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For anyone who might be following the London schools - I just got back from my interview with Royal College of Art as well as had a nice long chat with Goldsmiths' International Officer on their campus and got to sneak a peek at the grad studios. I'd be happy to go into detail for anyone who'd like more info... pm me if you like. Congratulations to everyone on their exciting acceptances and hang in there everyone else, don't give up!

@ATumble - Makes sense to apply when you know someone who went. I would have also applied to Slade but was getting app weary and arbitrarily drew the line. Yeah and I too thought the London schools would be total long shots! Glad to hear you had a chance to check out the art scene while there. Looks like I'll bite the bullet and make the trip... after all why did I apply if I wasn't going to go through with it? I've been to London a couple of short times, lived in Paris (and also lived in NY btw!) so was also feeling the pull of the other side. Thx for the encouragement and here's hoping for Autumn in London! @helenforsdale - Yeah, too bad RCA is wickedly expensive - it's like 10,000 pounds more/year than Goldsmiths, so even if I got in, I'm pretty sure I'd just stick with Goldsmiths. But either way, I'm hoping federal aid will cover it, even though they're international schools, they were still considered "eligible schools" on the FAFSA, but what do I know all this financial aid stuff is so confusing! Did you reapply this year (or are you already in a program?), and if so, did you do London schools again?

Congrats on the interview for slade! How did the interview go? Did you have to make a special trip just for the interview? I just got an email earlier this week for an interview at Royal College of Art (!) and have been accepted via email letter to Goldsmiths (!!!) on Thursday. (Yes, looks like the English like my work or they are looking forward to my international money!) RCA refuses to do a phone interview so I have to decide if spending the money to fly to London is worth it, but now that I know about Goldsmiths I can at least check out their studios at the same time. Any reason you chose Slade specifically over the other London schools? Anyone out there have any information about Royal College of Art vs. Goldsmiths? Or just any info in general (have never been, don't know anyone who's been, and just know what the internet tells me which is very little!) So far: Goldsmiths - accepted (3/4) Yale - rej (2/8) CCA - Hunter - Bard - rej (2/15) SAIC - rej (2/5) UCLA - Penn State - Royal College of Art - email req. interview (2/25), interview (3/22) Good luck everyone!

SAIC (fibers) - rejected, letter 2/5 Yale (painting/print) - rejected, email/online notification 2/5 Yayyy! this is so much fun!

Hi all. Time for me to join the fray. MFA Painting/Printmaking/Interdisciplinary 2010 Goldsmiths (UK) - interview today 2/4 CCA Yale Bard Hunter SAIC UCLA Royal College of Art (UK) Penn State Felt a little like barfing post-interview. Applied to grad schools right after BFA a few years ago to a few schools with no luck - hoping for some bites this time. Reading these posts for last year was really helpful for me through the app process so here's my small contribution. Good luck to everyone!