🏆 Supplemental Portfolio Success

Our supplemental art portfolios have become a key differentiator for non-art majors during their college applications.  The results speak for themselves.

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Harvard University Acceptances

6

Stanford University Acceptances

60+

Top 30 Universities Acceptances

100+

Top 50 Universities Acceptances

Aaron Yang

Aaron Jiang

Christina Qin

Aster Jin

Charlize Chiu

Diane Jiang

Lucy Yue

Kari Wu

Aiden Peter

Christina Qin

Diane Jiang

Aaron Jiang

Aster Jin

Lucy Sue

Aaron Yang

Charlize Chiu​

Kari Wu

  • 2025 Results

    Art Major College Admission Results

    • Xinyu J: Art Center Entertainment Design (Concept Art), RISD
    • Milton: Art Center Entertainment Design (Concept Art)
    • Leo:  ArtCenter Entertainment Design (Concept Art)
    • Diksha: ArtCenter Entertainment Design (Concept Art)
    • Jasmine L: ArtCenter Entertainment Design (Concept Art)
    • Katie: ArtCenter Entertainment Design (Concept Art)
    • Damien: ArtCenter Entertainment Design (Concept Art)
    • Alice Deng: ArtCenter Illustration
    • Amane Lee: CalArts Character Animation, RISD Animation and SVA Animation with Scholarship.
    • Alisa Liao:   CalArts Character Animation

    Non-Art Major College Admission Results

    • Audrey Xi:  UPenn
    • Jason Chen: UPenn
    • ​​Lailai Zhang: Carnegie Mellon University​​, Design
    • Alisa L.: NYU
    • Samantha St. Clair: UCSD ICAM program (double major - Cognitive Science and Human Interactive Design), USC Game Design (~5% acceptance rate) and NYU

  • CalArts Character Animation Portfolio

  • 2023 Results

    Art-major (art colleges, preliminary counts)

    Alicia Z.: ArtCenter, Entertainment Design (Concept), CalArts, Character Animation, USC (Animation+Digital Arts), Ringling, Computer Animation).
    Keya S: RISD (Animation), Ringling, (Animation), SJSU(Animation), MICA (Animation)
    Angelina C.: School of Visual Art (Comics), CCA(Comics), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Savannah College of Art and Design.
    Janelle L: FIT (Ranked #1 in Fashion School)​
    Jasmin D: ArtCenter(Interaction Design)
    ​Carina L: Art center illustration, Ringling game Art. Laguna college Entertainment Design

    General college (art or non-art major, preliminary counts):

    ​✓ ​Adeline Z.: USC(Game Art), Wellesley( Computational Media), Rice, NYU (Game Design), UCB (Data Science)
    ​✓ ​Carmen NG: UC Berkeley (Econ), UCD (Econ),UCSB (Econ)
    ​✓ ​Linda Zhao: USC, Game Development and interactive Media, UC Berkeley(Environmental Sustainability), UCSD (ICAM), UCSB (Art), Prudue (UI/UX Design)
    ​✓ ​Summer Q,: USC(Architecture), Pratt, (Architecture)
    ​✓ ​Ryan Wang: CMU, Architecture - Early
    ​✓ ​Linda Zhu: Cornell(ED) Fashion Design/ Mgmt)
    ​✓ ​Aaron J: Cornell (Design), Georgia Tech (Industrial Design), Washington Univ. St. Louis (Communication),  Boston Univ (Design), Tufts (Graphic Communication)
    ​✓ ​Annabelle: Amherst (Early Admission)
    ​✓ ​Aidan P.: SJSU Animation​
    ​✓ ​Jasmin D:Northeastern(Interaction Design), U. of San Francisco (Design),UCSD (Speculative Design), SJSU (Graphic Design)
    ​✓ ​Edlyn L: Purdue (Communication Design), Northeastern (Communications and Graphic and Information Design, combined major), UIUC (Graphic Design), UCSD (Speculative Design), SJSU (Design).

