This will be my 2nd year in a row applying to UC Berkeley, and I am indeed freaking out. Kind of already got accepted to another program, but there's a prof I really want to work with at UCB, ergo round 2.
So I don't know if any of you have had this "problem," but I've only shown my art locally and don't have any artist grants or the like under my belt. And I'm not from NY. I've also never had a solo show, but it's largely because I've chosen to curate instead. I'm curious how big a problem all this is. It seems to me that the hardest part about this process is that we already know that it's all about the portfolio and artist statement, but if everyone's portfolio and statement are fantastic, then what??
Perhaps I'm overthinking it, but that's what this forum is for, right?