EARLY ADMISSIONS EXERCISE (EAE) PREPATORY WORKSHOP

You may apply for a maximum of three courses within a single polytechnic or a single course at three
different polytechnics or any other combination. Successful applicants will receive only one offer. Identify
your three choices in order of your preference. Minimum of one choice, no duplication of choices.

There are two segments in your application:

1. Interest & Aptitude (600 characters)

You are encouraged to submit a unique 600 characters write-up for each of your choice
2. Talents & Achievement (1000 characters)

600 characters include spacing but should not contain the following characters “&, , ‘, “,~”.

Structure your sentences in a logical and coherent manner. Use the features in Microsoft Word to do a
spell check where you can check for spelling and grammatical errors. You can also make use of it to
check for the number of characters in your write-up.

For more information on the courses in Nanyang Polytechnic, log onto www.nyp.edu.sg/EAE or the Joint
Polytechnic Website at http://www.eae.polytechnic.edu.sg/

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Part A : Interests & Aptitude (600-character write-up):
STEP 1: Fill up the table below with any details which may be helpful for your application. Think beyond
your Secondary School – you can include Primary school, or even activities outside school.
Category
Learning & Exploration
(visits to polys, workshops,
attachments, AEMs,
seminars etc)
Competitions /
Achievements
(name of competition, did
you win anything, something
you are proud of etc.)
CCA
(name of CCA, your roles &
responsibilities etc)
Personal Experience
(someone or something
which inspired you etc)
Volunteer/Community
(Charity work, donation
drive, volunteer etc)
Personal Abilities
(Leadership, resilience,
creativity, mentoring etc)
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- I attended landscape with water-soluble oil paint course in NAFA
- I attended art AEM at Temasek
- My own character sheets
- I even pay subscriptions to Clip Studio Paint and Procreate to draw
- My art about Shop Theft Prevention is chosen to be displayed
at Causeway Point(?)
- Best in Subject for Art, consistently get A1 for EOY
- Making my own comic
- I made fanarts and take art commissions
- the vice-president of art club
- take part in promoting our school’s art when visiting Woodlands
Ring Primary school
- Members of CCE Council, I used my design skills to make slides
for our presentations, I was one of the MC for National Day
- Animes, specifically Precures with their cute and strong magical girls
- The facilities in Nanyang poly’s art class are godsend for me
- I want to be a successful professional artist so that people will love my characters and
stories
-I want to design a character for Arknights(a game company) someday
- I have always like drawing since I was a child, my mother knew that so she would help
sign me up for art courses to hone my skills
- KidsREAD, reading books to Marsiling primary school children in
which I connected with them through the charming art of the books
- Cooperative and patient with my teammates
- my juniors in art club are fond of me as I make sure to encourage and
check on them
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STEP 2: Write down the name of the first poly course you have choose for EAE.

Think about why you want to apply for this course, and answer the four questions below. Refer to the
table on page 2 and look for details which are related to the four questions. These details will add
substance to your write-up. Where possible, include these details in your answers.

1) Why am I interested in this course? (Interest)

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I wanna know how to design and create appealing animation so that maybe I could make
animations of my characters I wanna be better at directing my comics
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2) Why am I a good fit for this course? (Aptitude)

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Digital art is my boon, I still really want to experiment more of design and tools
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3) What have I achieved in this area? (Achievement)

Collaborated with Woodlands Police Force,

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4) How does this course fit with my future ambitions? (Aspiration)

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If I can make a good storyboard, my comics would be more
interesting, I want to make visually appealing designs and artworks
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STEP 3: Combine the answers to your 4 questions above into one 600-character write-up on the next
page. You can re-structure, condense or modify it to make it more impactful.

600-Character Write-ups 1st

1 Choice
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Polytechnic: Course:
Nanyang Polytechnic Animation & Visual Effects

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2nd Choice

Polytechnic: Course:
Nanyang Polytechnic Common Design Programme

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3rd Choice

Polytechnic: Course:

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Part B: Talents & Achievements (1000 characters):

The 1000-character write-up usually contains details on your personal strengths, talents and abilities which
are not related to your chosen course. In addition to talents and achievements, issues such as leadership,
character, values, integrity and 21st century skills are also very important. Go back to the table on page 2
and look at all the remaining points which you did not use in your 600-character writeup. Those points
may be useful here. On the next page, elaborate on those points to craft your 1000- character write-up
which outlines your talents, achievements, character, values, and other skills.

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1000-Character Write-up

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