place to get some food as well. Just show up at Union at 3:20 and look around the platform for people with sketchbooks :teeth:

Heh, that's sounds like a wierd mix between life drawing and sexual harassment.
Oh Noes!!!1 I've been found out!

[Atazure]

Awwww maaan, you guys are having so much fun over there, in the pine-fresh land *wants to join too* I gues si have no say in this yet, unless Sheri'll give me a positive answer :] If not, i'll be there with you mentally...not in the creepy way or anything :d

5frames is the fundi animation course offered to international students too, or is it more of an in-country thing? Caus eit sounds amazing and working hard for the longest time is sometimes one of the best thing sto do. You're a tired person, but a happy person :D

And what's more, animation people often give their characters so much more life with them expressions. I mean i like realistic paintings, but sometimes i get a tad bit bored with all of the people on them drawings with either no expression at all, or with the cliched sad/happy face :]

[darth massacre]

Does anyone know about international students? Mine is still under consideration. Why????? This is too killing. And I heard that there are like 10% of the spots for international students. that made me feel even worse.
Rah!!!!!!
You should check all possibilities that your application is still under consideration might not be portfolio related . I know someone from Singapore already got in, however he has told me of some problems with his high school english so that may delay or jepordize his application to the school.

[5frames]

5frames is the fundi animation course offered to international students too, or is it more of an in-country thing?


Im sure its offered to foreigners to. It works like this:


Animation portfolio is out of /100 marks.

0-39/100 = rejected
40-59/100 = automatically offered into animation STREAMED fundies
60-100/100 = accepted


So no matter where you come from, if you get 40-59marks on the portfolio, you are offered a position in the animation streamed program.


I have the actual sheet at home, I'll scan it in for you guys as proof when I get there.

[Leeway]

Hey guys, first time poster, long time lurker. I didn't quite make the cut this year, as I've been put on the waiting list. I'm not quite sure what my chances are like in this position, so we'll see.
Does anyone know about international students? Mine is still under consideration. Why????? This is too killing. And I heard that there are like 10% of the spots for international students. that made me feel even worse.
Rah!!!!!!:yayca:
Hey Qian, it's Wayne. Like I said today, don't worry, it'll all work out. If you fret too much it will just wreck you. I've seen your stuff, and I'd be surprised if you didn't get a spot.

Just to let you guys know Qian and I are in Animation fundies right now, in the same class. If you have any questions I'd be (and Qian might be as well) happy to answer any questions about what the program is like etc...

[Taj]

What General Electives did you two take? (what's the easiest :P)

How much direction did you guys get when life drawing? How much Life drawing did you get a week? Are animation fundies allowed to attend the extra life drawing?

overall have you seen an improvement in your work?

Friends easy to make? :D OCAD has this cool little mentor program.

How many Animation fundies usually make it into animation? is the skill level high to begin with from most people?


thanks for taking time to answer these!

[Leeway]

What General Electives did you two take? (what's the easiest :P)
We're in Film Analysis right now. I chose it because it seemed to be the elective that closely related to animation. In some ways it has actually helped out because you learn about establishing shots, camera techniques etc... And we have a storyboard assignment coming up.

How much direction did you guys get when life drawing? How much Life drawing did you get a week? Are animation fundies allowed to attend the extra life drawing?
Yeah, you are allowed to attend extra. Some of us sneak into the animation one from time to time, depending on how many donkey's are taken. As for direction from a teacher, he's fairly broad and you get as much direction as you ask for. And as of late he encourages us to try out other mediums rather than conte.

We just have the one three hour class, but like I've mentioned, there's always extra life which we also attend.

overall have you seen an improvement in your work?
Oh god yes! I really do see it in myself, but it's hard for me to judge as it's a first-hand experience. However, nearly all of my peers have commented on my vast improvement. I've learned quite a lot in this program, much more than regular fundies.

Friends easy to make? :D OCAD has this cool little mentor program.
Yeah, I'd say so. We've all become fairly tight-nit in our class.

How many Animation fundies usually make it into animation? is the skill level high to begin with from most people?
Well, we're the first group to go through this program. But it seems like a reasonable portion of us made it.


thanks for taking time to answer these!
No prob. =)

[Moiss]

I'm just gonna add, it's definitely gonna help you improve but also depending on yourself, Taj......make a lot of effort....push to the limit.....that's what Darth told me to.... ;)

[5frames]

Question to those in animation, do you ever do acting in first year? (I mean with other students, not for your character)

[Diseased Fetus]

Fuck me, every hour I wait now seems like ... well an hour, but a very long one. So, how many of us are still under consideration? Hopefully by this time tomorrow we'll all have an answer.:teeth:

[amarryth]

Fuck me, every hour I wait now seems like ... well an hour, but a very long one. So, how many of us are still under consideration? Hopefully by this time tomorrow we'll all have an answer.:teeth:

i'm still under consideration.. really REALLY counting on tomorrow being the grand day.. sorry to ask again, fetus.. but you're after illustration, right?

*sigh*

time to sketch..

[Amazing Action Ape]

hey, any other upcoming animators or what not have any rooms available near campus? Im looking for a place to live thats stupid close to sheridan! PM me with anything, looking to pay 400 - 500 a month.

[Diseased Fetus]

you're after illustration, right?

That is correct.

It's 8:30 here and still no change. I'm curious to know if they're still reviewing applications or if they just haven't gotten around to updating everyone yet.

[amarryth]

no updates for me either... ugh....

[kennygeeze]

I'm curious to know if they're still reviewing applications or if they just haven't gotten around to updating everyone yet.


Two years ago they were still continuing to evaluate portfolio's around this time. I don't recall how long people were under consideration for, but I think everyone knew by the end of the second week. some results went up on a thursday and i'm pretty sure the last people knew where they stood by the second friday.

[Atazure]

Two years ago they were still continuing to evaluate portfolio's around this time. I don't recall how long people were under consideration for, but I think everyone knew by the end of the second week. some results went up on a thursday and i'm pretty sure the last people knew where they stood by the second friday.

hmm, makes me feel a little bit at ease, thought still the wait is still a definite gray cell killer :/

[amarryth]

i'm dealing with some academic shit.. won't know until the end of the week.. this is brutal...

[Sanby]

hey, any other upcoming animators or what not have any rooms available near campus? Im looking for a place to live thats stupid close to sheridan! PM me with anything, looking to pay 400 - 500 a month.

I'm sizing up res right now, but I don't have good chances of getting in. So, I may be looking for a room as well.

Sanby

[Diseased Fetus]

i'm dealing with some academic shit.. won't know until the end of the week.. this is brutal...

Did admissions recently inform you of this or is that just an educated guess?

[Chichigo]

sanby, did you get that package in the mail about the residence?? The suite looks pretty nifty, but i'm sure its a hell of a lot cheaper just to apartment aroudn the area. transiting is just out of the question, i can't stand taking train to school everyday for two hours.

I can't believe they're still reviewing until now, if its really just the scores that matter, it should be all done the day we handed in our portfolio. What else are they looking at, marks?

[Taj]

Sanby what program did you get into?

[SirGreenSock]

Im looking for res, too.
Most likely Im not gonna go to sheridan residence, gonna look to room with other sheridan peeps. The more the merrier (and cheaper ;) )

[thomasaurus]

I'm not gonna go campus res, small chance of getting in, way too expensive. I'm down for rooming with any CAers in a townhouse or something, just lemme know.

