<p>SOOOO HAPPY!</p>
<p>SAT: 1780, 1800 Superscore
ACT: 27 Composite
4.2 Weighted GPA
3.6ish Unweighted</p>
<p>Anybody else?!?!
SOOOOO EXCITED!!!</p>
<p>congrats to you all! :)</p>
<p>Rejected. Is there any point in appealing a School of Art rejection? I feel like art majors (and other portfolio-required majors) fall under different sets of rules than every other major.</p>
<p>I’m sorry 
I’m not sure about appeals. you bring up a good point about the portfolio thing. I know UCLA looks for something VERY specific in their portfolios… heres a video which helped me tremendously when applying.</p>
<p>[deviantART</a> chat with UCLA - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>Long video but sooo helpful. maybe it can help with your appeal and how to explain your artwork.</p>
<p>do you mind if i take a look at your portfolio? :)</p>
<p>[bokehuynh’s</a> Portfolio on Artician](<a href=“Sambut Kedatangan Slot 2500 untuk Pengalaman Seru dan Menyenangkan! - Artician.com”>http://www.artician.com/members/bokehuynh/portfolio/)</p>
<p>Of course I didn’t submit all of these but I am actually surprised I didn’t get in.</p>
<p>I was also rejected but for D|MA. I’ve been sad for the last few hours since I found out. UCLA was my number one if I didn’t get in, I was going to automatically go to CC without looking at any other schools. Still planning to do that, but of course not going down without an appeal. </p>
<p>In terms of appealing, I feel like since we stressed so much about our portfolio to begin with, we can show new things in a form of a letter since we’ll have a chance. Sorry if that’s confusing, but just know I’ll be doing it as well. It doesn’t say that appeals are restricted to any major.</p>
<p>i really liked your portfolio!! I’m surprised you were rejected :(</p>
<p>i guess nobody knows the secret</p>
<p>So in your appeal you’re just going to explain your artwork/yourself as an artist?</p>
<p>To be honest, UCLA loves conceptual art. this is true with USC as well. I was unaware of this until i went in for a portfolio review with USC. Before that i had all traditional art (portraits and still lives) and nothing really creative. </p>
<p>I then changed it up and used my personal experiences to influence my art. I used new materials which were untraditional such as wax and fire.</p>
<p>I was accepted! (For the fine arts or studio arts, not DMA but my friend was so I’m really proud of both of us) </p>
<p>I was really shocked considering I’m pretty sure at this point, RISD turned me down or wait-listed me and it’s much harder to get into UCLA arts than RISD… well anyway, I still have my fingers crossed for RISD but my parents now really want me to go to UCLA. </p>
<p>Don’t like to share my art on CC, but basically I had technical observational studies, and around 3-4 quite unorthodox pieces. If anyone really wants to see they can PM me. </p>
<p>But fingers crossed - I really hope this isn’t a glitch.</p>
<p>PS: Anywhere I can get more information about the classes with UCLA? Or anyone I can talk to? I love art but I also like to be involved with music activities. Wondering if I could do that for GenEd.</p>
<p>thats so cool pudding milk!</p>
<p>Can you PM your portfolio 
id really like to see it :)</p>
<p>Sorry bump - does anyone know what Arts major people do their first year for GenEd? I’m aware there’s drawing class or colour theory I think, but I’m really curious as in to how much art education we get our first year. I’d still really like to transfer to a full-art school like RISD, and if UCLA is all GenEd first year with barely any Arts, I think I’ll have a slim chance. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>@Nagooya - ok haah need to wait though I have my files everywhere @_@</p>
<p>If I submit my portfolio, will any of you consider looking at it and explain why I may not have been accepted? Yes I must admit that now that i realize UCLA loves conceptual art and the like, mine was not conceptual at all. Though it was symbolic to me in many ways I guess. My stats brought me down, I know, though I did have quite a lot of experience in the design world in terms of web designing, and graphics.</p>
<p>Hi, seresterias I will look if you post and compare with my friend’s in terms of the types of stuff you put in there. May I ask, where else did you apply to?</p>
<p>I’m not sure how stats would have affected you too greatly unless your grades were really really mediocre or not great at all. I figured this was really an emphasis on portfolio</p>
<p>i can look too!</p>
<p>Thank you for the replies! Here’s a link to my portfolio:
[Fiona</a> Zhou](<a href=“Fiona Zhou”>http://fionazhou.carbonmade.com/)</p>
<p>Keep in mind that UCLA accepts 7-10 pieces so I only submitted a few of the ones in my portfolio.</p>
<p>My stats were 3.74 GPA, 1810 SAT, 27 ACT.
Very, very mediocre but I really believed that the portfolio would count more than my stats would.
Again, thank you so much.</p>
<p>Also, I applied to UCD, UCI, UCSB, UCSD, UCB, USC, UOP, Cal Poly SLO.</p>
<p>Accepted - UOP, SLO
Waitlisted - UCD, UCSB
Rejected - UCI, UCSD, UCLA
Waiting - USC, UCB</p>
<p>hey! i was browsing deviant art and i randomly came across your piece with the handprint before you showed this to me! its a small world i guess! So we pretty much have the same exact stats. i had a 4.2 Weighted GPA and a 27 ACT with a 1800. But ya i think the portfolio basically plays a huge role. </p>
<p>I thought your portfolio was good! i liked your pen work, especially in the one with the two girls. I think with a portfolio it is extremely important to stay consistent with technique. I don’t know which 10 you submitted but looking at your portfolio some pieces seemed a little better technically than others. In terms of the subject matter i was a little confused. I know that some schools, especially UCLA and USC look for a “voice” in your art- they look for what you are trying to say as an artist. This was probably hard for UCLA because there was no space to describe each piece but for USC there was so you probably have a better chance there to explain your pieces. Additionally, USC has a higher acceptance rate into the art program. </p>
<p>Hope that helped! :)</p>
<p>Just a quick reply as I should be reading on a school day -</p>
<p>I agree with nagooya on the voice. I realised with my art, I kept showing a passion of music and art fused together. Many of my pieces were music-related. I also ensured a balance of technical and creative work. (but creative as in, looks aesthetic as well, not the crappy unconventional type) I think a lot of it’s down to luck too I mean 10 pieces only!! </p>
<p>Oh, and when I submitted my portfolio, I had in mind not to post anything illustration-like. I really like some of your pieces but I think that might be the problem!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the responses, Nagooya and puddingmilk, do you mind sending me your portfolios? Pudding I think I left a message on your page but you didn’t respond in addition, do you mind pointing out which pieces I should keep? And which ones don’t stand out? My friend who graduated from UCLA mentioned that variety was good. Again, thank you so much, I’m planning to transfer so I haven’t given up yet.</p>