<p>Does anyone know if the visual arts supplement has to be on slides?
Can you send in a CD with the artworks instead?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure it has to be slides. I sent in slides this year and so did 2 other people I knew who applied to Columbia ED...</p>
<p>"Artistic slides should be kept to one page and
highlight the best work in your portfolio." (from the app)</p>
<p>they say music CDs can be sent but say nothing about art CDs...so just stick with slides.</p>
<p>Send in slides...I did. The funny thing was, I actually met with the chair of the visual arts department and showed him a printed portfolio of my work, and he said that the visual arts department liked getting prospective portfolios in binder form, the way I had mine. When I met my admissions officer later, I told her what he had said and asked her if it was alright that I sent a printed portfolio instead of slides--and she told me the admissions office would really rather get slides. I decided not to take my chances (admissions officers are the ones who, ya know, admit you) and I just sent a sheet of slides. It's annoying and cost-prohibitive (I wonder if colleges realize how expensive they are), but it's what they want.</p>
<p>all right, thanks a lot guys, ill go with slides</p>
<p>can a recommendation from an art teacher work as a substitute instead of slides of art?</p>
<p>actually, i sent in an image sheet of my 12 best photos. that's what everyone who wasn't applying to art school specifically did from my school.</p>