entrance exam 2010

Sophia Do

December 18, 2009

Sophia Do

2301 + [email protected]

967 Larkfield Drive, Worthington, Ohio 43085

United Home Health Svcs.and Bouahom Health Mgmt.

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The Ohio State University

16 hours

January 11, 2009 (this is first application)

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614-584-9538

[c] student background questionnaire

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Sophia DoDO, SOPHIA DATE PRINTED : 12/18/2009 PAGE 1

200020169 BIRTH DATE: 03/24/1991 SEX: FEMALE

PREVIOUS NAME:

EMAIL_ADDRESS: [email protected]

ADDRESS: 967 LARKFIELD DRIVE

WORTHINGTON,OH 43085

USA

PHONE: 614/584-9538

OSU ADVISING REPORT

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EXPLORATION PROGRAM

ADVISOR: DANIEL J. DEMAY

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED

NAME CITY ST/CNTRY DEGREE DATE

THOMAS WORTHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL WORTHINGTON OH/USA HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 06/08

SUMMARY OF ACADEMIC HISTORY

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CMP PROG K PLAN GPA EH GPA EH PTS ACTIONS

1098 COL UEXP 1 UND HLTHPR-PRE 3.468 21 3.468 21 0.0

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1100 COL UEXP 1 UND HLTHPR-PRE 0.000 0 3.468 21 0.0

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AUTUMN 2009 UEXP

CHEM 121 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 5.0 EM

EXP 100.01 EXP SURVEY 1.0 A

CHEM 121 GENERAL CHEMISTRY 5.0 B+

PSYCH 100 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 5.0 A

MATH 151.01 CALC&ANALYT GEOM 1 5.0 B

QTR: HR= 16 PT= 55.5 PH= 3.468 EH= 21 DP= 0.0

CUM: HR= 16 PT= 55.5 PH= 3.468 EH= 21 DP= 0.0

WINTER 2010 UEXP

ENGLISH 110.01 FIRST-YR ENGL COMP 5.0

DESIGN 200 INTRO DESIGN 5.0

DESIGN 201 DESCRIPTIVE DRAWNG 3.0

STAT 135 ELEMENTARY STATS 5.0

QTR: HR= 18 PT= 0.0 PH= 0.000 EH= 0 DP= 0.0

CUM: HR= 16 PT= 55.5 PH= 3.468 EH= 21 DP= 0.0

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STUDENT PROJECTED DEGREE IS ????

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TEST RESULTS *UNOFFICIAL

TEST DATE SRC SECTION/SCORE

AP 01/01/2008 ELC CHEM 3

ACT 10/01/2008 ELC CMPST 27 ENGL 25 ENGWR 22 MATH 33 READ 25 SCIRE

25 WRTES 6

AP 01/01/2009 ELC ENLI 2

MATH PLACE 06/02/2009 ELC FORMD 23 L QUALT 39

SPANISH 08/03/2009 ELC PLCMT 9 SPAN 18.9

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Sophia Do[e] extracurricular activities

E d u c a t i o n Thomas Worthington High School

! GPA: 3.92 weighted, 3.88 unweighed

! Graduated June 2009

Currently Attending: The Ohio State University (Freshman 2013)

! Major: Exploration

W o r k E x p e r i e n c e Medical Record Management, United Home Health Services, Columbus, OH

! June 2007 - August 2007

! Managing patient’s medical records, running front desk duties, answering phone-calls

Home Health Aide, United Home Health Services, Columbus, OH

! September 2009 - Present

! Taking care of elderly patients’ in the comfort of their own home

Community Liaison and Home Health Aide, Bouahom Health Management, Columbus, OH

! December 2009 - Present

! Coordinating intakes & referrals for Vietnamese patients under Bouahom Health Management

A c h i e v e m e n t s / H o n o r s / A w a r d s Honor Roll - 9, 10, 11

! Academic Honor Society - 9, 10, 11, 12

! Spanish National Honor Society - 10, 11

! Excellent Grading in Local Science Fair - 10

! Superior Grading in District Science Fair - 10

! Excellent Grading in State Science Fair - 10

! First Place for Sigma XI Interdisciplinary Research Award at State Science Fair - 10

! Best Animal Bio-acoustics Project in the District Science Fair - 10

! MVP of the TWHS JV Girls Tennis - 12

! Excellence Scholarship (Ohio State University)

! Trustees Scholarship (Ohio State University)

