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Photography and Media. The letter says I'll get an email soon. It's weird how they don't just send an email.

March 10th. A whole month of having a new thing to worry about! Congrats on your Yale interview. That's pretty awesome.

I got an interview at CalArts!

CalArts-Interview 3/10 Got it snail mail, and I 20 miles away from Valencia.

Last year my rejection came on March 11th. Not sure if they notify all at once or not.

Yesterday I got an email from SMFA..it was just a weekly email blast about this weeks activites meant for current students. Wonder how I got on that list.. What a fracking tease!

Most schools will just do a skype interview in that case. I haven't heard of any schools that will fly you out for an MFA interview, but you never know.

I woould say exactly what you said. Seems to me that quesiton is so they don't give money to trust fund babies and save it for the poor students. Or so they just accept people who are paying out of pocket, but I doubt that.

I like the single forum since so many schools don't segregate by discipline. I'll post any photo specific info in that forum. After last year I'm not getting my hopes up. Anyway, here's my list: CalArts Cornell RISD Rutgers SAIC SMFA UCLA USC UT-Austin Good hunting, everyone!

I'm 8 years out of undergrad with a non-visual art background (Film studies major, theatre minor). Although the last 2 years i've done two semester's worth of photography and art history at various schools. I'm probably a bit of a wild card as candidates go.

I did not get any interviews, so I was surprised I got the post bacc offer. Turns out at every round they eliminate people they decide if they're going to accept you as a post-bacc or not. Hoping for at least an interview this year...

As someone who wants to ram an icepick in his ear everyday, I agree with everything in the previous post. I was 0-7 last year. Going for 9 this year with a much better portfolio/application. If all I get is a post-Bacc offer from the SMFA again, I just might take it.

Any other photo people out there? My final list: SMFA SAIC CalArts UCLA UT Austin RISD Cornell USC Rutgers It's out of my hands now...

From what I've seen at the schools that accept very few people, like UCB, there are a lot more rejections than acceptances in general, so you see that in the results. Anyway, this board is the best/worst in terms of calming/fueling the anxiety. Wish I could just forget about it...

based on previous years, it's going to happen mid-Feb. Hang tight. http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=UCB+art&t=a

Thought I'd revive this thread to ask what services do you all use to create your online portfolio? I thought I'd use this post-app down time to create an online port, other than on flickr page. Maybe I'll have the guts to share mine once I set it up. (Or you can PM me and I'll show you my crappy flickr page). Thanks!

Yeh, I kept it just to my work and how it relates. Mine did read like a research paper for about a paragraph, but a research paper about me.

I just said "It fits very well, thanks for asking." Actually, I really mostly talked about the ideas in my work, some of which are built on 1960s pop-art, and some of the theoretical framework of my work. And dropped a couple of names. I think they really just want to know how you work and waht ideas are behind that work. And to be be engaged with contemporary art and that you're building on certain ideas or ways of working.

I've got a few shows on my CV, mostly little stuff. I think it matters, but what's in your portfolio is the most important thing. I think they want people with some experience showing, but it's not a total deal breaker. At least I hope so. Anyway, I've got 7 apps down and 2 to go, then it's 2 months of waiting!

I come from a non-tradional background as well--Film and Theatre, but had a few photo classes in college and I've been taking AHis and photo classes for the last couple of years. The moment I realized about a year and half ago that they wanted a "cohesive body of work" I just about died since I've never thought about what I was trying to say with my work and so it was all over the place. But it's all been for the best since I'm actually thinking about what my work says. I'm only showing one series this year and it's super-tight, which I think is what they want. I think BFA students don't always come out with that "cohesive body of work" seeing as I've seen several schools state that your port shouldn't just be random class assignements, so it's probably a problem for them, especially with fresh out of undergrad BFAs.

I graduated in 2002. I was there for an AHis class in the spring, though so I'd pop into the gallery from time to time. When I left the photo lab was still in the basement of one of the science buildings. I agree with you about leaving SoCal, but a prof at CalArts seemed to like my work, USC is well funded, and my gf is a Ph.D student at UCLA, so i'm required to apply there. I don't quite have the guts to apply to Yale. I'm applying to schools that have strong conceptional/theory emphasis, since that's where my work fits in. I've never really looked into SVA, seems really doc oriented.

USC, Rutgers, UMass, off the top of my head.

I was thinking of starting a photo thread too. Don't want the painters to have all the fun! My list is: SAIC, SMFA, UCLA, RISD, CalArts, USC, UT. Maybe a couple of others. The photo programs are really all over the place, and most of the schools I'm applying to have all the disciplines in the same pool, which I reaylly even though I only do photos. RISD and SAIC being the notable exceptions. This is my second time around so everything is going a lot smoother. How's you come to choose your schools? I looked at your web page and saw you're a fellow CUSNer! I think one of your photos in a show last spring.

With money I get from the job I hate that made me want to go to grad school in the first place. It's the circle of life.

Yeh, I expected it to be exactly like the painting list, which it is mostly at the top. But a lot of the state schools crept in. Have you looked into schools that don't segregate the disciplines? I know schools, like the SMFA, you can pretty much do whatever you want after you're there. When they reviewed my photo portfolio they told me I should look into printmaking, given the work I was showing. Probably about half the shcools I've looked into don't segregate or only segregate for admissions (CalArts, for example). After you're in you're free to experiment.