[darth massacre]

Forget the School rez. You're better off sharing apartments or townhouses with others. Cost of cable + internet + phone (with Cogeco) comes up to about $50 more. Average rooms are available for about $400, hydro included - if you squeeze more people into the apartments you pay even less. My classmates are gonna squeeze 6 people into one of the apartments next semester and they hardly pay $200 each. With everyone sharing (just pray you don't get asshole roommates like I did) it shouldn't go beyond $500 per month. Compare that to the $670 you pay in Rez and the fact that they boot you out 2 days after the last day of school. Accesibility is a non factor too - If you live around school, you can bike or walk home for lunch between lessons.

One more thing. The rez has a habit of banning computers when they detect that you have a trojan horse or any malware capable of infecting the school network, meaning you won't be able to go online until you clear it up and talk to them about it. Moiss caught that late last year and he had a hard time with it. So effectively they're blaming you for surfing (probably porn - I dunno what Moiss was doing :teeth: ) but won't help you get rid of it. I believe they had firewall in the past but that can be restrictive and hence it was taken down. If you're paying and getting no service, might as well pay LESS.

[Sanby]

Rooming with CAers would be wickedly cool. As long as you fuckers don't smoke, then I'm out.

I got into Fundies and I am still waiting to hear about animation and illustration.
Sanby

[SirGreenSock]

Damn, we gotta organize something and get a buncha us CAers roomin!

[Taj]

Build the first "ConceptArt.org" house:yayca:, funded by Jason Manley of course . Haha.:P

[Chichigo]

sounds like fun. But if there are any gals around here, maybe we can work out some sort of rooming, not that i don't like you guys, but probably better to have seperate guy-girl CA.org houses :p

[amarryth]

Did admissions recently inform you of this or is that just an educated guess?

no, i've been in touch with a chick from admissions since last thursday.. new crap just keeps popping up.. first i just needed an elective.. now my average isn't high enough.. so i'm not gonna know 'til later this week.. i'm guessing friday or, *sigh* monday... i wish they would just realize how much work i'm going to put into this.. i'm finally on the verge of actually being in a program that is giving me some definite direction.. oh, well.. great things come to those who wait, right?

[amarryth]

sounds like fun. But if there are any gals around here, maybe we can work out some sort of rooming, not that i don't like you guys, but probably better to have seperate guy-girl CA.org houses :p

i'm a lady! ca house for sure... and sanby, i don't smoke.. allergic! i don't have issues with having a guy/girl house if you guys don't.. no offense to the other chicks on here but i couldn't live with all girls.. combination is good.. i've always thought that it would be ideal to live with all artsies so you can make some space in the student house studio area.. and preferably same year, like all first years... yeah guys, let's make it happen! i'm willing to be cooped up with a bunch of people.. you spend so much time at school as it is.. i can't tolerate the parents anymore.. i was out for eight months and moving back was rough..

[Amazing Action Ape]

im down with a coed townhouse! someone get one! :) The only way to room up is with other artists if your in an art orientated program! NO EXCEPTIONS! :) :P

[amarryth]

im down with a coed townhouse! someone get one! :) The only way to room up is with other artists if your in an art orientated program! NO EXCEPTIONS! :) :P

i'm down with that.. with all the people that are interested.. we might need to find a house with lots of rooms.. i suggest waiting at least another month or so and see what comes up on the housing site.. most of the postings are just for summer rentals right now.. maybe we could all meet up when sheridan has the open house at the end of the month.. discuss stuff then, have a sketch session and just chill out.. any takers?

[darth massacre]

Forget that CA-er thing guys LOL. I've been in this school for 2 years now and we hardly have any gatherings. Kennygeeze, Endregan and Wildsprucemoose live a couple of floors up from my apartment. I was in Red Mimic's class last year and we still hang out sometime. Moiss is in the same class as Wildsprucemoose and Alxcote is too busy to hang out with us. I see Aico and Chester from time to time and that's it.

We did have "end of semester" dinners last year and we didn't have any this year yet. So that might happen. How about it guys - Swiss Chalet again?


But people show up if there's free beer though. Ask Red Mimic....he's the resident CA-Sheridan alcoholic. (and he "stole" my beer last thrusday :teeth: )

[Atazure]

Hmmm my status changed to Application transfer so i guess i'm in the similar/same situation as you Taj :d Or am i? Did you get any explanations about how to transfer etc?

[Taj]

Hmmm my status changed to Application transfer so i guess i'm in the similar/same situation as you Taj :d Or am i? Did you get any explanations about how to transfer etc?
Nope, I don't even have a chance to confirm my offer yet. Oh well.

[Atazure]

Nope, I don't even have a chance to confirm my offer yet. Oh well.

Mm, i see, i guess i'll try calling the international center lady to bug her about the whole procedure :B Did you made up your mind which fundies you'll choose?

[SirGreenSock]

Lets see if we can stick together more tightly than darth's generation, eh? :P
If anything suitable for our group comes up, Im down for it.

[Taj]

Mm, i see, i guess i'll try calling the international center lady to bug her about the whole procedure :B Did you made up your mind which fundies you'll choose?
Definitely art fundamentals - animation, if this experiance showed me anything it's that i want to be an animator now more then ever.

[HEROIC]

Lets see if we can stick together more tightly than darth's generation, eh? :P
If anything suitable for our group comes up, Im down for it.

Like Make Tattoes? =O

Moving with CAers ,, cool. better to make a thread of those who want to get into a off campus or sth and start looking for it then :/
---


Already im pretty sure, goin for FUndies- Ilustration, i dont think theres gonna be ne miracle and ill get in for Ill :teeth:
Just gotta make sure wt is the program, its neither on the site or newhere.
Ne Info plz? nebody..

AMi :^^:

[Atazure]

Okies. Sent and email to the admissions people asking about application transfer and stuff. Now i guess we'll just have to wait for an answer to see things mroe clearly :]

[amarryth]

Already im pretty sure, goin for FUndies- Ilustration, i dont think theres gonna be ne miracle and ill get in for Ill :teeth:
Just gotta make sure wt is the program, its neither on the site or newhere.
Ne Info plz? nebody..

AMi :^^:

i did part of the year of illustration fundies this year.. so ask anything you like... before you ask why i didn't stay in it, i already did fundies the year before so i wanted to take the time to work on my portfolio 'cause i'm a huge slacker.. but for a first time fundies, it's great.. soo great.. but ask what you want and i can answer from first hand experience..

yeah, we'll be a tight knit crew dudes..

[amarryth]

Okies. Sent and email to the admissions people asking about application transfer and stuff. Now i guess we'll just have to wait for an answer to see things mroe clearly :]

if you got an application transfer then you're being transferred to the specialized fundies program that you put in application & portfolio for the ba program

[Leeway]

I had heard that the Illustration fundies got broken down into one group (instead of two like animation) for whatever reason.

I'm a little baffled (as are our teachers) by some of the people in my animation fundies who didn't get in as they had stellar portfolios. I think I'm like the only one of the groups who's on the waiting list, most people are either flat-out refused or firm admit. :nohope:

If I manage to make it into Animation come this fall by nothing short of a miracle, I'm going to need to find a place to live close by as well. Right now I'm about 40 min to an hour away (depending on traffic), and considering the workload for animation, having a home nearby would be immensly helpful with those late nights that animators have.

EDIT: Also, what of the people on the waiting list? Do we get a spot for animation fundies as well? I would surely take it for a second time if I'm unlucky with the waitiing list.

[Atazure]

if you got an application transfer then you're being transferred to the specialized fundies program that you put in application & portfolio for the ba program

Oooh! so does that mean that i can consider myself admitted to the animation fundies?

