I will be applying to the California Art Institutes this fall 2006. My major will be in Computer Graphics. I have a knowledge of how graphics are used and applied, which gives me an advantage over some students. I have some understanding of the programs that the institute uses, but had a small amount of time using them. This move to this career field would be a great success for me, and for my family also. A deadline is set to lock the tuition rate on May 1st, 2006. I have a limited amount of time to write an essay for the Admissions Office. I have talked to an advisor who agreed to help  me along the way. She has asked me to have this done by Friday April 28th so she can review the essay and my application. How do I start one? What do I include, how do I present myself, what are the rules of writing an essay if there are any? Please I need some help and guidance through this three day process. I have today (Monday, 04/25 - Friday, 04/28) to start and the finish product due on Friday.
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Well my application for the one in florida asks for me to discuss how i knew an education in art was the way to go. something on the lines to that.\nthere are books that are supposed to help you with writing your application essay. Try the library or barnes and nobles.\nGood luck.
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I am going for a graphic design degree at Mt. Sierra and love it. I have a BA already from an on campus school and I have had a better experience with the online classes. About.com has some great information on distance learning and I would highly recommend doing research first and asking a lot of questions. About.com has a great suggestion list of questions to ask an admissions representative. It helped me immensely and I am 100% convinced I made the right decision.\n\nGood luck :-)
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Consider entering juried art exhibitions where they have judges to review the work and give out ribbons and prizes. This way you can see how people appreciate your work, consider offering to sell your work at the show because someone might be interested in your style. You can also consider getting your games out there for sale- have you approached any game companies? There are indie companies out there so it is possible to get signed on. I don't care much for socializing on the web either so I feel your pain. You got to talk to people in order to find others who share your interests, you will find these people in places you enjoy going. Hangouts for college students would be within the age group and they have similar interests as well. Where are you from? if you don't mind the question. Message me if you don't want to post.\nYou should have posted some of your art here so we could also enjoy! I enjoy seeing other artists' work and I am an honest critic.\n\nEdit- I had another idea after seeing some of your resolved questions. Have you ever thought to post a flyer for people to do voice sequences and clips for your games? Since you need some, it would be a great way to meet people!!!! I recommend people in theatre, art or music at college. You know the similar interest thing.
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Well I had the very same problem on MA Fine Art. The course tutors didn't turn up for tutorials and when they turned up for seminars they were either asleep or drunk!!! NO lie. So I wrote to the Dean of Faculty and complained. He didn't respond, and I refused to pay the outstanding fees when I dropped off the course 10 weeks before the end. They tried to pursue those fees through a solicitor but I refused for three years. They didn't take it further. What I should have done, and regret, was write to the adjudicating board that monitor that college. You should do that!\n\nI wasted £10,000 on that course - that is how much I had to borrow.\n\nGood luck!
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I am 41 and just graduated from community college with honors as well, a 3.9 GPA.  I am transferring to a 4-year college in Fall 06 to get my BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in Communication Design.  I think the older you are the more you know what you want to do and will be more serious about it.  When you're young, you don't know where you're headed or what you want to do (not typically anyway).  I've enjoyed it a lot more this time around.  You're only as old as you feel!!
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Never been there although my best suggestion is go to google and enter words related to Savannah College of Art and Design and add or rearrange to reduce your choices to find an address that will have exactly the info you seek… You may find a community billboard where you can actually share info w/ current students!!!\n\nAs for resume that could not hurt especially if you have good grades (I am 4.0 so far...) and maybe extracurricular activities... Note nn in Savannah College of Art and Design...\n\nGood Luck!
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Take a deep breath and enjoy the summer.  You are obviously a driven individual.  The classes you are taking are good as wellas your involvement in sports.  Maybe spend some time this summer developing a community service resume.  Don't be scattered in your approach.  Find one item that you can work with and get in depth knowledge.  Use this knowledge on your college essay.\n\nAlso, whether you get into these schools or not will not matter or not many years from now.  Sometimes when God closes a door he opens a window.  My son did not get into his first choice.  He went to a fine small liberal arts school and studied religion and history (instead of the "big name" school where he would have studied business).  He had a wonderful 4 years, met many nice people, was able to continue to play Div 3 sports all 4 years and graduated with a history honorarium.  Also has a job if he wants but I think he'll continue and get a masters degree.\n\nHis small school was located in Ohio and many students go there as pre med or pre dentist.  \n\nThere is a place for everyone and life's too wonderful to stress over this.  Senior year will be long enough.  Do apply early decision to get the waiting over with!!