I n S c h o o l & E x t r a c u r r i c u l a r A c t i v i t i e s Girls’ Junior Varsity Tennis - 11, 12

! Captain of JV team senior year

! Thomas Worthington Fashion Club - 11, 12

! Co-founder and 1st Vice President

! Indoor Track - 11

! Outdoor Track and Field - 11

! Strings Orchestra - 9, 10, 11, 12

! Secretary of school orchestra senior year

! Chamber Orchestra - 9, 10, 11, 12

! Euphonic Orchestra - 12

! First chair violinist

! Student Host - 11, 12

! Showing new students around Thomas Worthington High School

! Phoenix School Newspaper - 11

! Managing Editor Assistant

O u t o f S c h o o l A c t i v i t i e s Private Piano Lessons - 9, 10, 11, 12

! Annual recitals and Scale Olympics

C o m m u n i t y / V o l u n t e e r / C u l t u r a l / R e l i g i o u s Volunteer work year round at Linh Son Pagoda of Ohio - 9, 10, 11, 12, present

! Attending Vietnamese Classes at Linh Son Pagoda of Ohio - 9, 10

! Learning to read and write Vietnamese at Sunday Classes

! Volunteer work at Community Refugee Immigration Services - 6 weeks during Summer 2008

! Volunteer work in the office and aiding in ESL Classes at Ascension Lutheran Church

Sophia Do[f] visual test material

2. Visual narrative drawings


2. Final visual narrative drawings


Visual Communication Design problem statementPart 1 - Successful Signature


Visual Communication Design problem statementPart 1 - Successful Signature

A n a l y s i s o f a S u c c e s s f u l S i g n a t u r eAn example of a successful signature is from LG Electronics. This signature is

internationally known and the company behind it has created a simple logo with great

impact for their consumers. The design of a signature should reflect a company’s vision

and purpose. Their logo depicts their exact vision and purpose: a good life for their

consumers. The visual mark incorporates the letters “L” and “G” to creatively illustrate a

smiling face (portraying a happy consumer and friendliness). This visual mark shows LG’s

aim for happy customers making “life good.”

The visual mark’s main red color is a bold color which represents LG’s strong

commitment to the happiness of their customers. Although the mark’s main color is

red, it can be reproduced in other colors: gold, black, and grey only. The colors can only

be reproduced “under certain circumstances” and “the reproduction of LG colors must

be carefully monitored to achieve the highest fidelity to the original” according to the

LG company. Using other colors could create a different interpretation of the company’s

signature, therefore has strict rules when reproducing the logo.

The signature has exact ratio for the sizes and placement of the visual mark and

LG’s name. These proportions never change because the careful placement of the visual

mark and name brings balance overall to the signature. This creates a clean and simple

signature that is visually appealing."

LG Electronics has created a successful signature that has been used since 1995. It is

widely known and many consumers are still intrigued with the meaning of LG’s visual

mark. With a clear cut design and simplicity, it is easy to identify the LG name and its

meaning: life’s good.

Sophia DoVisual Communication Design problem statementPart 2 - Unsuccessful Signature


Visual Communication Design problem statementPart 2 - Unsuccessful Signature

A n a l y s i s o f a n U n s u c c e s s f u l S i g n a t u r eLooking at this signature, it is difficult to even label this as a “signature” because

one cannot tell which part of it is actually the visual mark. There is so much going

on with this signature and it lacks quality. It looks like the images are just clipart

pulled up in Microsoft Word and placed with the restaurant name. The signature

itself does not represent the restaurant’s purpose: great food and drinks.

The only positive outcome of this signature is probably the capital letter T in

Thai Talay. The choice in this font is similar to the Thai language, representing

authenticity, but there is no flow between the letters after the first capital T’s in Thai

Talay. The main thing that could improve the signature significantly is more simplicity.

Thai Talay wants their customers to get away from the busy life and enjoy the

authentic Thai cuisine. Changing the name to a more simple font will represent a

clear vision of the restaurant name, allowing customers to remember Thai Talay as a

great place to dine. Also a visual mark needs to be created for the restaurant. Like

McDonald’s golden arches, Thai Talay could use a visual mark that customers will

always remember. The visual mark should also represent the authenticity of Thai

food with an organic feel.

Seeing that Thai Talay offers sushi and wine, one can assume it is a fine dining

restaurant set out to please their customers in a relaxing environment. When

looking at the image, nothing relaxing or inviting comes to mind. If a restaurant takes

no effort in their design of a signature, a customer may consider that will be the

same for the products. The signature needs to illustrate the restaurant’s intentions

more effectively.