  • 2021 Results

    Art-major (preliminary counts)

    Kevin Y: ArtCenter Entertainment Design - the most prestigious art college/major in the U.S.
    Kevin C: ArtCenter Entertainment Design - the most prestigious art college/major in the U.S., SJSU Animation
    Christina W.: ArtCenter Entertainment Design - the most prestigious art college/major in the U.S; Ringling, LCAD, SCAD, MICA and SVA.
    ​Iris C: CalArts Character Animation (No. 1 in the U.S. for Animation), ArtCenter Animation, SJSU Animation.
    Kiran: CalArts Character Animation (No. 1 in the U.S. for Animation), RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) - Illustration, ArtCenter - Illustration, Parsons - Illustration, Ringling College of Design - Computer Animation, SVA - Visual and Critical Studies, Otis -Animation,  Savannah College of Art and Design - Animation, School of the Art Institute Chicago - Fine Arts, Gobelins - Animation
    Joanne S.: ArtCenter, Product Design, SJSU - Product/Graphic Design, CCA Product Design
    Jonathan H. : ArtCenter, Animation, Ringling - Animation, SJSU - Animation
    Andrea C.: Ringling - Animation, SCAD - Animation, MICA, Otis - Animation, 
    Nicole: Pratt, Parsons
    Patricia H.: ArtCenter Illustration for Entertainment Design, Ringling

    Non-art major (preliminary counts)

    ​✓ ​Shevanne J: UC Berkeley, UCLA and USC
    ✓ Aayush S : Carnegie Mellon University​​, Architecture major
    ✓ Vivian: U. of Chicago
    ✓ Alice W.: UC Santa Barbara ( Transferred to Columbia Univ. in 2022 with a supplemental art portfolio)

  • 2017 Results

    Non-art major students who submitted art portfolio with college application:

    Diane Jiang: Stanford University
    Kevin Li: Johns Hopkins University
    Meixuan Qu: Carnegie Mellon University

    Art-major students

    ✓ ​Nickie Li : RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), Art Center and Otis College of Design
    ✓ ​Phoebe Hsu: USC (Design), Art Center (Graphic Design), SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Pratt, School of Visual Arts, UCI (Design), UC Davis(Design)
    ✓ ​Tina Su:  Art Center, San Jose State (Animation)
    ✓ ​Courtney Wong:  San Jose State (Animation), UC Davis (Design)
    ✓ ​Allen Tang: Art Center (Interior Design), Cal. College of the Arts (Interior Design)
    ✓ ​Zachary Tsai:  SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
    ✓ ​Ashley Wong: Laguna College of Art and Design, CSU Northridge

  • 2018 Results

    Non-art major students

    Amanda S: Harvard University
    Rachel G.: Harvard University
    Allen W: UC Berkeley, UCLA
    Emily:  Brown University, University of Chicago

    Art-major students

    ✓ ​Alisha L: CalArts (Character Animation, World No. 1 school in animation), RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), SVA (School of Visual Arts), CCA (California College of the Arts)
    ✓ Jonathan C: CalArts (Character Animation)
    ✓ Emily P: Parsons, Pratt Institute
    ✓ Tiffany D.: RISD, Art Center, SAIC, MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art), Washington University of San Louis
    ✓ Raymond P.: CMU (Carnegie Mellon University), Graphic Design major
    ✓ Brian L: Art Center, CCA

  • 2016 or Earlier Results

    Non-Art major students

    Ryan J: Harvard University
    Vivian:  Harvard University
    Sharleen T.: Stanford University
    Hannah: Stanford University
    Michelle: Stanford University
    Margaret: Stanford University
    Katie J.: UPenn​
    Stephanie: Columbia University
    Stacy:  Princeton University
    ​Lucia S: Cornell University

  • 2020 Results

    Art-major students (preliminary counts):

    Annie H.: Art Center, Entertainment Design (Most prestigious art major, only accepts 25 students per year). UCLA Design/Media Arts (has a less than 5% acceptance rate)
    Lucia L.:RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Davis, Northwestern Univ., Williams College
    Rachel H.: Art Center (Illustration), MICA, Laguna College of Art and Design
    Roya V.: Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Otis. CCA, San Jose State (Animation/Illustration)
    Anna D.:CCA(Illustration), Laguna College of Art and Design (Illustration in entertainment design), San Jose State (Animation/Illustration), Art Center (Illustration), Ringling (Illustration)
    ​Jaiminy Q, Ringling, School of Visual Arts (SVA), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)

