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Big-name university not a ticket to success
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I want to take this opportunity to share my experience from the university selection process. I hope my message will benefit prospective art school students in particular.
Surrounded by a high-achieving educational environment, the pressure to get into a prestigious art university such as Rhode Island School of Design, CalArts and Parsons, is pretty big. Many students believe getting into a big-name university equates with career success.
Attending a summer residency course at a less well-known art school, Maryland Institute College of Art, brought about a change in my perception and university research process. During that course, classes were taught by accomplished alumni from a range of different art schools, lesser-known schools were not on my radar until then. But I discovered they offered the same, if not better, education and even more work-related opportunities than “big-name” schools. Furthermore, many of them had their finger on the pulse of the latest industry developments, trends and technology.
College names are not a ticket to career success. A highly competitive and constantly evolving industry in any field looks for people who demonstrate they can be a master of advanced technical abilities, display good communication and collaboration skills, the ability to think, experiment and create independently.
Otis caught my attention after I reached out to several of their students, checked out their faculty, student artwork and graduates’ career paths.
Their student environment struck me as highly supportive, encouraging strong collaboration among students of different majors to replicate the work process of industry-level products and output.
Students curate their own curriculum to manage classes and compulsory internships. I found this to be the school most capable of preparing me for the career that I aspire to. I am very excited to begin my dual-degree program in digital media and entrepreneurship at Otis College of Art and Design.
Elizabeth is a Year 13 student at Dulwich Pudong.
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