Any news for you?

[endregan]

mmm swiss burger end of year dinner sounds good.

you guys still going on about acceptance eh!! This thread just keeps growing every year I guess. Congrats to who got in and those who didnt dont worry just more time to practice, really.

[Diseased Fetus]

Well I called admissions today to find out why I'm still under consideration and all that they could say was that they are still looking at applications and to just check access sheridan everyday. This is lame.

[amarryth]

Leeway: Where are you coming from? I'm about that far away too.. same reason i want to move into town..

Atazure:I'm pretty sure you could count on that considering they would have given you a flat out refused admit if you didn't get anything.... no news for me yet.. probably not 'til friday.. i have a difficult situation going on.. not fun!

is it just me and diseased fetus left in the dark? oy.. this wait better be worth it..

[Leeway]

I'm coming in from Brampton. How about you?

[Atazure]

amarryth i hope you're right. I still have my fingers crossed for you guys and i believe that if they refused your application you'd already know about that so i'm hoping for all the best for you and fetus :)

Hmm well...this means that i'll be looking for a place to live too. Any spare rooms left in the CA house? :)

[amarryth]

sounds like we might need two houses lol.. maybe we could find two townhouses considerably close to eachother or something.. i've heard of some houses having something crazy like eight rooms and such as well.. we'll figure something out.. but i'm in for sure..

leeway: coming from dundas/ancaster/flamborough area

[Amazing Action Ape]

Well, to get our minds off acceptance or not to our desired programs, is anyone up for a CA meet? say within april at some point?

Discuss.

[Taj]

I think on april 29th everyone has an information session, we can meet up after that. check it out at www.sheridaninstitute.ca/offer

[Sanby]

How is residence compared to off campus housing in terms of visitors. I mean, as it is right now, my girlfriend is going to want to come and stay with me on some weekends, and I dunno if residence will be a pain in the ass with that or not. Plus, are the wall super thin? i.e. does sound travel... if you follow me. :P

sanby

[Atazure]

I think on april 29th everyone has an information session, we can meet up after that. check it out at www.sheridaninstitute.ca/offer

Haaah. Coule anyone take notes for me from that session? I highly doubt i'd be able to get from Poland to CA for one day :D Aaaan photos! I have no idea how sheridan really looks like, in a non-comercial way i mean :]

[amarryth]

How is residence compared to off campus housing in terms of visitors. I mean, as it is right now, my girlfriend is going to want to come and stay with me on some weekends, and I dunno if residence will be a pain in the ass with that or not. Plus, are the wall super thin? i.e. does sound travel... if you follow me. :P

sanby

ok, well residence costs more, you don't pick your roommate, you have to pay for overnight guests, you have to be quiet.. it's nothing like uni res... you have share the kitchen with the entire floor.. pretty much the only upside is that you don't have to go outside to go to class.. off campus all the way..

[kennygeeze]

I can't believe they're still reviewing until now, if its really just the scores that matter, it should be all done the day we handed in our portfolio. What else are they looking at, marks?


I cannot speak for this year, but two years ago they were continuing to accept new applications even now. I heard at the time that out of over 800 portfolio's they could only find 60 that they wanted to accept.... so they kept most people 'under consideration' and waited for more talent to apply.
I proclaimed that to be 'total elitist bullshit' as I recall writing in my online journal. I was accepted the next day :blah:
Most of the people who I currently know in illustration that are from my year from fundies (aside from one or two) had to appeal the portfolio evaluation because they were at first flat-out rejected.
Now they are either doing very well in second year or have dropped out to pursue other things.

And in a more direct answer to your question -- sheridan is really slow at sorting stuff out. In the past 3 years I have had two grades entered improperly and it took once three months to get the paperwork through the system to change it -- and only 5 minutes to show my teacher they entered the wrong grade :teeth:

[ambyuler]

I'm not sure this is the place to air my dirty laundry, but I'm pretty confused about what's happening and would like some feedback. I was offered firm admission to animation last Friday, and accepted it the same day. It was showing online as firm accept by Monday. It's Wednesday now, and the most recent action's been changed to Application Transfer? Is this a normal problem? Is it a clerical error?
I've contacted the school, OCAS, and left messages for a couple of people at the college. OCAS still shows that I've accepted for animation, and that info session on the 29th still says I'm going for animation. I'm making some inquiries with a lawyer to find out what my rights are with this. Has anyone heard of anything like this, or had any experience with a similar situation?

[Moiss]

Moiss caught that late last year and he had a hard time with it. So effectively they're blaming you for surfing (probably porn - I dunno what Moiss was doing :teeth: ) but won't help you get rid of it.


Hush...............:tihi:

[kennygeeze]

I'm not sure this is the place to air my dirty laundry, but I'm pretty confused about what's happening and would like some feedback. I was offered firm admission to animation last Friday, and accepted it the same day. It was showing online as firm accept by Monday. It's Wednesday now, and the most recent action's been changed to Application Transfer? Is this a normal problem? Is it a clerical error?
I've contacted the school, OCAS, and left messages for a couple of people at the college. OCAS still shows that I've accepted for animation, and that info session on the 29th still says I'm going for animation. I'm making some inquiries with a lawyer to find out what my rights are with this. Has anyone heard of anything like this, or had any experience with a similar situation?

Just keep bothering them... and take a screenshot of the OCAS thing that says you're accepted to animation... you can't be too careful

[ambyuler]

take a screenshot of the OCAS thing that says you're accepted to animation... you can't be too careful

I have screencaps of the firm admit, the confirmation from OCAS, my OCAS "current status" still saying I've accepted, and the application transfer thing access sheridan is telling me now. Anal much? So yes, I've got that covered, and thank you.

[5frames]

I'm not sure this is the place to air my dirty laundry, but I'm pretty confused about what's happening and would like some feedback. I was offered firm admission to animation last Friday, and accepted it the same day. It was showing online as firm accept by Monday. It's Wednesday now, and the most recent action's been changed to Application Transfer? Is this a normal problem? Is it a clerical error?
I've contacted the school, OCAS, and left messages for a couple of people at the college. OCAS still shows that I've accepted for animation, and that info session on the 29th still says I'm going for animation. I'm making some inquiries with a lawyer to find out what my rights are with this. Has anyone heard of anything like this, or had any experience with a similar situation?


That sux hard man. When u accepted from OCAS did u print out that confirmation thing? When I accepted for animation I printed 3 copies as proof that this was legit.

If u did, then bring them to the registrar and wave it in their face until they fix it.

[Atazure]

I'm not sure this is the place to air my dirty laundry, but I'm pretty confused about what's happening and would like some feedback. I was offered firm admission to animation last Friday, and accepted it the same day. It was showing online as firm accept by Monday. It's Wednesday now, and the most recent action's been changed to Application Transfer? Is this a normal problem? Is it a clerical error?
I've contacted the school, OCAS, and left messages for a couple of people at the college. OCAS still shows that I've accepted for animation, and that info session on the 29th still says I'm going for animation. I'm making some inquiries with a lawyer to find out what my rights are with this. Has anyone heard of anything like this, or had any experience with a similar situation?

Gah, now that's just evil. I hope it's some chaotic error and not some evil, anal planning of the higher ups :/ Hang in there! I'm sure it'll end good!

[5frames]

If im in Art Fundamentals now, and I was offered a firm admit into animation and I accepted the admit, am I guarenteed into animation?

