Posted by stella on 2005-04-15 00:47:26
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i highly suggest that you DO NOT do any kind of creative/picture/poem type add-on unless you're applying to a creative arts school that encourages that kind of thing.
in the UC applications, they very specifically and sternly tell you NOT to send ANYTHING that isn't written in standard english and a direct response to a question on the application.
think about it: these people read hundreds or thousands of applications, and they're trying to find the best students they can. being creative in your essays is fine, but sending a collage is just going to annoy them. at least that's what i've been told by college admissions reps, and i tend to follow their advice.
the open space in college applications is to tell them about things that may be unclear or confusing in the application. when i was doing my transfer apps, i had to use that space to explain that i had attended 3 different colleges so my GE units are scattered between them. if you've had major hardships or anything you feel like you need to explain, go for it. but like i said, unless you're applying to an art school, "creative" supplementary material us usally a bad idea.
Posted by Miss M on 2004-05-24 11:12:39
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my rughooking. I learned this lovely craft when I went to this wonderful creative arts convention thing in Toronto with my mom & sister in 1999 - yes, that is when I starting this project - and it isn't even half finished. The sad thing is, I still have another rug hooking kit that I promised myself I wouldn't open until I finished the first one. I don't feel too terribly bad because they haven't finished theirs either! :)
I really like it and want it to be completed, but for some reason, I can't make myself do it.
Posted by Miss M on 2004-11-06 08:34:16
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Fun thread!!
*making collages with my mom - we(my sis, bro & I) were little - 1st grade/preschool maybe? - and I always tried to make mine as nice as moms. Hers was a girl with a gingham skirt and yarn braids
*playing on the floor outside my moms teeny tiny sewing room with empty spools. Later, I would sew things using her scraps(by hand of course) and my dad would get mad about the pins I lost in the carpet and he would step on. I'd beg my mom to let me use her ribbon and iron-on patches
*My very first trip to a local bead store that I found in the phone book - I was in middle school. My mom took me there after school. The owner helped me make my very first pair of earrings(I still have them!). That was the beginning of my bead obsession that lasted a long, LONG time and the birth of this crafty girl!
*As an adult, a trip w/ my mom & sister to a creative arts convention. It was the first time us girls ever did anything like that. Because I didn't knit at the time or sew all that well either, I forced them to take classes they'd never normally take. Hello new hobbies! It was hands down the best weekend I've ever had with the two most creative, influential, amazing women in my life!
