What materials do I need to prepare to study in the United States and apply for art majors?

Application materials required for American art majors:

1. Portfolio

This is the most important part of applying for art major in American universities. In other words, if you apply for an art major, then you must have corresponding works of art in this major. For example, if you want to apply for photography, you must have photographic works. If your work wins the prize, it will definitely be more beneficial to your application. Or if you want to apply for the sculpture major, send your most proud sculpture works to the school you want to apply for. When applying, you'd better send your own works of art in the form of a collection, which is more helpful to the application.

2. University transcripts and bachelor's degrees

Applicants should provide undergraduate transcripts (GPA) and bachelor's degrees. Your GPA must not be lower than 2.7 to prove that you are a good student at school. In addition, a four-year undergraduate degree is required.

3. Personal statement and three letters of recommendation

Personal statement is similar to applying for other majors. Letters of recommendation should be written by professors or professionals who have taught you, usually three or four.

4. Standardized examination

Generally speaking, applying for art majors in American universities only needs to provide TOEFL scores, and the score requirements are very different from those of graduate schools applying for American universities. Generally, it is acceptable to score above 80 points, and more general schools can even get about 60 points. Gre scores are generally not needed, depending on the requirements of specific schools, but it is certainly better to have GRE scores.

5. The school requires it to be filled in.

Other forms that cannot be submitted online, such as scholarship application form, family income certificate, etc.

6. The application form of the school (now it is mostly applied in a common form)

7. Parents' work income certificate and bank deposit certificate. These can also be handled at the beginning of the application.

8. Letter of recommendation.

There are generally three letters of recommendation, one is the school report, which is the official letter of recommendation issued by your school. In foreign countries, it is generally done by counselors. In China, you can ask the headmaster, the class leader and the class teacher to complete it, or you can appoint a teacher as your counselor to complete it. The other two letters are called TeacherEvaluation, which are comments and recommendations from the teacher (the person who must teach you). Since your performance in the second year of high school is also very important, you can't start processing letters of recommendation until after the second year of high school. If some students have extra letters of recommendation, it is ok, but it usually cannot replace the above school report and teacher evaluation.

9. In addition, if students have supplementary materials, such as resumes (although not required by the school), copies of award-winning certificates, portfolios, music CDs, etc. , can be mailed to the school. Some schools require writing samples. Very few schools even need a copy of their passports or photos.