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Student success

The work, the offers, and the road between.

A selection of student projects and the outcomes they led to. Filter by discipline, or read the full stories below.

100%

Target school offer rate

30+

Students mentored

17

Confirmed offers

8

Partner institutions

Portfolio gallery

Selected student work.

Objects of Memory — Product design sketchbook

Objects of Memory

Chen Y. · Product design sketchbook

Central Saint Martins

Blue Interval — Mixed media on paper

Blue Interval

Liu M. · Mixed media on paper

RISD

Studio Notes — Process documentation

Studio Notes

Zhao H. · Process documentation

Parsons

Wool, Clay, Rust — Material research board

Wool, Clay, Rust

Wang S. · Material research board

London College of Fashion

Small Civic Forms — Plaster model series

Small Civic Forms

Gao J. · Plaster model series

UCL Bartlett

Afternoon Studio — Observational study

Afternoon Studio

Xu L. · Observational study

Glasgow School of Art

Before & after

Where they started, where they landed.

Chen Y.

Before
No portfolio, strong curiosity.
After
Three UK offers, chose Central Saint Martins.
The first two months were only research. It felt slow, then everything made sense at once.

Wang S.

Before
IELTS 5.5, unsure about fashion.
After
IELTS 7.5 and a place at London College of Fashion.
Language classes and studio classes talked to each other. That was the difference.

Gao J.

Before
Engineering background, no design training.
After
MArch offer from UCL Bartlett.
My mentor never let me hide behind technical drawings. She wanted the argument.

University offers

Institutions our students have joined.

University

Royal College of Art

1offer

University

University of the Arts London

2offers

University

École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes

3offers

University

University of Edinburgh

3offers

University

University of Warwick

2offers

School

Fettes College

3offers

School

Loretto School

2offers

School

Harrow School

1offer

皇家艺术学院伦敦艺术学院法国南特美院爱丁堡大学华威大学斐特思公学劳莱特学校哈罗公学
They never told me what to make. They kept asking why — until the work became genuinely mine.
Chen Y.BA Product Design, Central Saint Martins
My daughter arrived shy about speaking English. Nine months later she interviewed in it, alone, and got in.
Ms. HuangParent, Edinburgh
The mentoring was the difference. One person who knew my coursework, my portfolio and my deadlines.
Gao J.MArch, UCL Bartlett

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