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[Project title]

[One sentence on the question the student was chasing, and what it became. This is the only place on the site where a single student is discussed at length, so it needs written consent covering both the work and the outcome.]

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TrackP—01
Duration[11 months]
Applications[8]
Offers[5]
01 / Where they started

The first critique

Early work · 4:5

[What they arrived with. Be specific about the quantity and the problem.]

[What the first critique said, in the words it was actually said in. This paragraph is the reason the case study works: a prospective student needs to see that the process starts with an uncomfortable read.]

02 / The middle

What changed

Process · 4:5
Process · 4:5
Process · 4:5

[The project that became the spine of the portfolio, and how long it took to find.]

[What was cut, and how the student felt about it at the time.]

[The technical block, if any, and which intensive covered it.]

[ The turning point ]

[One sentence from the student about the moment the portfolio became legible to them. Quoted verbatim, kept short, and used only if they said something worth quoting.]

03 / The outcome

Offers, including the rejections

A case study that lists only acceptances is an advertisement. List everything.

2026 [School name] BFA [Program] Enrolled Merit $[amount]
2026 [School name] BFA [Program] Declined the offer Admitted
2026 [School name] BFA [Program] Not admitted Rejected

[One paragraph on why the rejection happened, if it is knowable. This is the single most persuasive paragraph you will write.]

Your cycle
starts here.

Students in this position usually began twelve to eighteen months before the deadline.

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