Given the relative unimportance of grades and test scores in M.F.A. and M. Arch. admissions, the portfolio becomes the critical factor in determining the applicant's success. A great portfolio not only demonstrates the depth of your artistic vision, but also places the rest of your application into perspective. You must use the portfolio to explain the fundamental meaning of your designs, your projected audience and intention, and how your work addresses broader societal currents. Above all, you must create a beautiful object (your book) consisting of clear and well organized projects, that will make even the busiest admissions official respect you and feel compelled to admit you.

At Portfolic, we have great experience in offering a great variety of portfolio development workshops for designers of different backgrounds and goals. We have workshops designed for designers seeking for a permanent professional position or internship at a firm, and also for design-school applicants, both graduate and undergrad. All of our workshop coaches are graduates of some of the most prestigious design schools in the country, and have a lot of experience in both actively editing/ developing portfolios and also coaching. Our coaches and our research allow us to determine what types of projects are ideal for an application to a specific school or company at a specific point in time. We make sure that we create plans for the development of unique portfolios that will differentiate application from the rest.

The most important aspect of a portfolio that is submitted for consideration is demonstrating that the person responsible for it can think in a unique and sophisticated manner. It is also extremely important to demonstrate the ability to think using different types of media and different approaches.
Our methods are constantly tested, and have been examined and reexamined over the past ten years. We know what will work, and we have proven the effectiveness of our approach through the success rate of our undergraduate students, which approaches 100% for first choice architecture, design or art schools, and over 80% for some type of merit based scholarship.

We offer several types of workshops for undergraduate applicants: 1-on-1, Group workshops, Online workshops and a variety of portfolio editing packages. You can contact us by email, or call and receive answers to all of your questions about our workshops and any other Portfolic editing service.