Overall the signature lacks everything needed for a successful design. With the

changes mentioned above, the signature can potentially lure in more customers. A

more well designed signature will depict the restaurant in a better light. This will also

represent the restaurant’s vision of high quality foods and drinks. With strong design

can come strong success for Thai Talay.


Visual Communication Design problem statementPart 2 - Improved Signature

Sophia DoA n I n f l u e n t i a l D e s i g n e r

An up and coming influential graphic designer that has dispersed from Australia all the way to

the United States is Rob Morris aka DIGITALMash. His site (www.digitalmash.com) contains his

portfolio in an online format and journal entries. Within the journal are often posts with advice on

portfolio building and simple quick tutorials. Those who aspire to become designers can take a look

at Rob’s entries and can even ask questions directly to Rob. He has great journal entries that are

great resources for other designers to read and learn.

Also with today’s society, online media is very important. Social networking is constantly growing

in the Internet world and artists can show their work through clean design with a new innovative

site Flavors.me. Rob is now working with the site as the product designer. The site allows anyone to

create a well-designed webpage. It integrates the use of existing content from sites like Facebook,

Flickr, and Twitter to create a functional webpage. According to nextlevelideas.com, Flavors.me is “the

antithesis of MySpace, its strict but stylish templates ensure a consistent look and feel.”

As part of the team that created Flavors.me, Rob has brought together a community of graphic

designers, photographers, musicians, and others alike. The community has a visually stimulating appeal

that will be great for social networking. I myself was able to create a well designed webpage in less

than one hour: http://flavors.me/sophiado. I hope to use this great online tool to showcase my past

and future works, and all thanks goes to Rob who introduced Flavors.me via Twitter to his 3,921

followers.

A C a r e e r i n D e s i g nI find myself analyzing colors, fonts, and designs with anything visual on a daily basis. One thing I

do not take for granted is the work it takes to design any aesthetic product from billboards to

brochures. I have learned that I have a passion for graphics. A career in Visual Communications

Design is important to me because it fulfills something I have passion for. It took some time for me

to learn what I truly loved doing, but graphic design has been something I have enjoyed since I was

in middle school. Before starting college, I honestly never thought much about design. Growing up as

a first generation college student, I always felt obligated to major in something health related or

engineering but I soon learned I should study something for myself.

I had to ask myself the cliché question, “What do you see yourself doing in ten years?” I first

answered the question with a wrong approach by choosing a career that would make money. I

realized I needed to do something I love and enjoy. "Don't settle. Life's too short and the work day

is too long to not enjoy what you're doing." This statement by graphic designer Rob Morris left me

with a clear view of what I wanted to see myself doing in ten years: a graphic designer.

The Visual Communication Design major will benefit me. I can work with a medium that

fascinates me and a design background will only allow me to learn and sharpen my skills. My

knowledge for graphic design now has all been self-taught through online tutorials but can expand

to a greater extent with in-class learning. With the design major, I will have a more interactive

learning experience working with my professors and peers. More importantly, a design major will

allow me to build a career as a graphic designer, a career that I can find myself enjoying.

[g] personal essays

http://www.digitalmash.com

http://www.digitalmash.com

http://flavors.me/sophiado

http://flavors.me/sophiado

Sophia Do[h] student agreement

Sophia Do[i] supplementary visual materials

All material submitted is my own work.

Any computer-rendered works were edited/created in Photoshop CS2/CS3.

Any non-standard fonts were downloaded from dafonts.com.

Any photographs are mine, unless otherwise noted.


Flyer for a high school orchestra concert event, created in 12th gradePhoto credits: stock photo from iWork


Gift made for a friend; the table lists inside jokes, created in 12th grade

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Sunset from Charles Bridge in Prague, taken in Summer 2009

[i] supplementary visual materials


Eiffel Tower at night in Paris, taken in Summer 2009


Berlin Cathedral on a cloudy day in Berlin, taken Summer 2009


Trevi Fountain at night in Rome, taken Summer 2009


TSS t-shirt logo designed for a friend’s intramural football team, created Autumn Quarter ‘09

vector logo

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Sample magazine cover for school newspaper, created in 11th grade.Photo credits: mountainspringscabins.com


Cover for a short story, created in 10th gradePhotoshop brush credits: av3ng3d.deviantart.comPhoto credits: atkielski.com


Myspace layout, created in 9th grade

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