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I'll tell you what to do. You aren't married. Choose your dream. I chose a boyfriend over school years ago and he ended up cheating on me. Should have gone with school.

Carnegie Mellon.

that's sad though. We can't even do anything to try to get any of these since you have to be nominated, plus the others have deadlines that have already passed.

Some schools have good funding. The "top" art schools usually don't. good luck

haha! I'm mostly Italian, but my husband is 100% Spanish, so we were both pretty excited.

STOP IT

Jenny, I can't believe I forgot to mention the school I'm at now-- West Virginia University! I really love it here, and would get an MFA here too if I could. It is also a huge University, about an hour from Pittsburgh, and also has good funding (I had full tuition art scholarships for undergrad). Another FANTASTIC reason you should look into it is because the head of the painting department is Naijun Zhang-- from China! He is an amazing painter, and has a great appreciation for classical painting. His work is quite similar to Vermeer. OTher professors in the painting department are much more conceptually focused, so there is a nice balance between traditional and contemporary art. http://www.michaelbergergallery.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=470 (link to some of Naijun's work) You could probably email Naijun and ask him questions about it, he is extremely helpful.

You don't want to go to American University, or it is too expensive? And what about MICA or RISD? You never know! I wouldn't give up yet.... I recommend Ohio University! That's where I'm probably going... and I'm actually really excited about it. They have a wide range of artistic styles... a few artists that went there that I love are Frank Oriti http://frankoritijr.com/home.html and Beth Campbell http://www.bethcampbellstudio.com/category/work/

Habemus Papam! Yay!!!

Yeah, pretty much everyone has I think. They sent interview notifications back on March 4th I think, and not long after, the website showed the rest of us our rejections... so check your online application.

of all the idiotic things that "thismessageispaidforby" has said, this one is the funniest: "If you are good, then you will be good. Its not like learning a language or how to read. You dont get better as you go" Well, I know I'm good.... You should see the self portrait I did en utero.

What are you supposed to do to "officially" accept an offer? How do you respond to a school that accepts you?

http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-scholarship-coach/2011/03/24/scholarship-sources-for-international-students is a good site, it also has links to other info.

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Do you have any idea what the maximum amounts are? I know there are different factors, but do you know any numbers at all? just wondering.... I have 3 kids, so i'm almost expecting to take loans no matter what, but i wonder how much you can borrow if you already have a significant amount of funding?

AHA! I figured it out! It's Purdue, isn't it? Well, if it is, I think you should totally go there, esp. if you get really good funding.

I've noticed that on this forum people tend to only talk about the top schools. There are apparently over 100 schools that offer MFAs so not every school will be mentioned. I was accepted to Ohio University, which is ranked around #50, so I don't expect many people to talk about it. I still wish you could just tell us the name! I don't see the big deal.

You did everything you could do already. Now you just need to wait. Remember that time goes by slowly when you are waiting for something. It probably is moving at normal speed or fast speed to them, so if you keep contacting them, it probably would be very annoying. Also, keep in mind that people who applied there also applied to other schools and are waiting to hear back. So as the rest of the schools give their notifications, then the students will decide. Once everyone on this forum has heard back from all their schools, (and decided on a school) then most likely people at your school will start notifying them as well.

??? then why are you going into depth about the other schools? To compare? I don't think you should use the other schools' offers as a negotiation tool. That sounds like you are trying to auction yourself off to the highest bidder. If you do write to them or call them, just talk about your own financial issues and leave the other schools out of it.

I would go with the one you "want" to go to more. You will probably always regret it if you don't.

I have a suggestion. Write a "letter" via email, meaning write it in a very formal "letter" format (most people don't even remember how to do this haha) meaning, compose it exactly the same way that you would if you were going to mail it. You could even send it as an attached word doc. so it also seems less like a regular old email.... just a thought.

Option 1.... maybe but it depends on what school it is. Does it have a decent reputation in general, or is it ranked really low on everything? Would they give you any teaching experience? Is it near or in a large town where there would be other art opportunities? Is the town amazingly great and so family friendly that it would be worth it?

I'd go with Number 1, Number 3 if you like to take risks, or option 4: try again next year and apply to more "medium" ranked schools that ARE funded. I think there are some schools that actually have a rolling admission, so it might be possible to still apply.

"too literal". haha she sounds like a not nice person, and liking something based on it being "literal" sounds a bit immature if you ask me. Glad I'm not going there.

awesome one of my profs. went there. she is amaaaaazing... Erika Osborne. Must be a great school.