I mean, do I HAVE to pass art fundies to get in? Its not a conditional admit... so im guessing no. But still, I want to play it safe.

[darth massacre]

How is residence compared to .....

Dude....don't compare. Just don't stay in Rez. :teeth: If anyone is interested I'll ask my building manager for empty apartments. 3 bedrooms, 15 mins walk from school, plus there are a huge amount of students already living here.

Other apartment buildings worth mentioning are White Oaks - The Rabba/Coffeetime plaza, directly opposite school. Goes for about $1300+ for the entire apartment. Marlboro court - There are 2 sides, one opposite school, the other one just next to the college. Those go for about 1300 too and it takes about 7 mins to get to school.

Hey guys, fundies or no fundies, I hope y'all are excited.

I'm gonna go take a nap now.....this has been a bad day.

[amarryth]

Dude....don't compare. Just don't stay in Rez. :teeth: If anyone is interested I'll ask my building manager for empty apartments. 3 bedrooms, 15 mins walk from school, plus there are a huge amount of students already living here.

how much and where? i lived in the rabba building last year and landed a very unfortunate situation.. one word of advice.. if anyone is taking over someone else's lease, make sure all payments are up to date from the previous tenant.. i almost ended up $600 in the hole and a collection agency after me for something that was completely not my fault..

[Atazure]

Dude....don't compare. Just don't stay in Rez. :teeth: If anyone is interested I'll ask my building manager for empty apartments. 3 bedrooms, 15 mins walk from school, plus there are a huge amount of students already living here.

Other apartment buildings worth mentioning are White Oaks - The Rabba/Coffeetime plaza, directly opposite school. Goes for about $1300+ for the entire apartment. Marlboro court - There are 2 sides, one opposite school, the other one just next to the college. Those go for about 1300 too and it takes about 7 mins to get to school.

Hey guys, fundies or no fundies, I hope y'all are excited.

I'm gonna go take a nap now.....this has been a bad day.

Oooh that's so cool! Mmm, but since i'm international i'd be probably moving in around August, so how those that work? is it possible to rent early without having to pay the fee for the months i'm not gonna be living there?

It seems like there's a lot of great places to live! And so near school too! I'm already excited! I bet that feeling homesick can be overlapped with feeling comfy in a friendly enviroment! :D And overswarmed with work! <3

[SirGreenSock]

Dude....don't compare. Just don't stay in Rez. If anyone is interested I'll ask my building manager for empty apartments. 3 bedrooms, 15 mins walk from school, plus there are a huge amount of students already living here.

Dude, that'd be awesome if you could ask!

[kennygeeze]

I mean, do I HAVE to pass art fundies to get in?

You'll be a better artist if you do! :teeth:

And you'll get a handsome certificate! and a... pin.

[5frames]

lol....


I DID IT ALL FOR THE PIN :D

[darth massacre]

one word of advice.. if anyone is taking over someone else's lease, make sure all payments are up to date from the previous tenant..
See thats the thing. NEVER TAKE OVER A LEASE! Always talk to the building manager for a new lease.


Atazure: If you're not able to tie down an apartment with others I suggest you stay in a townhouse or an apartment with a resident landlord first. You could look it up here. http://www.places4students.com

I can provide you with a contact too. I've talked to this landlady before but have never really visited her apartment. It's a little costly at $550 but I'm told its pretty big and just opposite the college. Someone from my country used to stay with her and I was told she's a nice lady who keeps her place clean and well decorated. Also you might want to check with Alxcote and see if his place will have a vacancy. Its also about $550 but I hear the landlady offers cooked meals from mondays to fridays.


SirGreenSock: The building that Kennygeeze, Endregan, Wildsprucemoose and myself are staying in is 297 Queens Avenue. Its opposite Oakville Place Mall and its actually a pretty nice apartment - although old. If you guys have 3 or 4 confirmed, I can bring you guys to meet the building manager when you're in school for your information session (that's 29 april yeah?). The kids can get annoying at times but they're usually always fun to have around. They have 3 and 2 bedroom apartments.

You can squeeze 4 or 5 people in there (my classmates intend to squeeze 6). Frankly speaking, I suggest not putting too many people into the same apartment unless all of you live around the GTA and go home on weekends. Its cool on weekdays when everyone goes to school....but on weekends....you can't even take a crap in peace.

[SirGreenSock]

Very cool, thanks for the info! I'd definitely be interested in meeting the manager after the info session (yeah, the 29th). Gonna organize something, get more people confirmed.
Thanks a bunch for all the help!

[amarryth]

i'm interested too.. pm me if anyone wants to possibly live with me

[Taj]

This is insane, I'm the only one going to be living at home. heh, more money for me :devil:

[SirGreenSock]

Whatever, I have no real choice, taking the subway south (live on top of the yonge line :O) and then taking the go to Oakville is 2 hours of travel every day. I am in no way prepared to do that, would waste too much time for work and taking advantage of after-school goings on.

[amarryth]

Whatever, I have no real choice, taking the subway south (live on top of the yonge line :O) and then taking the go to Oakville is 2 hours of travel every day. I am in no way prepared to do that, would waste too much time for work and taking advantage of after-school goings on.

yeah, my half hour drive isn't tooo bad.. but that's if i'm lucky to land no traffic on the qew.. it was not rare for me to take an hour and a half getting home some nights after class.. that was fine for fundies, but i actually want to be a part of school this year, and it sucks when you want to have a meal and are stuck with wasting money on fast food (which i can't even eat most of it anymore, literally).. i just don't feel like living out of my car anymore.. might cost a bit more for me.. but that extra 7-10 hours a week is worth it if i can make it to more life drawing and have a social life, too.. plus i've got a decent summer job for the next two years.. it's after that when i can start to worry...

[thomasaurus]

darth, I'm in for meeting the manager... thanks for offering to help, I wasn't sure where to start with this...

[alxcote]

I got a pretty good place in town house where i live with a family. got a room on second floor.

Im not sure if my roomate will stay for next year..if he doesn't i'll tell you guys about it.

it's basicaly 400$ month, then you can add 100$ on top for meals...which is what i take. (and it's good meals... as in steak+potatoes+ frikin vegies) but it's only during the week.

I'm happy with the place, and it's 1 minute walk from the school door...which doesnt hurt.

alx

[Atazure]

Atazure: If you're not able to tie down an apartment with others I suggest you stay in a townhouse or an apartment with a resident landlord first. You could look it up here. http://www.places4students.com

I can provide you with a contact too. I've talked to this landlady before but have never really visited her apartment. It's a little costly at $550 but I'm told its pretty big and just opposite the college. Someone from my country used to stay with her and I was told she's a nice lady who keeps her place clean and well decorated. Also you might want to check with Alxcote and see if his place will have a vacancy. Its also about $550 but I hear the landlady offers cooked meals from mondays to fridays.


Both of those places, even thought a little bit pracey sound perfect. Esspecially thansk to those meals! I figure that $100 is pretty much what i'd have to spend on meals anyway, and probably crappier ones then those they make at home. I'd be grateful for the contact with that lady your friend was staying with and maybe your friends email,(if that's not too creepy) so that i could ask him about some things, or maybe if you or him/her don't feel comfortable throwing email adresses around, you could ask hima bout a couple things on my behalf?

alxcote: Sounds perfect to me :D How many people are they capable of keeping (students that is)?

[kennygeeze]

lol....


I DID IT ALL FOR THE PIN :D

Hehehe, that's an honourable cause :P

You should try to finish fundies as best you can... you might want to become a tutor at some point in the future or apply for a scholarship and you don't want your grade point average messing that up for you.

