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  1. Thanks Alment! I found that too but was wondering how many specifically for painting at UCLA. That number includes all areas...it's not important I guess at this point just another thing to drive myself insane over. If anyone knows off hand I'm just curious.
  2. Anybody know roughly how many applicants UCLA and Yale get for painting each year?
  3. So last year one of my professors from undergrad let me read the letter he wrote and he mostly wrote about the work that I made in his beginning class which was a little disappointing because my work is totally different now. By the time I read the letter it was too late to ask another person for a recommendation. This year I'm asking my studio mate who knows my practice really well and has a masters already, a professor from undergrad who I still have studio visits with, and a person who runs a gallery that I have been in a few shows at and keep in touch with. Do you guys think this is a good selection? I just think it's important to have people who know your work ethic outside of school to. Am I wrong?
  4. The Dean's statement is laughable at best. Based on how this year's application process was (incredbily misleading/outright lies about the program) I can't even imagine how the grads who left must have been treated. I wish I had taken screenshots of the site info when I was applying. Hindsight.
  5. This is my favorite board. You reinforced so many things that I was already thinking/wondering about grad school so thank you for that. Where are you going this year?
  6. I completely agree. I felt pretty jerked around when I found out about all of the changes because at least if I had been rejected and they still had everything they were advertising throughout the application process (full funding, health benefits, stipend, faculty, etc) then fair enough - I knew it was a longshot they only accept 8 people yadda yadda. BUT to go through that gruelling process and make it to the fucking interview and IN THE INTERVIEW have the floor ripped out from under you in being told that they actually don't have any of that stuff any more - I felt totally scammed and on top of that I am now out of $100 for a program that I wouldn't have applied to had they made things more clear through the application process. They offered me a spot on the waitlist too and I opted out.
  7. Wow thank you mlk!!! These are awesome!
  8. Just wanted to start a topic for residency suggestions. I will be applying for a bunch this year since I am now finally starting to accrue vacation time at my job. I specifically want to hear about residencies with funding and that are open for Winter sessions but any suggestions are welcome. List for now: Yaddo MacDowell Ox-Bow Skowhegan Thanks!
  9. UCLA for painting was my top choice (I got rejected this year but plan on applying again next time around). I'm super curious to see any work that made the cut so if your friend is ok with it would you be able to share her website? Also, their website is very vague about funding and nobody on these forums seems to know a concrete amount - do you know any more information about it via your friend. If it's not very good I might have to cross them off of my list for next year. Understandable if you don't have any of this information but I had to ask haha.
  10. Seriously. Wow. Laughable that they still brag about "generous" funding on their site. What a joke. Sorry man.
  11. Congrats on getting in! Is the $15k just for tuition or a living stipend? What a shame tho. They offered me a spot on the waitlist and I turned em down. I'll be applying to more places next year (3rd time) so it's really nice to see everyone having so much success this year after reapplying.
  12. Damn thanks for the info. I was so hoping to move to LA for school this time around but yea I couldn't really care less about whatever "legacy" is there because it sure as hell doesn't look like it's gonna be that way now. Seems like just a bunch of drama I'd be inserting myself into. Guess I'll be applying for schools again next year. Round 3!
  13. The same happened with me after my initial interview request. I responded with times that I was available to talk and had no response til almost a week later when one of the faculty emailed me asking if I was free at a time that wasn't even close to what my availability was. Frankly, with how much is changing over there, I'm surprised and also pretty pissed that they are even accepting applications this year. Now I'm out $100 for a school that advertised all of this stuff that they had and now it's all being taken away. Dammit.
  14. Nope. It was pretty frustrating and disappointing. I'm sure whoever it is will be good but it'd be nice to know - especially when they are asking in an interview who you'd like to work with and everyone you list is either leaving or has left.
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