I’m submitting a maker portfolio on my DIY projects (focused on Lego ones), and I’m wondering if I’m allowed to submit another maker portfolio for film/video. I want to submit a music video I made (directed/filmed/produced) but it didn’t really fit in to the context of the DIY projects.
I prepared portfolios for both of them. I didn’t submit anything yet, but I could submit both or just one (would be the DIY/Lego if just one).
The music video is also an extension of my music portfolio (it’s the video for one of the songs I submitted) anyways so I don’t think it will be a HUGE extra material for them to review, but I’m submitting quite a few portfolios already, but again they said that these portfolios can never hurt so you should submit them wherever possible, and I do want to submit these…
Would love a third person feedback on this dilemma. Thank you!
I believe you can only submit one maker portfolio, but it can cover more than 1 project (which is a change from the original format). However, you CAN submit a maker portfolio along with other creative portfolios (research, performing arts, visual arts, writing). It sounds like you are already submitting a music portfolio. I would probably call the MIT admissions office to ask them how best to structure your different submissions.
@renaissancedad It says on their website (I think it was on Slideroom) that for music you could submit 2 portfolios for different genres or instruments, would it make sense to apply this logic to maker portfolio as well?
Still gonna email them just in case, but they might not respond in time…(I’m applying EA)
No.
You can submit multiple portfolios in different areas. So a Maker Portfolio and Music Portfolio would be OK.
This sounds duplicative to me. More ≠ better.
@skieurope I forgot to post but they replied to my email earlier today and apparently it’s fine. I guess you can close this thread now.
Interesting. That must be new then. Thanks for the update.
MIT will always read anything you send and portfolios are handed off to professors of music, art, and
engineering, as well as science professors for the research portfolios. To me, the film portfolio could fall under “art” perhaps. Admissions officers do not rate portfolios, but they have a separate staff and some alumni are called in to rank those. They CANNOT hurt your application. May not help much, or may actually get you, in, it all depends on what you submit and how its evaluated. Portfolios are ranked or graded, and that may include written comments, is my understanding They usually help a bit. MIT seems anxious to get more women to submit them as well.
Its better to submit too much rather than too little, with MIT.