the update

on the college front, there are a few things going on: finalizing my list of schools, working on my portfolio, and my SSR packet.

the list of schools is interesting. there are a few i may not apply to and some new ones i may add. it is hard because i thought i had a pretty good list and now schools i never heard of are sending me "special" applications to their schools. so i feel like i should look into them.

then there is my portfolio, which i am working on putting together. overall, i have to find 12 to 20 pieces of my work to send to schools. i feel as if they should have some sort of unity, but at the same time express different aspects of my work. so i am slowly beginning to look at what work i have available and what schools are looking for. the three or four art schools i am applying to do not ask for specific projects with their portfolio, so i can send in any of the pieces i am proud of. the only thing that holds me back is that they do not want work from photographs. in our art class, we often work from photos, which is not completely horrible, considering out environment. it just limits what work i feel i can put in there. i also wonder, if i use a photo simply as a reference instead of copying it if that still counts as working from a photograph. also, many of the photos i have copied, i took myself so that it would be my artwork through and through. so it's a tough call, but i'll figure it out.

lastly, there is my SSR packet (secondary school report), which is basically a packet and envelopes and stuff that i have to complete in order to get letters of recommendation and the likes. it involves filling out forms and finding teachers to write my letters of rec. i have only one issues here, well maybe two. i have two teachers who i am confident in their recommendations: my art teacher, who knows me through and through, and my AP physics teacher, who saw me work hard in his class and make leaps and bounds of improvement and end up with a 5 on the AP test. since i need two academic teacher recommendations, i am stuck wondering who else to ask. no one else really knows me or can write that great of a letter for me, so i may just ask my math teacher from last year, hoping he can just do well enough. lastly, the packet includes writing which colleges your teachers need to send letters to, and that is stressful within itself because it means you have to decide!!!

so at the moment, things are pretty stale in the "me actually working part," but there is plenty of work to do that i am not doing, but am thinking about.