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Thanks for taking the time to answer my post GCool! Yeah, if anyone else has any thoughts about the Withdraws I would be interested to hear it. I actually did a post specifically about withdraws a long time ago, but the consensus among the two people that responded was that it didn't matter because my GPA was 3.3. My thought on the withdraws is that my 3.3 kinda averages them out (not that a 3.3 is fantastic or anything). The withdraws look bad, but my GPA is good enough that it the issue is null.... ?

Sure, Gcool.... I mean honestly, I withdrew from classes if I felt like they were interfering with art classes. I never withdrew from an art class. If I felt like an general education class was taking up too much of my time that could be better spent on an art class, I would just withdraw... . My art classes took up soooooo much of my time, that other classes kinda got the axe a lot. I didn't realize until it was too late how it might make me look bad to a graduate school.... . Do you think it is a big problem? I am applying to a lot of really tough programs....

Hi everyone, I have been under the impression from researching online and my undergraduate professors that grades weren't a big factor in applying for graduate school. Looking online, almost every school I've researched (for example: Berkeley, UCLA, Ohio State) requires a 3.0 GPA, but some other schools I'm applying to like Yale and RISD don't list any GPA requirement. Is it safe to assume that a 3.0 is the minimum requirement for all art graduate programs? What does it mean that some schools don't have a GPA requirement listed, does it mean that they usually don't have a GPA requirement? I have a 3.4 overall and a 3.89 GPA in my studio arts classes and I had seven Withdrawals. Thanks!! Just wanted to get some enlightenment on the GPA requirements.

Thanks seeingeyeduck!!

Hi Everyone! I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh this April and I plan to attend graduate school for sculpture in Fall 2015. I graduated with a 3.34 cumulative GPA and a 3.78 GPA in my Studio Arts major. I don't know if I'm being paranoid, but do graduate arts programs care about a lot of Withdraws on your college transcript??? Regrettably, over the 5 years I was in college, I accumulated seven W's on my transcript. I withdrew from classes if I felt like they were interfering with art classes. I never withdrew from an art class. I have looked at the requirements section of many programs and for every program I've looked at they require a minimum GPA of 3.0 (if you don't have that, then some ask for you to take the GRE). I am applying to a lot of really good programs: (this my list so far...) Rhode Island School of Design School of Art Institute of Chicago UCLA (University of California- Los Angelos) Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) Ohio State University of California (Berkeley) Penn State I have a lot of other things as part of my application package that could maybe help this problem though? (Is it a problem??? lol) I have a good exhibition history (group shows and a couple solo shows in and out of Pittsburgh) and I just finished my first art residency and I have another scheduled for October... Have I ruined everything?