The NYU Tisch School of the Arts Application for IMA involves two major components:
Creative Materials Submission Requirements
PART 1: STATEMENT
Please submit a document (pdf or doc) with brief explanations of what you are submitting as creative materials. Please also include a short statement (about 100 words) about why you are interested in making interactive media and thinking about its implications on society.
PART 2: CREATIVE MATERIALS
Please submit any work that shows the skills, creativity, curiosity, or generosity that you could bring to the emerging interactive forms we are inventing at IMA. We know that creativity does not just happen in art class so we want to read things you wrote, see any of your work, your musings, your tinkerings and experiments in any discipline. This can be artwork, it can be programming, DIY projects, songs or poetry you wrote, projects you were involved in, it can be anything you made, the toaster you took apart to see how it worked, the treehouse you built, the videography you captured for the drama club, the activist work you spearheaded, to name a few.
If you have a personal website to show your work, you can simply share the URL. Another option is to upload individual files (jpgs, pdfs).
There are no minimum or maximum number of works or any particular mediums that we prefer or require.
PART 3: RESUME (OPTIONAL)
You may also submit a resume if you would like, though this is entirely optional. Please include your work experience, activities throughout high school, artistic accomplishments, and any other unique qualities.