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@michaelwebster and spaced out; is CCA flying you guys out there to look at their campus?

@nathancot: congrats.

the head of the MFA program Ted Purves called me on monday and said something about us finding out by the end of the this week.

I received an email from them mid February about a phone interview and just found out last week I was accepted into their photo program. Like someone had mention on here, check this out. https://webadvisor.cca.edu you'll need a pin that should have been sent to you. best of luck.

congrats kewpies, rksim, and jestem!

@mbadger; thanks.

@rama: i talked to the admissions and they said the same thing. i was thinking about printing 16x20 but my actual print size are 22x27.5 and there isn't a big difference. i don't know what i'll do because i'll have to make 11x17 for SAIC too. I talked to a past yale photo student and she said size isn't a factor, now with that said don't make any 8x10. good luck on your interviews.

@jestem, like you, i was very surprise when yale asked for an interview too. if you have the funds to come to the untied states for the yale interview I would do it. it'll show them that you are serious about the program and do want to come. congrats to you!

congratscongrats!!!

for the folks that are bringing in prints for the yale interview, how big are your prints and what are you doing to prepare for the interview process?

great idea michael. here's mine. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pahouaher00/

@rama, when i talked to yale admissions, they said there was a small pool interviewing this year. i assume 20 to 30 people will be interviewing for the 9 spots. i could be wrong. Congrats on your interview! I don't know anything about the other schools but massart has a strong photo department. the faculty is really amazing. the only downside is their facilities.

littlenova, what do you say when that question comes up? am i suppose to categorize my work and say such and such artist are making similar work but this where we differ? i'm so confused. thank you for the kind words. it's really great to have a place such as this and to know that i'm not alone in the way i'm feeling about this whole process.

i'm fresh out of undergrad and am applying for the first time. yale- interview mid march saic- interview beginning of march u of mn- accepted with full ride cca- interviewed.

I received an email yesterday from CCA, telling me that I've made it passed the first round and wanted to know if I could do a phone interview today. I said yes. while phone interview should be easy, I found it extremely hard and nerve wrecking. I was doing fine until she asked me; How I fit into Contemporary art? It was a question I was thinking about but was still trying to find an answer for. I was totally stump and just honestly told her that it was something I was thinking about and gave her a completely different answer that did not coincide with what she was asking. I think I just shot myself in the foot. It was a learning moment for me, Luckily the interview at Yale isn't until mid March and I have one other interview before that. I am honesty scared to death just simply because the ball's in my court and I have the power to determine the outcome of where I'll go for my MFA. Does anybody have any advice on how to answer the one question above and are you guys feeling the same way I'm feeling? Do all interviewers tell you that you are high at the top of interviewees they are interested in? chihuahuamomma, I haven't even booked my ticket to new haven let alone look at where I could be staying at but I'm looking to fly into Hartford and renting a car to New Haven and will probably get a room at La Quinta. Best of luck to all who are interviewing.

chiulahuamomma and 000era congrats to you both!! when i talked to admissions, she told me there were about 300 applicants and the interviewing pool for photo was small and that they had 9 spots open. i took this as a good sign. i know a few yale photo alumnus and have schedule meetings with them to talk about the interview process. I'll let you know what they have to say and such.

@littlenova: thank you! i think i'll save the celebration for after the interview.

@atumble: Thanks! this whole process has been an interesting one at best.

ATumble, thank you for the interview questions. it is really helpful. this may sound ignorant but this the first time I've ever applied for graduate school and just wanted to know if it's a big deal to get an interview from yale?

Can any body give me some tips on the interview process, the kind of questions they will be asking, what they are looking for? Anything will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

like all of you, i also can't wait to either get rejected or interview. we'll find out within the next coming weeks. good luck to all who've applied this year.