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The NCA test is in two days and I feel like I’m losing my mindddddddd!!!!

A little background: I’ve been doing art for most of my life. I took O Level and A Level Art, got an A* in O Level, and my A Level results come out two days after the NCA test. My predicted grades are three A*s, and I’ve spent the last two years practically living for my A Level art portfolio. I also got accepted into universities abroad, but I couldn’t attend because I didn’t receive the financial aid from the one university I was fully committed to.

The weird thing is… I don’t know why I’m so much more stressed about NCA than anything else. It’s just one university, but it’s the only one I’ve genuinely wanted to go to since I was a kid. I don’t really care about PU, PIFD, IAC, or BNU. Ever since I was little, all I’ve heard about is NCA, and I’ve worked my ass off with that goal in mind. If I don’t get into NCA and end up somewhere else, I honestly don’t think I’ll be happy.

I know my drawing skills are solid, but I’ve been hearing people say things like your line work has to be perfect, it can’t look rough, etc. That honestly confuses me because… isn’t that what art school is for? Aren’t they supposed to help polish your skills instead of expecting you to already be perfect?

Then there’s the aptitude test. I genuinely don’t know how to prepare for it. I’ve looked at past papers, and they’re mostly general knowledge, but what if they ask something completely random? I’ve heard they sometimes include current affairs and other pakstudies questions. I’m okay with current affairs because I try to stay updated, but I’m definitely not someone who remembers everything from Pakistan Studies or random facts.

And the drawing test… if they give us a human figure to draw, I’m actually cooked. 😭 That’s probably my biggest fear right now.
I’m also stressing about the interview, but I guess that’s a problem for later. First I have to actually get shortlisted.

PS. I applied for fine arts and textile with fine arts being my first choice

Basically what the title says
Pls help
Idk what to practice or learn
What will they ask?

I feel like they’ll give smth difficult this time but I don’t know😬
What do u guys think we’ll get?
Also what was the drawing test last year? Does anyone know?