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The other answers were valid and good advice.  I would add that you should critically look at the short paper and see if you could outline it.  If your points follow smoothly you should easily be able to create an outline from what you've written.  If you can't, maybe some re-organization is in order.  As a last thought for you, the adage "tell them what you're going to tell them, then tell them, and then tell them what you told them" will make sure you have a beginning, a middle with your information, and a summary (beginning and summary can just be a short sentence).    Since your essay is short, I've included a link to a short article speaking about seven steps to writing a good essay.  Good luck.  Hope you get an Excellent written in red across the top!
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okay, here's a little technique i use when writing essay..and it's really easy once you get a hang of it..and i'll show it to you through step by step :]\n\nExample. Topic - is it appropriate for teenagers to have a computer in their room? (yeah i know it sucks but i'm just using it as an example..and let's say you think they shouldn't)\n\nnow, you should think in your head that your essay will be at least contain 5 paragraphs - 1 for introduction, 3 for the body of the essay, and 1 for conclusion.\n\nparagraph 1 - introduction - try to talk about how the computers and the internet have gotten so poppular these days and how much people love to spend time on it. Then at the end of the paragraph, point out the thesis which you think that teenagers should not allow to have a computer in their room - but one thing, try not to make it an announcement.\n\nnow you need to explain a few reasons why teenagers should not have a computer in their room in order to support your thesis..\n\nbody  - paragraph 1 - it's addicting and teenagers may end up spending a lot more time on the computer than what they really suppose to, other than doing their homeworks.\n\n        paragraph 2 -  people who spend a lot of time on the computers tend to get headaches and back pain as well as damage of the vision.\n\n        paragraph 3 - it causes lack of communication between the teenagers and their parents because teenagers tend to spend a lot of time in their room so they could access to the internet.\n\nlast paragraph - conclusion - well i think you already got the idea of how to write the conclusion but remember your conclusion paragraph needs to correspond with the introduction paragraph :]\n\ni hope this will help you a little more to understand how the body structure of an essay should look like. good luck :]
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Sounds like you're looking for interesting freshman year courses to take--I'd definitely avoid declaring a major at this point, and look more for courses that will fill some requirements for general electives!  Based on your interests, some classes to consider would be:\n\n--Art Appreciation / Art History\n--2-D or 3-D design / Drawing / Graphic Design / Photography\n--Any freshman English or English literature class\n--Any introductory biology class\n--An introductory astronomy class\n\nIt would be helpful to read the course descriptions in your college catalog to see which courses appeal to you on paper!\n\nPlease recognize that as a first-time student selecting courses, you may get the "bottom of the barrel" to choose from.  The trick to improving the selection process is to find out through the student grapevine which professors/courses you should avoid, and which are worth your investment of time and money.  As you complete more credits, you'll get to select earlier in the process.  \n\nAlso, sooner or later, you'll probably have to take that dreaded "Intro to Math" course.  Get the right professor, and the course could even be enjoyable for you.\n\nGood luck in choosing courses that appeal to you, and finding out what you'd like to major in!  \n\nPennsylvania teacher
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Begin with Dear Formal Name.  Before you start, answer these 4 questions in complete sentences.  This might sound silly, but it is quite effective.\n\n1.  What is my topic?\n\n2.  What is the purpose of this essay?  Complete:  I want to _________________.  \n\n3.  Who is my audience?\n\n4.  Write your "working" thesis statement (to be tweaked in revision).  \n\nEven though it sounds silly, this is one of the most important parts of organizing an essay.  We often have an idea of what we want to write, and may think we are quite focused.  However, I often find that I wasn't really as focused as I thought when I complete this simple worksheet.  \n\nSince this is a letter, you want to keep it short.  Choose three specific points to argue.\n\nWrite an outline.  Yes, I really do write outlines for important letters.  \n\nDon't wait until the last minute.  Allow time for at least 3 revisions.  Also, you should allow enough time to "walk away" for 24 hours before the last revision.  That way you view it with a fresh mind.  \n\nPROOFREAD!!!!  \n\nUse the first person as little as possible.  That is sometimes difficult in a letter, but it can be accomplished.  Do NOT begin a sentence with "I think."  Ther reader knows you think it.  Otherwise you would not be saying it.  \n\nEven those this is a letter, it is still formal writing.  Therefore you should eliminate the 2nd person altogether during revision.  \n\nThis sounds like an important letter, so you should take the time to really polish it up.  The more professional you sound, the more seriously you will be taken.  \n\nGood luck!
