<p>We're already determined what schools want slides, vs. CDRom vs. prints. Unfortunately that means 3 different sets of requirements. Nothing is every easy ;-)</p>
<p>Question regarding prints:
What format is typically preferred? 8x10 photos (gloss photo paper), or 8 1/2 x 11 copies (on heavy stock or gloss cover stock, etc.). Printing photos is much more expensive than on card stock, for example, but I'm assuming the color and clarity are much better.</p>
<p>Suggestions?</p>
<p>kj
Just sent off son's art/animation portfolio. Keep in mind that with prints, you should put them in a sleeve. There are gradations of sleeves to consider--my son bought a smaple of each to test. The cheap sleeves were very pebbly. Then, sorting out how to bind the sleeves without spending a fortune on several throw away portfolios is another matter. </p>
<p>He did get one item printed on glossy paper but the rest looked okay on card stock--underneath the more expensive plastic sleeve.</p>
<p>For photos (of models?) I suggest you look at the proposed schools--and Cornell's and and Harvard's for good measure-- online student galleries. Those galleries give a good idea of what the faculty thinks is <em>hot</em> at the moment. The paper versions of those publications have photos on card stock so I think, done the right way and in the style of a publication entry, a card stock print might be great; ie can your S/D photoshop some text alongside the photo?</p>
<p>My opinion only.</p>
<p>If it's undergraduate, don't send architecture work. No CAD, for sure. Arch. schools won't be impressed by something you did in high school, period. Therefore, it's best to send artistic work, physical art, etc, because talent there tells them something about your creativity and ability to think physically/spatially. Graduate portfolios are very much architecture-oriented, obviously, however art is important even there. I ran across about 100 portfolios of admitted students randomly in the arch. library's archives room the other day and it was amazing to note the disparity between portfolios. Some were simply white paper, times new roman text, 8.5" x 11", others were special-format, full-color, professionally-printed. Remember, presentation is a huge part of what you will be graded on in arch. school, so might as well start now.</p>