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Updated
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What
are the key determinants that students should keep
in mind while choosing design colleges for admission
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Ms. Julie James, Faculty & Director of AFD,
has the following suggestion for students: ·
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Prepare an exhaustive preference list of colleges
and courses much before counseling starts.
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Get
first-hand information on the probable colleges.
This can be done through visiting college and
speaking to senior students.
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Ascertain
whether the particular branch of study has affiliation.
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If
possible, speak to the faculty members of the
colleges to decide the branches of interest that
will match your aptitude.
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Check the student-professor ratio.
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It is important that the faculty members have
a PG qualification and are sufficiently experienced.
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Find the details of the college & hostel fees
are within your limits.
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Verify the library facilities, computer facilities
& placement records.
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Irrespective
of the college and the branch, what should matter
most is your own academic performance & aptitude.
To
have optimum success & avoid failure, one has
to develop excellent temperament besides knowledge
of the subject and problem solving skills. To achieve
this, AFD advice you the following:
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Have clarity of goal & determination to achieve
it. Give top priority to getting into NIFT/NID
or other top Design Schools. Develop your own
plan (overall blue print) to produce peak results.
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Do not dilute preparation of any topic because
of any factor. Unlike school/board exams you cannot
score in NIFT/NID without reaching a certain level
of proficiency.
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Mere understanding of a concept is not adequate.
You have to learn to apply these concepts in solving
tricky problems. Problems in the Creative Ability
Test are not direct application of a single concept.
Many CAT problems involve more than one basic
concept.
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Develop
your analytical skills. Do not give up visualizing
after one or two attempts only. It is only by
doing & trying to do visualize in depth that
you can improve your creative skills.
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There is no dearth of books and problems available.
One has to draw boundaries and concentrate on
quality rather than quantity.
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Carefully revise concepts and again solve those
stumbling block problems you faced during your
preparation.
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Take several Mock Tests in right environment.
These are a must to convert your knowledge &
skills into marks. This alone will make a difference
between success & failure, a good rank &
a bad rank
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