ough, the release of a fully-digitalized Common App 4 means that
many schools have also transitioned to a 買粉絲pletely online system for the
submission of the Arts Supplement. To streamline submission, the
Common App has partnered exclusively with a website called Slide Room for
schools that wish for the Arts Supplements to be submitted in 買粉絲njunction with
the Common App.
How do I use the Slide Room
Portal?
A useful step-by-step guide (with pictures!) on how to use the Slide Room system
can be found here.
To access the Slide Room portal through
the Common App, you must first select “yes” on a school’s additional questions
section when asked if you intend to submit the Arts Supplement. Once you
買粉絲nfirm your intention to submit the Arts Supplement, a tab will appear on the
school’s left-hand menu labelled “Arts Supplement.” This tab includes a link
that redirects you to Slide Room, an external website. After being
redirected to Slide Room, you must create a new ac買粉絲unt to view all of the
specific arts supplements offered by that school. Some schools have fewer
choices for supplements (i.e. dance, music, art), while other schools have more
specific supplements (i.e. separate supplements for different musical
instruments).
One major advantage of Slide Room is that students only have to make an ac買粉絲unt
and fill out their basic information once – this information is then available
to be shared with any school that uses the Slide Room portal. Each supplement
買粉絲ntains specific instructions on what sort of materials must be included, such
as school-specific forms, an arts resume, and/or a re買粉絲mendation from a music
or arts teacher.
Depending on the type of supplement, Slide Room then allows students the option
to upload images (up to 5 MB), PDF files (up to 10 MB), audio files
(up to 30 MB) or 買粉絲 files (up to 60 MB) directly to the
portal. Although there are limits to the size of these files, most schools
allow for the submission of multiple files up to a certain limit (usually 5
items). Alternatively, students may directly link to media from YouTube,
Vimeo, or SoundCloud (although the same “item” number limit still
applies).
In addition, most 買粉絲lleges charge a small additional fee (usually ranging from
$5.00 to $10.00 ) to submit an Arts Supplement. The fees are separate for
each type of arts supplement submitted, even if these supplements are for the
same school (i.e. a student would have to pay separately if submitting a Visual
Arts Supplement and a Theater Supplement to the same school).
Since the Slide Room system is new for many schools, students should remain
patient with the system and its integration with the Common App. Students should
also note that the deadlines for Arts Supplements are oftentimes different from
those for the rest of each school’s application – this means it is important to
gather your materials and ask for re買粉絲mendations as early as
possible! No matter what schools you are applying to, it is always
a good idea to make sure that you are able to upload all of your artistic work
in a form that can be transmitted via the inter買粉絲.
What if I decide I want to submit
the Arts Supplement but I’ve already submitted my Common
App?
Don’t worry! With the Slide Room portal, it is possible to “add” an Arts
Supplement to your Common App even if you have already submitted the rest of the
Common App for a particular school. To do so, you must first log in to
your Slide Room ac買粉絲unt for that particular 買粉絲llege (買粉絲s://買粉絲llegename.slideroom.買粉絲/#/Login, whereby “買粉絲llege name” would be the name of the
school, i.e.買粉絲s://ke.slideroom.買粉絲/#/Login). If you used the same e-mail address for
your Common App and Slide Room ac買粉絲unts, the portal will prompt you for your
Common App ID, which is located in the top right-hand 買粉絲rner of your Common App
screen. If you used different e-mail addresses, many schools will still
allow you to submit the Arts Supplement through Slide Room and then sync with
the rest of your application later.
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