That's what happened to me on both things.

Ken

[ambyuler]

You paid a good deal of money to get that pin XD I believe there's just a month left of school for you? Try to see it through, it should be worth the effort.

I heard back about that little issue of mine today, they told me it's a system error. It's been changed back to a firm admit, but I've already accepted...? I suppose I'll just stay on top of it. Thanks for the kind words and the guidance with this nonsense.

[5frames]

I know money is HUGE factor when considering where you're going to live...

But to be completely honest, It is SO worth living near to Sheridan. Mainly because it means you can spend more time at extra life.

I'm just saying from my own experiences this year, the only guys in my class that got into animation were the ones that lived close to school (15min walk MAX).

Why?

Because there was never a need to think, oo I gotta go home, oo I gotta arrange a ride, I gotta catch a bus/train/moped/jetski/hovercraft. We just focused on our work while other people were sitting on a bus for 2hours one way.

That means 4 hours out of every day in transit. That 4hours could be put towards extra life - which is a ton on its own. My drawing teacher told us at the beginning of the year, "IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO ANIMATION, YOU HAVE TO DO 'atleast' 9HOURS OF EXTRA LIFE EVERY WEEK". And he was right.

It also hurts A LOT if u have 8am classes. One of my friends has to wake up at 5am just to get to school on time. (he didnt get in btw)


So really give it some thought... its not just money, its whether or not you want to make the most of your school year. You have to want it bad.

[5frames]

Hehehe, that's an honourable cause :P

You should try to finish fundies as best you can... you might want to become a tutor at some point in the future or apply for a scholarship and you don't want your grade point average messing that up for you.

That's what happened to me on both things.

Ken


Thanks for the advice dude.. and yes, I want to be a tutour one day.

[Atazure]

You paid a good deal of money to get that pin XD I believe there's just a month left of school for you? Try to see it through, it should be worth the effort.

I heard back about that little issue of mine today, they told me it's a system error. It's been changed back to a firm admit, but I've already accepted...? I suppose I'll just stay on top of it. Thanks for the kind words and the guidance with this nonsense.

I'm happy it worked out ^^

Mah. So i got an answer from the admissions office (seems like a copy/paste email to me :/ ), which pretty much explained nothing, and informed me of nothing i don't already know (thanks to you guys :D ).

I asked them what are the next steps i should take after my status has changed to "application transfer" and what does it mean, and here is their answer :

Hello,

Sheridan College often receives many more applications than there are
seats available, particularly in our highly competitive programs. When
this happens, admission is given to the student who has the highest
average and/or highest scores for other selection requirements e.g.,
portfolios.

Admission to the Bachelor of Applied Arts Animation or Bachelor of
Applied Arts Illustration programs is being offered to applicants who
achieved both the minimum portfolio score and who met the academic
requirements of the program.

Applicants who achieved a portfolio score of less than the minimum are
being placed on a wait list and/or offered alternate programs. The
course content in the alternate "stream" programs features assignments
reflecting the animation or illustration disciplines and provides a
comprehensive portfolio of art and design projects, and the studio-based
curriculum prepares a student for application to a program at Sheridan
or other postsecondary institutions.

All applicants who applied to the program and submitted a portfolio will
receive a letter shortly with their portfolio score, including
explanations clarifying the evaluation process.

Thank you,
Contact Centre

[Sanby]

If we do not get accepted will it say rejected, or will they take the under consideration thing down or take the program off the list of something? Or, will it always just say under consideration?

Sanby

[Taj]

amarryth told me that her applications from a long time ago are still "under consideration" so I'm guessing it stays under consideration all our college life!

[Atazure]

amarryth told me that her applications from a long time ago are still "under consideration" so I'm guessing it stays under consideration all our college life!

Lazy asses :I

any change with your status?

[Diseased Fetus]

I think that if you apllied for the program but never dropped off a portfolio then your status stays as under consideration. If you dropped off a portfolio but didn't get accepted then your status would say refused admit.

[amarryth]

I think that if you apllied for the program but never dropped off a portfolio then your status stays as under consideration. If you dropped off a portfolio but didn't get accepted then your status would say refused admit.

that is correct, taj, i said that about programs i applied to but never dropped off a portfolio for.. if you completed all of the application procedures then you will get a definite answer... eventually...... :S

[sketchi]

actually, I applied for illustration and never submitted a portfolio. it's 'application transfer'. o.0 strange!
my animation one changed back to under consideration from application transfer. argg, I wish they'd make up their minds! sigh.

[Sanby]

Ok, because I did all the requirements, and I wanted to make sure that I was actually waiting for something. I wanted to make sure it was actually going to change.

Sanby

[amarryth]

soo glad to see i'm not the only one still waiting.. anyone else have academic issues that need to be sorted out?? grr...

[Kdeezy]

so i checked accesssheridan just now and it says im under consideration .. i already accepted senecas offer...... could that have something to do with it?


cuz id rather go to sheridan if i still have a chance.

[5frames]

Yikes... you probably shouldnt have accepted Senecas offer if u were still hoping to get into sheridan. I know theres a way to undo your decision, but you have to wait until later to do so.

[amarryth]

eeks.. that sucks...

[kennygeeze]

i already accepted senecas offer...... could that have something to do with it?


You should E-mail admissions about that, but if it means anything my friend applied to OCAD, york, and sheridan. She got into OCAD and immediately accepted... then she got into york and changed her acceptance to that, and then two months later was bumped off the waiting list into a seat for illustration and again changed her mind.

[Kdeezy]

well shit..... lol........ this is really depressing and annoying these people are supposed to be professionals !!!!!



anyone else get their score sheets yet? i just got mine....... cut off point was 61 and i had a 54 lol GOD DAMNIT........ guess i wasnt too far off and that is surprising cuz despite my gusto to start early on the portfolio i didnt and did it the last 3 days before the due date. i guess i feel a lil better knowing how close i got.

[amarryth]

good stuff man... i'm hoping for the score sheet soon... i bet i kicked ass! lol.. so joking....

[Atazure]

anyone else get their score sheets yet? i just got mine....... cut off point was 61 and i had a 54 lol GOD DAMNIT........ guess i wasnt too far off and that is surprising cuz despite my gusto to start early on the portfolio i didnt and did it the last 3 days before the due date. i guess i feel a lil better knowing how close i got.

But you got enough to go into fundies right? Not considering?

Aaaagh! I think i'll faint the moment i'll open my score sheet :I I suck at stuff like that :/

[Leeway]

Okay, I got my scoresheet today as well. 58/100.

Kdeezy, please tell me you were on the waiting list as well, because my mark is indicating me to be low tier on the list so far. Not good at all...

Oh and for the curious, I believe getting at least a 36 grants you admission into Art Fundies - Animation.

[amarryth]

yay.. kinda! admissions chick called me to say that she would have something figured out on monday.. she's hoping all i'll have to make up is one course 'cause she's gonna take one of my fundies marks and put it towards high school credits... she's not guaranteeing it, but it's a definite possibility, ya'll keep your fingies and toesies crossed for me this weekend!!!! yayyyy!!!!

[ambyuler]

Got mine today, too. Lost most of my marks for creativity (4/10!!!! x.x) but I was trying to play it safe. Nothing to lose any sleep over.

