Admissions

Design and Art Direction, Advertising Art Direction, Copywriting, Illustration, Media Architecture, Photography

Welcome. You followed your passion here – now let us help you hone your skills for a successful career in an industry that pays creative people quite well to communicate. Portfolio Center is about ideas, innovation, concepts, messaging, communications, problems, solutions, storytelling, and design. We live in a world that changes at light-speed and desperately needs creative chroniclers to tell its stories. And we’re here, by gum, by George, by jiminy, by golly, by gosh to fill that need. What do you have to have to get into Portfolio Center? Guts, gumption, a good head, that hot-sauce you’ve got bottled up inside your spirit, work ethic, good walking shoes, and two years. Beyond that, we’re prepared to help you with the rest.

Our admissions team stands at the ready to help you through the enrollment process. Take the first step by calling us directly or use our online resources.

Admissions Contact Information

Portfolio Center – Office of Admissions
125 Bennett Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
404.351-5055 or 800.255.3169
Rachel Strubinger ext: 26

Liz Phillips ext: 12

The following are important dates for admissions and financial aid, 2008:

March 17-28: Student Break

March 31: Spring quarter starts

April 18: Graduation for Fall ‘07 and Winter ‘08

May 16: Deadline for Summer applications

June 2: Financial aid applications for Summer due

June 2-6: Studio Week

June 9-13: Critique Week

June 16-29: Student Break

June 30: Summer ‘08 quarter starts

Aug 8: Deadline for Fall applications

Aug 15: Financial aid applications for Fall due

Sept 1-5: Studio Week

Sept 8-12: Critique Week

Sept 15-28: Student Break

Sept 29 Fall quarter starts

Oct 10: graduation Spring ‘08/Summer ‘08

Oct 17: New York Portfolio Review for all 2008 grads

Nov 14: Deadline for Winter applications

Nov 27-28: School closed for Thanksgiving

Dec 1: Financial Aid deadline for Winter quarter

Dec 1-5: Studio Week

Dec 8-12: Critique Week

Dec 15-28: Student Break

Dec 29: Winter Quarter starts