<p>Does Cooper Union place more emphasis on the home test or the S.A.Ts?</p>
<p>a lot on the hometest. i dont think that much on SAT.</p>
<p>I read in some guidebook, interview of Cooper adcom; they don’t even count math score for the art major and requirement of HS math and science classes are really small. Writing skill is important, though, you got to do short (should be called “long and tedious” ) answers question in hometest that kills.</p>
<p>At this point my writing skills are excellent, but at the time I took the S.A.Ts I had no specific direction and had not been writing as frequently as I do now, my writing score is very low. If I retake them and receive a very good score (2000-2300), would my application be looked at in high regard?</p>
<p>No No no I am talking about topics, not grammar or usage of big words and stuff.
I don’t know how to link but look here in past thread someone posted past hometest sample from livejournal. If you look up, there are more of these. When you read enough, you’d sort of know what you should and shouldn’t write about.
Of course originality is important, but there is this certain “cooper-ness” you could smell.
Good luck!
If you won’t get in, you have many options with those stats.
If they don’t take you, it is more for your own good, because you will have normal college life and good paying square job afterward that even up with missed free tuition.</p>
<p>you need to be sort of crazy to be accepted into cooper. or at least very eccentric.</p>
<p>I understand content is important, and I have seen and read through the livejournal entry, are you suggesting the one with the pomegranate juice. I found it to be artsy enough to be accepted by Cooper Union, but in no way did it stand out. I am glad you go on college discussion forums because painting your fence became boring, so now you can waste your time by discussing the smell of a simple question. I am sure now you have compromised your self. I’ve said to much.</p>
<p>Yes, she is one of them but deferred ED and re-considered and got in as RD.
Did you read entire thing going back to ED time and past couple years tests?
My personal fav is another one got in ED but went to same HS with the pomegranate one. There was even huge debate over whether the certain school is favored by Cooper or else.
It is up to you how you see other’s works and if you go to in person review, each reviewer would say different thing. Some of my kid’s friend opted out on site review being fear of getting “wrong” guy and get “ wrongly” not receiving faculty rec.
Didn’t get in anyway.</p>
<p>I think you are eccentric enough if not crazy so have good chance (good luck! Spruce)
Are you good looking and in good posture and clear spoken, could dress “accordingly” for the school in East Village but on Bowery? I hate to say that but if you go in person review THAT helps A LOT.
I am sure Peter Cooper didn’t mean any of these. RIP.</p>
<p>I’ve been looking at cooper for quite some time (i’m gonna (re)apply soon). It seems like the importance of SAT scores varies with the program of choice: very important for engineering, fairly important for architecture and possibly negligible for art. </p>
<p>I’ve also tried to look at as much of the admitted student work as possible (via cargocollective and livejournal) and there is something particular that they seem to be looking for. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s craziness or even eccentricity but all the students seem to be rather inventive, rigorous and concept driven in some way or another. Cooper Union seems to give the processes and ideas behind a work equal, if not more consideration than the work itself. Also, an evident awareness/interest in contemporary practice seems important. To quote an email from Susan Cohen, a CU admissions officer:</p>
<p>“There is no one way to build your portfolio. Because Cooper does not have any majors in the School of Art students may take coursework in all the areas of fine arts. Therefore, the faculty typically look for applicants to submit work in more than one medium. Concepts and ideas behind the work are extremely important, as important as the final product”</p>
<p>The talk of Cooper Union giving particular preference to certain schools has frequently cropped up. But as I understand, it seems to be more the case that certain schools, particularly a handful of “art magnet” high schools in Florida, better direct their students towards the kind of work that schools like Cooper Union, SMFA and SAIC would be interested in and not the kind of thinly veiled nepotism that some may suspect.</p>
<p>I am pleasurable to look at. I focus on conceptual disciplines as well as observance of my emotions and insanity. I have created a highly extensive portfolio comparable to those beyond my age, simply because a friend and competitor owns an empty 40 thousand ft warehouse where we produce these shows. </p>
<p>I am unfortunately self taught, original, but lacking technique and stylized. Not until recently have I been able to start taking life drawing and various community college art classes. Will my thoughts of weakness actually be considered by others as strength</p>
<p>You sound like James Hogue of Princeton a bit, it is actually a good thing but hope you aren’t really crazy like him because you seem very Cooper.</p>