[Atazure]

yay.. kinda! admissions chick called me to say that she would have something figured out on monday.. she's hoping all i'll have to make up is one course 'cause she's gonna take one of my fundies marks and put it towards high school credits... she's not guaranteeing it, but it's a definite possibility, ya'll keep your fingies and toesies crossed for me this weekend!!!! yayyyy!!!!

fingers crossed :D

Seeing how everyone's getting their sheets i guess i'll get mine on...uuuhhh >_< Monday? tuesday? Graaah! Another wait.

[Kdeezy]

Got mine today, too. Lost most of my marks for creativity (4/10!!!! x.x) but I was trying to play it safe. Nothing to lose any sleep over.



oh man this is bitter sweet, i got killed on LINE QUALITY 1/10 lol, CREATIVITY 2/10 and OVERALL IMPACT 0/10 (oh man)......... 6/10 for story and performence, 8/10 for believable character and structure, 7/10 for proportion and composition and 9/10 for perspective and sense of spatial volume.


i got killed on the easiest parts man!!!



Leeway, no, no waiting list here i first got a application transfer on the 31st so i just accepted senecas offer, and i checked like 2 nights ago on accesssheridan and its back to under consideration. sooooo i really am lost. because the cut off point is 61 so i really dunno wtf is happening here.

I doubt this change to under consideration is something good. + already accepted seneca.

[Kdeezy]

hey ambyuler, u said ud link anyone that asked to ur portfolio, could ya pass me a link please? i really wanna see what they wanted seeing how u got accepted and all.


thanks.

[kennygeeze]

My experience with the score sheets is if you don't score high enough to get into the program they often don't give the individual scores much thought.

When I applied out of highschool I didn't bother handing in a sketchbook, however I recieved the same grade in that area as on other categories... which made no sense.

Those of you who got your score sheets... were you animation or illustration applicants?

[kennygeeze]

and i checked like 2 nights ago on accesssheridan and its back to under consideration

My friend called and asked as the same thing happened to her being an illustration applicant and apparently there's a glitch in the system.

Ken

[Kdeezy]

animation here


damn those glitches getting my hopes up!

[sketchi]

got my scoresheet back too! got the same as you, kdeezy. guess we're going to ani-fundies together! D:

disappointed, but I feel much happier knowing where I went wrong. I got a huge slash through my 'hand drawing'! all 0s?? did they not see that I did it? anyone else get a giant slash straight down the page? o.o;;

now I just need to find a roomie/somewhere to live. x[

[Atazure]

My friend called and asked as the same thing happened to her being an illustration applicant and apparently there's a glitch in the system.

Ken

Abt two nights ago my status changed to "Application trasnfer" so that could have been a glitch too?! Oh...wow....i gotta get myself an arm to sniffle into >_<

[SirGreenSock]

Wee got my score sheet today (illustration). I got 71/100, weakest points were composition, guess thats something I should work on until september.
Wish they didnt cover up the comments, i really wanna see what they said.

[Leeway]

Those of you who got your score sheets... were you animation or illustration applicants?
I'm animation. I'm not sure what the cut off is for the waiting list is, but I made it onto that at the very least. I'm just very concerned now because all signs are pointing to me being low tier on the waiting list.

[ambyuler]

Kdeezy, there are literally dozens of Sheridan animation students with blogspots. A quick google search of those will turn up much better results of what they wanted than any look at my portfolio would.

[Kdeezy]

Kdeezy, there are literally dozens of Sheridan animation students with blogspots. A quick google search of those will turn up much better results of what they wanted than any look at my portfolio would.


True, just thought that id look into ur offer, maybe it was another poster that said it, not sure.

thanks.

[Taj]

Abt two nights ago my status changed to "Application trasnfer" so that could have been a glitch too?! Oh...wow....i gotta get myself an arm to sniffle into >_<
So are you still coming to canada if they transfer you to Animation Fundamentals?

[Atazure]

So are you still coming to canada if they transfer you to Animation Fundamentals?

DEFINITELY. I'm just worried that my current trasnfer to fundies might not be true, y'knwo that maybe my status changed becaus eof the glitch. But if it is, you'll definitely see me :]

[Taj]

Cool, check OCAS, because Sheridan's OASIS system glitchs but if they accecpted(or transfered you) you it would appear on OCAS.

[Atazure]

Cool, check OCAS, because Sheridan's OASIS system glitchs but if they accecpted(or transfered you) you it would appear on OCAS.

OCAS? Where's that? suddenly i feel dumb for not knowing :I *goes to google*

[SirGreenSock]

http://www.ontariocolleges.ca/pls/portal/url/page/TOPLEVELPAGES/OCAS_home

[Atazure]

Oooh, thanks GreenSock hmmmm...it seems i don't have an account :I So i guess i can't really get any info through them :/

[Taj]

Oh, woops, then how did you apply to the school? mail?

[Atazure]

yup, mail. The first time i looked at that OCAS page i got all 'aaaah, hell, i'm just gonna mail it in' and then forgot about it totally :d

[kennygeeze]

DEFINITELY. I'm just worried that my current trasnfer to fundies might not be true, y'knwo that maybe my status changed becaus eof the glitch. But if it is, you'll definitely see me :]


No, what I meant was the glitch in the system causes application transfer to change back to 'under consideration' in some categories. I don't think it's the other way around.

[Atazure]

No, what I meant was the glitch in the system causes application transfer to change back to 'under consideration' in some categories. I don't think it's the other way around.

Oh. Really? If this is true than i can breathe again! Thank you!

[marrrooo]

Hi guys,

I applied for illustration program, but I got an application transfer to Foundamental Illustration. Can anyone advise me on this program? like in which way is it different from the regular Fundamental Prog.? Do you recommend it?

and does any one has a list of the subjects included in this program? and how many cridits per semester?

I have a good foundation in visual arts and I don't want to waste my time if the program wasn't really good. I need this information on the prog. before I accept the admission offered.. Thanks

[5frames]

Hi guys,

I applied for illustration program, but I got an application transfer to Foundamental Illustration. Can anyone advise me on this program? like in which way is it different from the regular Fundamental Prog.? Do you recommend it?

and does any one has a list of the subjects included in this program? and how many cridits per semester?

I have a good foundation in visual arts and I don't want to waste my time if the program wasn't really good. I need this information on the prog. before I accept the admission offered.. Thanks


Well, if you want to get into illustration, you might as well take the fundies program with the illustration spin on it dont u think? I mean, its 'that' much closer to your direction so I'd say go for it.

Im looking at the streame fundamentals sheet now and the differences are:

Art Fundies Regular/ Art Fundies Illustration

Drawing / Drawing
Painting / Colour
2D Design / 2D Design
3D Design / Fundamentals of Narrative Illustration
Imaging Systems / Principles of Illustrative Drawing
Gen Ed / Gen Ed
Ideas and Images / History of Illustration

18Credits per semester for a total of 36credits a year.

Things in bold are the differences. Look up each class at sheridans website if u want to know the details for each class.

[Taj]

Im looking at the streame fundamentals sheet now...
What sheet?

Can you post Art Fundamentals-Animation stream differences please :blahblah: .

[SirGreenSock]

The sheet came with the portfolio score sheet. At least it did for me.

[5frames]

This sheet. This is from last year. The requirements to get into the streams are now 36 for animation, 38 for illustration.

http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/576/streams5nn.jpg

[Taj]

What the hell? my sheet doesnt have any of that on it.

Thanks.

[amarryth]

Hi guys,

I applied for illustration program, but I got an application transfer to Foundamental Illustration. Can anyone advise me on this program? like in which way is it different from the regular Fundamental Prog.? Do you recommend it?

and does any one has a list of the subjects included in this program? and how many cridits per semester?