    Non-art major students, who submitted art portfolio (preliminary counts)

    ​✓ Christina Q: Stanford University (Early admission)
    ​✓ Angela G.: MIT (Early admission)
    ​✓ Celine L.: Cornell University (Early admission)​

  • 2022 Results

    General college (art or non-art major, preliminary counts):

    Aaron Y: University of Chicago (Early Decision, 10+ years at Ichen Art Academy)
    Amanda P: UPenn (Early Decision), Caltech (Early Admission)
    Cindy:  University of Oxford
    Allison L: MIT
    Yawen X: Dartmouth College, NYU, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD and UCSB
    Alice W: Transferred to Columbia Univ. from UCSB with supplemental art portfolio
    Lucy Y: UC Berkeley, Washington University, Tufts, NYU, Rice University, USC Roski Design (10+ years at Ichen Art Academy)
    Sana I.: UCLA Design Media Arts (5% acceptance rate), UCSD Speculative Design, SJSU Animation and Illustration
    Stacey X: NYU Tisch School of Art, Game Design major
    Ayesha A: UCLA, UC Berkeley, UCSD and UCSB
    Charlize: UC Berkeley, UCD Design
    Ryan S.: CMU, USC Architecture
    Sarah L: UCD Design
    Tiffany L: UCSB

    Art-major (art colleges, preliminary counts)

    ​✓ ​Steven L.:ArtCenter Entertainment Design - the most prestigious art college/major in the U.S.
    ​✓ Angela C: ArtCenter Entertainment Design - the most prestigious art college/major in the U.S., California College of the Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, School of Visual Arts, Ringling College of Art + Design
    ​✓ George G:  CalArts Character Animation (No. 1 in the U.S. for Animation)
    ​✓ Esther Z:  CalArts Character Animation (No. 1 in the U.S. for Animation), RISD Illustration, ArtCenter Illustration for Entertainment Design​
    ​✓ Alena Z: Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Ringling, MICA
    ​✓ Natalie H: Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Pratt, Parsons, MICA, Ringling
    ​✓ ​Molly: ArtCenter Illustration, SJSU, Ringling College of Art and Design, UC San Diego, Savannah College of Art and Design
    ​✓ Carol C: ArtCenter Illustration, Ringling Game Art, MICA Illustration, CCA Game Art, Otis.
    ​✓ Ella: ArtCentetr Immersion Program
    ​✓ Alicia C:   SVA(School of Visual Arts), Animation,OTIS (Otis College of Art and Design), Animation; MICA (Maryland Institute College of Arts), Animation; CCA (California College of the Arts), Animation

  • 2019 Results

    ​Non-art major Students

    Vicki X: Harvard University, MIT and U. of Chicago
    Nathan Z.: Cornell Univ. (CS, School of Engineering)
    Ashley W.: CMU, Harvey Mudd,
    Catherine W.: Washington U.  St Louis, UC Berkeley
    Michelle X.: UCLA
    Caroline K.: USC
    Jackie: NYU
    ​Minjia: UCSD, UCI

    Art-major Students

    ​✓ Evangeline C.: CalArts (Character Animation, World No. 1 school in Animation), Art Center, Ringling
    ​✓ Elizabeth T.: CalArts (Character Animation)
    ​✓ Andrew:  Art Center (Industrial Design)
    ​✓ Catherine W.: RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), CMU(Graphic Design)
    ​✓ Hritika: Art Center (Illustration)
    ​✓ Jessica H: Art Center (Illustration)
    ​✓ Christy Y: Ringling, Pratt, Otis, SCAD, SAIC and CCA
    ​✓ Isha: Pratt, Ringling
    ​✓ Joyce S: Georgia Tech (Industrial Design), NYU (Interactive Media Design)