<p>How good do you have to be to include an art supplement?</p>
<p>First of all I'm a guy</p>
<p>I'm extremely passionate about singing and dancing but I didn't have time to participate in competitions.
I'm actually so passionate that I'm thinking of devoting my senior year after all the college stuff to music and dancing. (I'm a junior now)
I am an academically strong student, and is planning to pursue engineering</p>
<p>Obviously being a dancer as a guy is sort of special since not many guys dance in high school. I am planning to pursue dancing and singing in college (although not for career; just for fun)</p>
<p>But the thing is, I have no records to show besides the fact that I took classes in school.</p>
<p>I included arts supplements to three of my applications, and I got into all three.</p>
<p>I write. But I’ve never entered any mentionable contests, I have no honors, or anything they could traditionally recognize. But I sent in a very short story anyway, and I think that for me that could’ve been what got me in. I applied and won a scholarship too. I had to write a letter of interest for that, and I mentioned how much I loved writing, despite not technically having anything to ‘show for it’. </p>
<p>:) Good luck. If you’re truly good, you don’t need the list of awards. I think go for it.</p>
<p>If you can include a DVD, go for it. The great thing about the arts supplement is that it allows you a legitimate (i.e. sanctioned) way for you to give more information about yourself. If you plan to pursue this in college, you should absolutely send in the arts supplement.</p>
<p>A DVD would be great for dancing, but just make sure that if you are sending a supplement for singing that you only send a CD.</p>
<p>In terms of quality level? I think that, generally, the suggestion is that your submission be of conservatory-quality if you plan on submitting it. I might be wrong, but I would only send an arts supplement if your work would give you a shot at acceptance at a conservatory in that field.</p>
<p>I am in musical theatre, and sent an arts supplement to my schools. Just sent a DVD of two monologues and two songs. </p>
<p>I disagree with the statement above that you should send it only if you’re conservatory quality. The thing about art supplements–they can’t hurt you. They won’t necessarily help, but they won’t hurt. :)</p>
<p>Oh, I think that they ask for a letter of rec from an arts teacher/professional with the arts supplement, though.</p>
I disagree with the statement above that you should send it only if you’re conservatory quality. The thing about art supplements–they can’t hurt you. They won’t necessarily help, but they won’t hurt.
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<p>I think that this depends on the school. I distinctly remember many of the ones that I visited actively discouraging supplemental material that does not display “an unusually high level of talent.” I think that if whatever music person reviews your CD says, “Hm…This CD is actually not very good…” then that puts your application in a funny light, especially if singing/whatever is a key extracurricular.</p>