<p>I am a junior in senior high school and I've always fascinated with photography, which is why I want to go Parsons because I heard that it was one of the top art school in the world.I am from indonesia though,so the system is very different. What I want to know is :</p>
<p>1.I haven't prepared anything for my portfolio and parson's challenge,what do you think I should do ?
2.What are transcripts ?
3.I want to know more about photography at parsons,so to anyone who got accepted,can I please contact you personally to ask more about the program ?
4.what kind of portfolio should I make for the photography admission ?
5.Can I edit my photo for the portfolio ?</p>
<p>oh,I haven't prepared my portfolio yet because I just got my DSLR last year......I know I don't stand a chance :( but any help would be very very appreciated,thank you !</p>
<p>I was accepted to Parsons for photography this year, but will not be attending due to its cost. (I knew I wouldn’t be able to afford it, but I applied anyway because they sent me a fee waiver).
My portfolio contained the following:
3 conceptual projects
1 traditional studio-type portrait
2 more creative portraits
2 photographs that I originally took for a local musician’s album artwork
2 photos of urban decay stuff
Parsons challenge: I forgot about this until the day before the application was due, so I just grabbed 3 photos with a common theme (i’m not going to say exactly what it was, but it was a type of object in the photos) and ■■■■■■■■■■■ some essays about them)
I have a feeling that Parsons isn’t actually as selective as they claim to be; I definitely don’t feel that my Parsons Challenge was worthy of being admitted.
The answers to your questions:
- Just pick your best photos, as well as any other artwork you are proud of in other media (Parsons doesn’t do direct entry anymore, so you don’t need a photo-only portfolio)
- A transcript is a document from your school that gets mailed to a college, telling them all of the classes you took and how you scored in those classes, plus any standardized test scores that you might have.
- I was accepted, but don’t plan on attending. However, there are several Parsons photo majors on Tumblr who you could ask questions to.
- Your portfolio can really have almost anything in it; some people choose to stick to a certain style, while others choose to have a diverse range of styles and media.
- You can do whatever you want to your photos in your portfolio; just make sure you state in the “Medium” field on Slideroom if you edited the photo significantly. All of my conceptual stuff in my portfolio had a ton of Photoshop compositing work.</p>
<p>If you want feedback on your portfolio from another student, feel free to PM me a link to a Flickr page or something similar.
Good Luck!</p>