University of Washington: Rejected
University of Virginia: Rejected
The Ohio State University: Accepted
SUNY-ESF (Syracuse): Accepted
Utah State: Accepted
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
2 No, 2 Yes, 1 pending
To Date:
University of Washington: Rejected
University of Virginia: Rejected
The Ohio State University: Accepted
SUNY-ESF (Syracuse): Accepted
Utah State: Pending
University of Washington: Rejected
University of Virginia: Rejected
The Ohio State University: Accepted
SUNY-ESF (Syracuse): Accepted
Utah State: Pending
Syracuse Said Yes
University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Syracuse) accepted me into there program. I just got the letter on Friday April 3rd, 2009. However I do not intend to enrol and will stay with my Ohio State decision. Below is the main reason to me that The Ohio State University is the right choice for me.
One reason that I find Ohio State’s program in Landscape Architecture exciting is that your curriculum is currently in the midst of a major revision. I had the opportunity of witnessing and experiencing a successful curriculum change during my undergraduate work at UNLV. These revisions not only revitalized the professors, but also contributed to a wildly explosive growth in the arts community throughout the Las Vegas Valley. I suspect that Ohio State will, for the next few years, be an especially stimulating environment in which aesthetic boundaries will be tested and expanded. I would like to be involved in that churn!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Ohio State
I accepted the MLA offer from The Ohio States Masters of Landscape Archietecture at the Knowlton School of Architecture. Go Buckeyes!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
PACKAGES MAILED OUT!
Ah, my packages are mailed out. Man does it feel good. I sent them out 01/08/09. I was obsessing a little bit about any misspellings but after a ton of reviews I decided they were ready to go out.
Oh, I did notice a mistake in my Virginia package but It worked out for the best because I was able to give that package to my professor, and I just printed and bounded a new one, and sent it out a couple days later.
WISH ME LUCK!
Oh, I did notice a mistake in my Virginia package but It worked out for the best because I was able to give that package to my professor, and I just printed and bounded a new one, and sent it out a couple days later.
WISH ME LUCK!
Friday, January 2, 2009
Letters Of Intent: Done and Done!
Well today I finally finshed my letters of intent.
I enjoyed researching the schools, and found some last minute changes to my school pics. The best help I got was from emailing friends that have already gone through the Master's application process.
Today I bought some strathmore resume paper (bright white) and talked to the printer about my binding options. I forgot what the option was called but I know it's a heatpress binding process that glues the pages with a spine. looks very nice.
Now, I just have to typeset my letters of intent. I'm going to use a 14pt Adobe Garamond Pro font (which actually looks like a 12pt) and adjust the tracking, kerning, and borders in Adobe InDesign so it fills the pages nice.
My next goal is to have everything mailed out by this Tue or Wed.
I enjoyed researching the schools, and found some last minute changes to my school pics. The best help I got was from emailing friends that have already gone through the Master's application process.
Today I bought some strathmore resume paper (bright white) and talked to the printer about my binding options. I forgot what the option was called but I know it's a heatpress binding process that glues the pages with a spine. looks very nice.
Now, I just have to typeset my letters of intent. I'm going to use a 14pt Adobe Garamond Pro font (which actually looks like a 12pt) and adjust the tracking, kerning, and borders in Adobe InDesign so it fills the pages nice.
My next goal is to have everything mailed out by this Tue or Wed.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
“Help, I need some body. Help, not just anybody…..” Beatles
“Help, I need some body, Help, not just anybody…..” Beatles
Help. Everything is going great for my packages. My letters of reference are peers and mentors that I respect greatly whose experience and current work are relative. My portfolio contains a diverse and strong body of work. My resume and CV are current and clean. And my website is acting as a great storefront.
But my letters of intent are proving to be more troublesome than anticipated. If I were writing a letter for a Master’s in Fine Art (MFA) the process would be relatively natural and easy. My peers in undergraduate were mostly MFA students and I worked closely with and showed at the same galleries, and critiqued the same work.
However, when writing my letters of intent of MLA, the content is not the problem, it’s the process of editing down the excess, and exemplifying the appropriate material to demonstrate my sincere intent in the school, program, and career. Does my resume and CV demonstrate my capacity as a designer and fine artist, or do I need reiterate these.
• Do I use the building of our family’s greenhouse as my hook paragraph? Because I’m very interested in combining Landscape architecture with greenhouse and residential and commercial spaces.
• Do talk about the font I designed for my BFA thesis. The research was tremendous, and studio man-hours are unfathomable.
• Do I try and work in my experiences in the coastguard doing heavy weather search and rescue and how it has shaped me as a person? I stopped mentioning being veteran during interviews for design positions. I usually would just get a blank stare from the designer, lol.
• Do I this, or that, or this……..
As you can see I’m suffering from paralysis through analysis. Okay, so I’ve identified the ailment, SNAKE OIL anybody? Anybody?
Help. Everything is going great for my packages. My letters of reference are peers and mentors that I respect greatly whose experience and current work are relative. My portfolio contains a diverse and strong body of work. My resume and CV are current and clean. And my website is acting as a great storefront.
But my letters of intent are proving to be more troublesome than anticipated. If I were writing a letter for a Master’s in Fine Art (MFA) the process would be relatively natural and easy. My peers in undergraduate were mostly MFA students and I worked closely with and showed at the same galleries, and critiqued the same work.
However, when writing my letters of intent of MLA, the content is not the problem, it’s the process of editing down the excess, and exemplifying the appropriate material to demonstrate my sincere intent in the school, program, and career. Does my resume and CV demonstrate my capacity as a designer and fine artist, or do I need reiterate these.
• Do I use the building of our family’s greenhouse as my hook paragraph? Because I’m very interested in combining Landscape architecture with greenhouse and residential and commercial spaces.
• Do talk about the font I designed for my BFA thesis. The research was tremendous, and studio man-hours are unfathomable.
• Do I try and work in my experiences in the coastguard doing heavy weather search and rescue and how it has shaped me as a person? I stopped mentioning being veteran during interviews for design positions. I usually would just get a blank stare from the designer, lol.
• Do I this, or that, or this……..
As you can see I’m suffering from paralysis through analysis. Okay, so I’ve identified the ailment, SNAKE OIL anybody? Anybody?
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