The Roski School of Fine Arts Supplemental Application includes:

1. Supplemental Application (http://roskidev.usc.edu/docs/BFA_application.pdf)
2. Personal Statement

   In addition to the USC essays, USC Roski School of Fine Arts applicants must submit a separate personal statement along with their supplemental application. This personal statement should reflect the applicant's interests in art and why he or she would like to study art at USC. This statement will be read by the studio faculty admissions committee as measure of the applicant's creativity, intelligence, self-awareness, determination and vision. There is no standard format, length, or "correct answer" for the statement, but it should give the committee a sense of the applicant's long-term goals, artistic ambitions and knowledge of the world.

3. Portfolio

   All students must submit a portfolio of 10-15 recent images of artwork (completed within the last two years), either in a clear plastic slide sheet, with each slide properly labeled with your name, date, title and dimensions, or on a CD (PowerPoint is a good format). An identification list should accompany the portfolio. The portfolio should not only represent the applicant's best skills in art, either in a variety of media or in a single area, but should also demonstrate the development of an idea or concept that has inspired the work as a whole. The portfolio can consist of in-class projects and assignments and/or work done on your own, but please do not submit renderings that have been copied from media images. Please re-check that your images have been successfully loaded onto the CD before submitting it to us.

4. Letters of Recommendation For transfer students only, a minimum of two letters of recommendation from former instructors is required. Letters should be addressed to the USC Roski School of Fine Arts Admission Committee and sent directly to the USC Roski School of Fine Arts. Freshmen applicants do NOT need to submit letters of recommendation.

Send the above materials (Fine Arts supplemental application, personal statement, portfolio and letters of recommendation) to:
USC Roski School of Fine Arts
Watt Hall 104/ 850 W. 37th St.
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292


Important: It is the applicant's responsibility to make sure all required materials have been received by the appropriate offices by the deadline. An application will not be evaluated by the Fine Arts admission committee if any of the required application materials are missing. Applicants are encouraged to make copies for their files and to send all material via certified or registered mail. It is recommended that each student verify the processing of his or her file by phone or correspondence with the appropriate office listed below.