Art supplements ain't worth much

Applying to College
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<p>I sent art(drawing) portfolios to a bunch of top schools.</p>

<p>SAT: 2340, 800's Math and BioE, 740 USH
AP: 5's USH Eng Lang Stat; 4 World History
GPA: 3.87UW top 5% of 500ish in a large public school
ECs: lacking; a bunch of clubs, a couple positions
And asian.</p>

<p>Accepted: Tufts, Vanderbilt, Wellesley, Wesleyan, URochester, Northwestern, UChicago
WL: JHU, Amherst, Swarthmore
RJ: Penn ED, Duke, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Yale, Harvard (haha)</p>

<p>Interestingly, all my interviews coincide exactly with my rejected list, except for Cornell. Though the reason would be more that they are all incredibly selective rather than that I came off as a psychotic during each of 6 interviews. </p>

<p>Don't worry, I'm more than happy, very satistfied with my acceptances :), it's just that nothing really hit me as a surprise - the art doesn't seem to have helped much. (my limit for college selectivity seems to be those with <18% :P) Except perhaps for getting those WL's at Amherst and Swarthmore. I remember reading that one top college didn't even bother looking at half of its art/music supplements; maybe they all do that.</p>

<p>I thought my art was pretty decent - I am self-taught and it's probably on par with those actually applying for fine arts. (here's a teaser sample:<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/sushiISgood/lungsboo.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/sushiISgood/lungsboo.jpg&lt;/a&gt;) </p>

<p>What do you guys think? (I realize I'm a sample size of just one person and all, but it's fun to speculate :D)</p>

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<p>So you were accepted to many great colleges and you give your post that title? Interesting.</p>

<p>If you wanted to possibly increase your chances further, you should have made multiple pictures to represent each of the colleges that use animals as mascots.</p>