<p>GPA: 3.54 (unweighted, I am in 4 AP classes and 2 honors)</p>
<p>AP scores:
World History: 5
US history: 5
Environmental: 4
English Language: 4
Studio Art : 4</p>
<p>Awards won:
2 scholarships for Art
AP scholar with distinction</p>
<p>Extra curriculars:
-Piano for ten years
-Track and Cross Country (All league in both)
Executive on youth council, a school community service group
Academic Tutor for CitySquash, a program that helps economically challenged families send their kids to top boarding schools with squash scholarships and Academic tutoring
-freshman transition leader at school
-art and literary magazine art editor
-art club member
-christian youth organization volunteer</p>
<p>I am also sending a combined art and music supplement which I am extremely confident about that includes a movie of my best artwork in the past year with a recording of myself playing a difficult Mozart piece that lasts almost ten minutes. I know a lot relies on this supplement for me.</p>
<p>I’d suggest that you create a shorter version of the Mozart tape – pick a movement or section of the piece that lasts about 90 seconds to 2 minutes – and mark the running time on the outside of the CD or DVD.</p>
<p>My daughter submitted a DVD of her choreography that was less than 3 minutes – and I think that was probably one of the smartest thing she did with the college app process. She had to get the help of a friend to edit down several longer pieces into a short “highlights” video. </p>
<p>I might be mistaken, but I feel that admissions people are extremely busy and are much more likely to look at a very short recording than a long one. If you submit a long one, they might just listen to the first 30 seconds or so and then shut it off – so if you start out really great on your piece, that might be okay. But if the best bits are in the middle of the piece… they’ll never get there. They can get a sense of whether you play the piano well by hearing 20 seconds - so I think the best thing to do is some editing to make sure you share the excerpts that best showcase your talents.</p>
<p>I thought the same thing about the video actually, that it should be much shorter because obviously admissions officers aren’t going to want to spend too much time on a supplement, but the arts supplement from the common app actually specifies that the movie or cd included should be approximately ten minutes long. I combined both art and music though and recorded the piano piece over a movie slide show I made of my artwork in the past year, so its a combined art and music supplement.</p>
<p>As for the second question, I actually was not going to do that. I don’t participate in an orchestra or anything, and I play the piano on my own with an instructor. I’m advanced though and I can play impressive pieces, so I felt that it would be a good idea to include a recording along with a narrative from my piano teacher.</p>
<p>Ok, I didn’t realize that the arts supplement specified a longer CD. My d. did not use the Common App arts supplement, she just submitted the material she wanted, which was the short DVD and a dance resume. But it was 4 years ago, so things might have changed since then in any case. </p>
<p>I think its a great idea to include your art work!</p>