Excuse me, do you need to buy a camera or a SLR if you want to take the Bengbu art exam?

My photography in art high school. Our teacher won't let us buy a SLR, but students who have the conditions at home can also buy it. Because the teacher told us that there seem to be only two schools that take the practical test, one is Beijing Film Academy and the other is school of visual arts. Therefore, our schools that mainly prepare for photography or filming are mainly based on theory and interviews. For example, every year in our school, there are students who are admitted to Zhejiang Chuanpian. The content of the exam is interview and written test, so I don't have to buy it. . If you accept my answer, I hope you can help me adopt it.