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Ok, here it is. If you follow these guidelines, I guarantee you'll finish in no time, and learn a skill you'll need if you are even contemplating applying to Ph.D. programs. Trust me - I walk my Master's students through this every year.\n\nIt sounds like you already have a thesis statement, so we won't worry about that.  Your problem is you have a GIANT editor sitting on your shoulder, and this editor is keeping your writer from actually doing anything.  You need to lock this editor in a closet or something, and give your writer some freedom.  In order to get this editor off your back for a while, make him go on vacation, but promise him he can come back later and edit absolutely everything.  After he's been banished, you can actually start.\n\nFirst, outline each chapter.  Then make the outline more detailed by adding subheadings, and sub-subheadings. Then make the outline even more detailed, including notes TO YOURSELF noting where appropriate citations will be included. (An example might be: "Cite from Williams chapter 4 here." -or- "Chakravorty has a sweet illustration of this point.") And then once more.  Remember, This Outline Is Only For You.  No One Will Ever See It.\n\nThen, under each heading and subheading and sub-subheading, write a paragraph or two.  If you catch yourself editing any of the sentences in these paragraphs, STOP.  If you're writing on a computer, ditch the computer and handwrite each paragraph (or vice versa).  Scribble each sentence out quickly, but fully.  You're NOT allowed to edit.  Just keep writing.\n\nThis process will take a few days.  Let yourself look up quotations if you need to, but don't let any one search take more than 10 minutes.  Let me emphasize that: Books need to LEAVE YOUR HAND after 10 minutes. \n\nDon't let yourself go through this process completely in order.  Every day, find a section in your outline that you FEEL like working on.  Proceeding in a linear fashion will crush creative thought.  Don't let it happen.\n\nAfter you've finished this process, let yourself go back and elaborate on each section.  DON'T CUT ANYTHING, just add.\n\nAfter you've gone through this process, you should have your chapters just about finished, in terms of length.  NOW you can invite your editor back home, and let him go to work.\n\nBut there are two things left to do. Write your introduction and conclusion.  How?  In the same way.  Why did you save these for last?  Because your introduction and conclusion must encompass everything you just wrote, and you had no way of knowing what that would include until the chapters were finished.\n\nLet this process take two or two and a half months.  Then, call your giant editor back from vacation, and FINALLY, let him do his thing.\n\nI guarantee this will do it.  Best wishes to you!
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The college ought to have a financial aid office.  That would be the most important place to start.  If they are aware of other agencies to which you should apply, they'll give you points of contact.
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Ohh, college applications, ew. I finished all mine last month, yay. :D\n\nYou won't be penalized, but you should really try to stick to the suggested amount of words. A few over isnt bad, 150 over is kind of a lot.  Take out the extra stuff, see if you maybe stated some things twice.\n\nSome college applications will only let you have 250 when you type them in, they have a character count and wont let you go over.\n\nBut 250 sounds like the short answer questions, try to stick to short but still be detailed and answer the question. They have longer essays when they want longer answers.\nAt least thats how the University of Michigan application was. (;o we could be rivals, lmao)
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I'm not sure if they will or not but what I'd do it this. I would keep a copy on a disc and put it in my backpack just in case. I would also copty and paste the entire essay into another word document named essay test 1 or something. Then save onto desktop and open up yoiur email account and compose a new email to your teacher. You should see a button that says attachments click on it and then browse your desktop for the essay test 1 click on it and it should attach itself to the email. Then in the body of the email explain to your teacher about the rtx thing and that your trying it this way, but if the attachments haven't worked to let you know because you'll have a copy on a disc with you the next time your in class!!! GOOD LUCK!!!
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I would be happy to help you write your essay.  Please pick a topic that you are familiar with.  Have you ever been to the fair or public library?  Well, which ever situation you have been in tell me and we will get started.  You can reply to this message by clicking on my name or pic and then clicking the contact coloryst button.  Best wishes
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you could go to their website. you should be able to find useful information and you could e-mail the admissions office requesting for more information about UC.