U Michigan: Essay #2 (Required for all applicants. 500 words maximum) Describe the unique qualities that attract you to the specific undergraduate College or School (including preferred admission and dual degree programs) to which you are applying at the University of Michigan. How would that curriculum support your interests? (500 words)

 

432-word version
The touch of colors, strokes of the brush, and the conveyance of ambiences, van Gogh loved what Millais painted on the canvas, leading his regard for Millais to emulate him and the result was and still is "The Sower." He even went as far as naming the painting identical to that of Millais...

 

CMU: Art Supplement
Please tell us more about why you're interested in our BFA or BXA degree program.* We'd like to hear more about why you're interested in our BFA or BXA (BHA, BSA, or BCSA) degree program, and what you hope this degree program at CMU will help you achieve. Elsewhere in your application, you may have explained 'why you have chosen Carnegie Mellon and your particular major(s), department(s) or program(s)'; if so, you may copy-paste that same explanation here. (Responses should be under 2500 characters, please.)

 

271-word version
To be completely honest, I was not really interested in university art programs until I had conversed exhaustively with our school graduates already attending them. Before our conversations, I was only interested in the so-called “art schools...”

 

USC: Describe your academic interests and how you plan to pursue them at USC. Please feel free to address your first- and second-choice major selections. (250 words)

 

248-word version
To be honest, I was not really interested in university art programs until I had conversed exhaustively with our school graduates already attending them. Before our conversations, I was only interested in the so-called “art schools...”