(Art Center Entrance Follio) I have a few questions if anyone has attended recently?

[DawnUnruh]

I am having a very hard time locating any good information (outside of the plethora of general information) regarding Art Center College of Designs Entrance folios for Illustration.

I am dying to locate someone who received any sort of Scholarship with their entrance folio and I would LOVE to see a few pieces from anyone’s entrance folio in general.

Anyone have any tips for submitting a folio? (outside of a sketchbook, tons of life drawings, original art (paints and life drawings) =P

Thank you very much for any help!

[steve kim]

talk to their admissions counselors

[Maxine Schacker]

Take a look at their student gallery. What I saw was not impressive. If your work is near the quality of first year work they show on line, your chances are excellent...but why is the work they choose to show on line so weak?

[steve kim]

i think it's fair to criticize schools as an end-user, but when it comes from someone RUNNING another competing school it leaves a bad practice in my mouth.

i'm sure max the mutt is a fabulous school and i appreciate all the information ya'll have posted on this forum. but seriously re-consider the practice of bad-mouthing other schools. especially in a thread that isn't even asking for critical opinion of the school itself!

i think there are better ways to promote your school, mainly by just having a really great place to study. if the quality is there, people will recognize it and the word will spread.

p.s. there is more to a school than its student gallery.

[DawnUnruh]

talk to their admissions counselors

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I dont think that If I called them and asked them to show me their previous scholarship winners they would, or would they? :P Doubt they even keep them. Now I have spoken to admissions lol which is why I have information on the scholarship, I would just like to see the level of artwork involved :)

[DawnUnruh]

Take a look at their student gallery. What I saw was not impressive. If your work is near the quality of first year work they show on line, your chances are excellent...but why is the work they choose to show on line so weak?
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on the site or in person? I have done both s far and am once again having a hard time seeing anything relating to Illustration, I see a lot of product design etc etc but very few people within the illustration major :(
Is there somewhere I am not looking?

[steve kim]

illustration is the biggest major at artcenter and accordingly has the largest space in the student gallery.

just look for 'illustration' on the labels of the pieces :)

if you want to see what scholarship works looks like (i just went w/ your more info comment) then ask when the scholarship wall competition is up. also check out the grad show preview. however there's no way for you to know which ranked the best w/out finding out from an artcenter student in the competition.

not everyone submits to the gallery so it so it may or may not be reflective of the illustration program depending on phases of the moon etc.

[evildisco]

A couple of my friends got scholarships, not full ones but partials.

Their work is decent enough though not of staggering levels.

They weigh heavily on financial need when awarding scholarship money.

At least thats what I noticed, myself I'm not even eligible so I don't even try.


PS: Clap clap Maxine.

[gunnz]

A couple of my friends got scholarships, not full ones but partials.

Their work is decent enough though not of staggering levels.

They weigh heavily on financial need when awarding scholarship money.

At least thats what I noticed, myself I'm not even eligible so I don't even try.


PS: Clap clap Maxine.

Scholarship is based on 75% merit, 25% need.

[evildisco]

Yeah that's the official figure, but I've noticed that the people with most financial need finally get the scholarship.

[Maxine Schacker]

I believe god is generous with talent. As Nicolaides says, there are many acorns but they don't all turn into oak trees. As a potential student, you are looking for a way to develop yourself and get on the road to realizing your potential. You need to know what skills you need to develop and you need to ask questions about any school you are interested in. I'm not "bad mouthing" any school. I'm asking a credible question.