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    Just accepted UMich.
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    I'm still deciding, actually. Headed to UCI on April 10th and will make my decison then. UMich is a hard offer to pass up, their funding and facilities are off the chain, so I'm leaning more in that direction at the moment. I have a feeling the community at Irvine is better than UMich, but will wait to see how it feels to be there.
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    If you are interested in building a career in NYC and connecting to the scene here, Hunter is great. There are so many other artists to connect with, you'll be at the hub of many major arts organizations, have access to incredible intellectual and social resources, and be able to access an art economy where people generally get paid better for creative work (**when** they actually get paid). I imagine you might eventually want to get a part time job if you end up at Hunter. Going rate for rooms in the city is about $1000/month (finding cheaper is possible, but usually smaller and farther away) and food/transit is expensive. You could do all of that on loans, but if you can find some freelance work it might ultimately be more realistic in terms of what living and working in NYC as an artist is like, and help you after school if you stay. There's also lots of creative ways to side-hustle here if you are more entrepreneurial in your interests. The city can be draining. That's why I'm looking at schools elsewhere-- I've been hustling here for 15 years and I'm tired. But it can also be challenging, energizing and a bit of an adrenaline rush. If you thrive on intensity, it can be very rewarding to spend time here.
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    If you are fully funded at both Columbia and SAIC, I would hands down pick Columbia. I think the access to the art world by being based in NYC is invaluable, especially if you aspire to public engagement in the contemporary dialogue about art. Also, the art culture in NYC is chock full of people of all disciplines and backgrounds that are often organized around very specific niche interests and aims, where it is way more possible to have complex and nuanced conversations with people who are on the same page as you. Also the opportunities to show work are more likely to reach wider audiences, there are far more opportunities to get paid for creative work, so many major art organizations are based here, and the connections you will find to students and faculty at Columbia will open doors after you graduate. I'm sure SAIC has its strengths, but I think Columbia can offer more possibilities because the whole city and all of its creative and intellectual resources will be here to draw upon for growth. Perhaps the drawback to NYC culture is the competition and the extremely high value placed on certain resources, like time and space. For a sculptor, those limitations can utterly change how you work. This can be stressful to some people, and possibly inhibit certain kinds of creative processes. If those things sound energizing rather than overwhelming, you might find the intensity of being here fruitful to your work and career.
  15. hastr683
    Just admitted to UCI from the waitlist. It certainly complicates the decision making-- I was pretty certain I would end up at UMich, but now the decision just got much harder!
  16. hastr683
    Accepted Hunter. Waitlisted UCI.
  17. hastr683
    I've been living in NYC for the past 15 years-- so I think what's going on with Hunter is symptomatic of a larger cultural thing here in the city. Hunter is the cheap school, and it's a city school, and the low cost is a huge reason why the program has become so competitive. But the communication issues are probably because there is one person being asked to to way more that she can possibly handle. I suspect it's symptom of having too much work on the shoulders of one person, because the program can't afford to add more staff. This happens in the city constantly, and is definitely a product of NYC culture. AND, I'm sure this does represent how other facilities at Hunter work-- they probably don't have the resources of more expensive programs inside of wealthy universities. But you'd get to be in NYC for your MFA, and honestly a lot of people in the art world here think Hunter is a way more interesting program than Columbia, so that's something too. Hunter is edgy and raw, where Columbia is elite.
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    From what I understand, UMich accepted 5 people and are waiting for us to formally accept the offers. The 5 accepted people are being flown out for an open house at the end of March. I imagine if anyone declines the offer the remaining positions will go to waitlisted folk. If you haven't received a rejection outright, you may be waitlisted. You can always call and check in. If you haven't received an interview it doesn't sound good, since they completed interviews before making their acceptance decisions.
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    The Glasgow interview was very chill. It was supposed to be 2 people, but ended up being only one. He basically asked about my work, why Glasgow, and what I would add to the group dynamic. I mostly did all the talking. He basically said he would make a decision immediately after the interview, and he did, so I received an acceptance within 24 hours. The Goldsmiths Interview seemed a bit rushed. They made it clear that they had very strict time constraints, so I felt like I had to talk very quickly and concisely. They asked all of the questions they prompted in the e-mail, which are basically talk about one piece (I ended up talking about all 3 bodies of work in my portfolio) and why Goldsmiths. Because they seemed pressed for time, I thought it meant they weren't super interested, but I think I misread them. They said they had two more weeks of interviews, but I ended up getting an acceptance the next day. As for the funding, despite having EU citizenship I reside in the US, and they decide pricing based on residency. Neither offered any kind of funding in their offers, and the funding options listed on their websites for international students is pretty meagre.
  20. hastr683
    omg, just got an acceptance from UMich!
  21. hastr683
    Accepted to Glasgow and Goldsmiths immediately after interview. I'd be paying the "international" rate (which is 15-22K pounds per year), though I have EU citizenship, it sounds like they are not offering funding. I already have one offer in the US fully funded plus stipend. Anyone have any experience with international schools, or with negotiating a better offer from a school that has not initially offered funding?
  22. hastr683
    @Cengstro I didn't have a problem with the Skype connection from Irvine. They told me the same stuff about the number of Interviewees-- they also said they would not be making a decision until March 15th or later. I felt very comfortable talking to them. They obviously were familiar with my work and seemed very genuinely interested in what I had to say. Maybe that is their general vibe if you experienced this too @Cengstro, so it might be hard to really get a sense of how we did. This is contrast to UMich, where I had the sense that the interviewers wanted to stump me and challenge me with their questions. I've heard from people who have applied in previous years that that is not necessarily a bad thing, some programs want to see if you have the confidence to deal with negative feedback. That said, I feel like it might also reflect on the culture of the school, and a university that is more entrenched in Academia, where you have to fight and defend your ideas. Not sure if other UMich people had a similar experience.
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    For UMich people-- I just got a Linked-In request from Meghan Jellema, the Grad Program Coordinator. Wondering if this went out to everyone who was interviewed, or if means something....
  24. hastr683
    Heyo! Congrats to everyone for their interview notices. I just received an Interview request from Goldsmiths (Photo) over e-mail. Interview is 3/2.
  25. hastr683
    @eyerolling @oliveoil @tugbamina_871 @BICEO Thanks Ya'll!!
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