I am having a hard time understanding Cornell's portfolio file requirements. The website says "horizontal/ landscape format" and 20 page limit. The upload website, SlideRoom has an additional sentence that says "do NOT submit a 2-page spread as 1 page". It upload each page as a separate pdf.
My portfolio layout which i am submitting to other schools is set so that individual pages are in portrait format and spreads are landscape. I don't know whether the limit applies to pages or spreads. I don't know if I should upload each individual page or a "horizontal" page, which would be a spread to me.
Anyone else applying here? What did you submit?
Thanks
SpatialSojourner
Dec 30, 15 1:03 pm
I had my portfolio set up as two portrait oriented 8 1/2" x11"s side-by-side and so I changed my inDesign to be 11"x17" and submitted the spread as one page so 20 spreads... This was last year and I was accepted, if this helps. Also, last year was strange where you had to upload exactly 20 items... so I had to come up with some extra pages... they might have fixed that.
Dangermouse
Dec 30, 15 3:05 pm
I don't know why you're uploading each page as a separate PDF; I'm looking at the interface right now and it doesn't say anything about facing pages or uploading things as individual files
ncsy
Dec 30, 15 4:13 pm
I have an additional question - should the table of contents be uploaded as one sheet as well?
ArchInspired
Dec 30, 15 9:34 pm
A similar question: is cover page still needed?
As for the number of pages, I think uploading 20 11"x17"-ish spreads should be fine.
I am having a hard time understanding Cornell's portfolio file requirements. The website says "horizontal/ landscape format" and 20 page limit. The upload website, SlideRoom has an additional sentence that says "do NOT submit a 2-page spread as 1 page". It upload each page as a separate pdf.
My portfolio layout which i am submitting to other schools is set so that individual pages are in portrait format and spreads are landscape. I don't know whether the limit applies to pages or spreads. I don't know if I should upload each individual page or a "horizontal" page, which would be a spread to me.
Anyone else applying here? What did you submit?
Thanks
I had my portfolio set up as two portrait oriented 8 1/2" x11"s side-by-side and so I changed my inDesign to be 11"x17" and submitted the spread as one page so 20 spreads... This was last year and I was accepted, if this helps. Also, last year was strange where you had to upload exactly 20 items... so I had to come up with some extra pages... they might have fixed that.
I don't know why you're uploading each page as a separate PDF; I'm looking at the interface right now and it doesn't say anything about facing pages or uploading things as individual files
I have an additional question - should the table of contents be uploaded as one sheet as well?
A similar question: is cover page still needed?
As for the number of pages, I think uploading 20 11"x17"-ish spreads should be fine.