I have a good foundation in visual arts and I don't want to waste my time if the program wasn't really good. I need this information on the prog. before I accept the admission offered.. Thanks

i've written SOOO much about this program throughout the last few pages of this thread, so i'm not going to write much more.. it's advanced fundies, if illustration is what you want, take it. yes.

[Artistic Suicide]

Hey guys,

So I was given conditional offers into both fundies streams, but my BAA Illustration application still reads as 'Under Consideration'. Does this mean that I still have a chance of getting into illustration, or is it just that the school is too lazy to update the status?
I don't think they'd offer me a place in the fundies illustration stream if I got accepted into BAA illustration...anyone else have this?

Anyway, it'll probably be animation fundies for me, if I decide to come back in the Fall.

anyone else get their score sheets yet? i just got mine....... cut off point was 61 and i had a 54 lol GOD DAMNIT........ guess i wasnt too far off and that is surprising cuz despite my gusto to start early on the portfolio i didnt and did it the last 3 days before the due date. i guess i feel a lil better knowing how close i got.

I guess i'll just have to wait for my scoresheets. I pretty much did the same thing as you. I decided to make my portfolios on the last friday before reading week(wasn't sure if I was going to apply, but decided it was best to keep my options open) and started my animation portfolio on saturday. I definitely had a weekend portfolio. It'll be interesting to see what I got.

~Blaine

[marrrooo]

Well, if you want to get into illustration, you might as well take the fundies program with the illustration spin on it dont u think? I mean, its 'that' much closer to your direction so I'd say go for it.

Im looking at the streame fundamentals sheet now and the differences are:

Art Fundies Regular/ Art Fundies Illustration

Drawing / Drawing
Painting / Colour
2D Design / 2D Design
3D Design / Fundamentals of Narrative Illustration
Imaging Systems / Principles of Illustrative Drawing
Gen Ed / Gen Ed
Ideas and Images / History of Illustration

18Credits per semester for a total of 36credits a year.

Things in bold are the differences. Look up each class at sheridans website if u want to know the details for each class.


Thanks so much for this information.. It helped alot..

I have one more question: would it be possible to arrange having my classes' schedual in three day; I mean instead of going to school every day. I live in Toronto, besides, I have a little child..so it would be hard for me to go there everyday. Any idea?

[amarryth]

Thanks so much for this information.. It helped alot..

I have one more question: would it be possible to arrange having my classes' schedual in three day; I mean instead of going to school every day. I live in Toronto, besides, I have a little child..so it would be hard for me to go there everyday. Any idea?

no, it won't be possible, i tried that last year, there are one of two schedules to choose from, everyone gets a day off.. two days you have one class and two days you have two classes..

to everyone counting on that streamed fundies sheet, don't. the courses have the same title, it's basically a more advanced version of those classes that you would have taken if you've already done fundies. the assignments are different, more illustration or animation directed, but don't expect principles of narrative illustration or any shit like that. we had alot of pissed off people at the beginning of the year because the courses weren't what they said they'd be. *courses subject to change without notice*. anyway, it's still a great course, and if you do the work, you'll get where you want to get, the instructors are all in the field and they all bring different things to the classroom. i wouldn't turn down the opportunity if you're sure about what you want to do. just be sure you know alot about the program you want to do. misinformed people will end up wasting time. there are quite a few people that for some reason think going into illustration is going to teach them the drawing skills that animation won't.. i don't know where they get this idea, don't take the long way around. if you want to do illustration, check out some books on illustrators... there's TONS of them around.. get informed. anyway, that's my rant of the day..

oh, and i've got a potential roomie, anyone else interested still?

see all you kids on the 29th!

[Atazure]

oh, and i've got a potential roomie, anyone else interested still?

see all you kids on the 29th!

Ohh, me me! I'm waiting for my score sheet so i can't say for SURE yet, if i'm a 100% roomie candidate, but if i AM getting into fundies, i'm in for sharing a room/house :D

[marrrooo]

no, it won't be possible, i tried that last year, there are one of two schedules to choose from, everyone gets a day off.. two days you have one class and two days you have two classes..

to everyone counting on that streamed fundies sheet, don't. the courses have the same title, it's basically a more advanced version of those classes that you would have taken if you've already done fundies. the assignments are different, more illustration or animation directed, but don't expect principles of narrative illustration or any shit like that. we had alot of pissed off people at the beginning of the year because the courses weren't what they said they'd be. *courses subject to change without notice*. anyway, it's still a great course, and if you do the work, you'll get where you want to get, the instructors are all in the field and they all bring different things to the classroom. i wouldn't turn down the opportunity if you're sure about what you want to do. just be sure you know alot about the program you want to do. misinformed people will end up wasting time. there are quite a few people that for some reason think going into illustration is going to teach them the drawing skills that animation won't.. i don't know where they get this idea, don't take the long way around. if you want to do illustration, check out some books on illustrators... there's TONS of them around.. get informed. anyway, that's my rant of the day..

oh, and i've got a potential roomie, anyone else interested still?

see all you kids on the 29th!

Thanks Amarryth

[Allegro]

well shit..... lol........ this is really depressing and annoying these people are supposed to be professionals !!!!!



anyone else get their score sheets yet? i just got mine....... cut off point was 61 and i had a 54 lol GOD DAMNIT........ guess i wasnt too far off and that is surprising cuz despite my gusto to start early on the portfolio i didnt and did it the last 3 days before the due date. i guess i feel a lil better knowing how close i got.


You should only feel better if you don't want to attend the school. Otherwise, you should be kicking yourself for procrastinating. Whereever you end up, learn to get things done before the last available chance. If you're spending thousands of dollars on an education, you should be trying to get your money's worth.






Thanks so much for this information.. It helped alot..

I have one more question: would it be possible to arrange having my classes' schedual in three day; I mean instead of going to school every day. I live in Toronto, besides, I have a little child..so it would be hard for me to go there everyday. Any idea?

Not on an official level... it works like grade school where you'll be with the same people in all of your classes. No section will have a 3 day week. But you may arrange with teachers a schedule that you can jump from section to section.

[5frames]

Actually marrrooo my room mate has a 3day week so it is very possible. If you have special circumstances like having a child you could go to the registrar and try to get things rescheduled.

I was suppose to choose of the template schedules but they werent working out for me and I was given a unique schedule.

[marrrooo]

Thank you guys!!

The George brown college offers a certificates in visual arts foundation and cartooning.. It's evening classes. Does anyone have any idea about the quality of these courses as well as the instructors? Would they be worthy taking? would it be more or less the same like art fundamental at Sheridan?

[kennygeeze]

Evening courses are usually easy -- aimed at hobbiests .. homework if any is pretty lax -- at least as far as my experience is concerned.

we had alot of pissed off people at the beginning of the year because the courses weren't what they said they'd be

We get that in illustration too. 1st semester of second year computer class was a joke. I hope they change it for anyone in the future going through it.
When I took digital media... I thought I would be learning digital media...

[TristanR]

hello, im in grade 11 and im interested in going to sheridan for illustration and i was wondering when the open house is this year? i went a couple years ago and i remember it was in early spring right around now but the sheridan website doesn't say anything about it. Thanks and congratulations to those of you who got in and good luck to those still waiting!

[Kdeezy]

You should only feel better if you don't want to attend the school. Otherwise, you should be kicking yourself for procrastinating. Whereever you end up, learn to get things done before the last available chance. If you're spending thousands of dollars on an education, you should be trying to get your money's worth.





OUCH!

words to live by, and i agree with u, but what i meant by feeling better was that i assumed before i got the score sheets that i did horribly bad and just barely made the application transfer, basically a sort of aknowledgement to myself that i really shouldnt stress out and doubt my own skills.

And BELIEVE me, I am pissed off @ myself for slacking so much but i cant do anything about that now just get on with life and as the saying goes, u learn from ur mistakes.

[Allegro]

Sorry if that came off as too blunt, it was meant more as advice from someone who's been a huge procrastinator and has learned that that's not a good way to go about it

[Taj]

see all you kids on the 29th!
Did you hear back from admissions office? (did you get in?)

[amarryth]

Did you hear back from admissions office? (did you get in?)

i should know tomorrow!!! i received a personal call from the infamous admissions chick saying that her and two different registrar people are meeting on monday about my situation... and she said it was sounding hopeful for me to do a minimal amount of work over the summer... so finally the wait is coming to an end for me.... i think i'm officially the last one! it'll be worth the wait! *crosses fingers*

Atazure: pm me! that way we can talk without filling up this forum with our chatter! :D

[Diseased Fetus]

i think i'm officially the last one!
I hope not.

[darth massacre]

Evening ladies, I see you guys are still fretting over admissions.

Here's what I think.


1) If you have replied to your admissions in any other schools, like I said before, it doesn't matter coz if you are 18, you will probably learn a lot wherever you go. BUT if you are extremely concerned, then just know as long as you don't pay up your tuition fees, nothing is confirmed.

2) You guys should relax. I'm not saying you guys shouldn't freak out, but don't give yourself a heart attack. Its not the end of the world.

3) Whoever is CONFIRMED coming to Sheridan in September and are interested in looking at the apartments where I live, please confirm with me via PM. Because Apr29 is a saturday and my building managers....the full timers....don't work weekends. They may go away for the weekend so I have to arrange the time with them early on. THIS IS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. I believe no one wants to waste a trip to oakville on a weekend just for the open house.


oh that and you guys don't know what you've missed out from Art Out Loud 2006 :teeth:

[alxcote]

woa, we almost at 2000 posts.... so who's gonna get the 2000th post this time around?


*me me me me me*

[alxcote]

holy shite batman double post

[alxcote]

here i'll add a 3rd one for my personal 100th post. yeah i'm a post /one1

[aico003]

[current status - under consideration]

...

nothing productive to add.

As for all the talk of illustration fundies, it should, hopefully, be a lot better for you dudes next year. This was sort of, a test run at it. I think it got a lot better second semester, and I think the thing about them not changing the courses was because they came up with it too late in the year to get funding if they changed things seriously.

Forget that CA-er thing guys LOL. I've been in this school for 2 years now and we hardly have any gatherings. Kennygeeze, Endregan and Wildsprucemoose live a couple of floors up from my apartment. I was in Red Mimic's class last year and we still hang out sometime. Moiss is in the same class as Wildsprucemoose and Alxcote is too busy to hang out with us. I see Aico and Chester from time to time and that's it.

We did have "end of semester" dinners last year and we didn't have any this year yet. So that might happen. How about it guys - Swiss Chalet again?


But people show up if there's free beer though. Ask Red Mimic....he's the resident CA-Sheridan alcoholic. (and he "stole" my beer last thrusday :teeth: )

Heh, I seem to run into Alex every now and then, and Endregan last weekend when it was real nice outside. I think everyone that goes to Sheridan probably sees me from time to time, though.. I'm pretty hard to miss. It's just that I never post here and no one really knows who I am.

Ehh, alright, back to work. Or maybe I'll just make some pancakes instead... man, I can't wait till summer.

[Moiss]

oh that and you guys don't know what you've missed out from Art Out Loud 2006 :teeth:

Damn you...... send us some pictures....:teeth:

[amarryth]

What's this Art Loud thing????

[Amazing Action Ape]

hey guys, i uploaded my animation portfolio to my sketchbook, its near the bottom, if anyone is interested in taking a look. :)

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42799

[Moiss]

i found out i was firm admit into the bachelor of animation program! Now to make a choice!


I looked through your thread. There's no reason for you not to get accepted.....;)

Congrats...

[Taj]

I looked through your thread. There's no reason for you not to get accepted.....;)

Congrats...
I think he did get in. Amazing portfolio man, that's the kind of stuff I want to do.

[Amazing Action Ape]

Thanks guys. :) I've definitely come along way in the past 2 years, but I know I've still got so much farther to go!

[Atazure]

Thanks guys. :) I've definitely come along way in the past 2 years, but I know I've still got so much farther to go!
that's what's fun about art ;D sometimes, no matter how good you get, there's just no way, you can't get even better :]

[amarryth]

ok, i'll myself out just like ape did.. heh, jk dude :P

check out the bottom of my döödles for my illustration portfolio, still waiting to receive my score sheet... BUT i did get my independent course today so i've got two weeks to work on that until work starts up! woo!

[aico003]

Thanks guys. :) I've definitely come along way in the past 2 years, but I know I've still got so much farther to go!

Aye man, congratulations and real nice work. You should really re-crop your display picture though, it looks silly all squished like that :P.

I am so totally going to get around to posting art things.. someday. Seriously.

[amarryth]

Aye man, congratulations and real nice work. You should really re-crop your display picture though, it looks silly all squished like that :P.

I am so totally going to get around to posting art things.. someday. Seriously.

oh, come on aidan! you have time to post!!! hehe.. i'm just bugging, so you were right back in september.. this place is good~

[thomasaurus]

Got my score sheet today... 58/100 (Animation). Now here's the screwed up part, my storyboards weren't even marked. Zeros for the entire section. However, physically they are there, in the right placement in relation to the other assignments.

I'm thinking of trying for an appeal, thoughts? Anyone done this before?

Also, if I got under the required 61%, how did I get placed on the waiting list? Shouldn't I had gotten an application transfer into animation fundies?

[kennygeeze]

Got my score sheet today... 58/100 (Animation). Now here's the screwed up part, my storyboards weren't even marked. Zeros for the entire section. However, physically they are there, in the right placement in relation to the other assignments.

I'm thinking of trying for an appeal, thoughts? Anyone done this before?

Also, if I got under the required 61%, how did I get placed on the waiting list? Shouldn't I had gotten an application transfer into animation fundies?

Yeah, you should definitely appeal. I don't know if you know the school very well, but the offices near where the cashiers are right by the front entrance are where you get the forms for appeals.
You have to write a convincing letter and if your appeal is approved your portfolio apparently gets evaluated by the program co-ordinator, the dean, and someone impartial -- at least that's the way it was for a friend of mine when they appealed for illustration.

Good luck.

Ken

[darth massacre]

I Get Post 2000!! Whooo!

[5frames]

Zeros for the entire section. However, physically they are there, in the right placement in relation to the other assignments.



FYI they do give out zeroes. Depends how good (or bad) it was.

[alxcote]

I Get Post 2000!! Whooo!

cheater...you were waiting the whole time!

:(

[thomasaurus]

5frames, there is a "no storyboards" note written near the bottom on the sheet.

[Diseased Fetus]

Also, if I got under the required 61%, how did I get placed on the waiting list? Shouldn't I had gotten an application transfer into animation fundies?

61 and up gets you a spot in the program. If you are slightly below that they place you on the waiting list. The waiting list has a cut off and after that you'd get an application transfer into animation fundies.

The cut off for Illustration this year is 52. I got a 54 last year. Funny stuff.