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who else applied to UT Austin? I'm antsy about that one.

Cobalt I was mistaken...I got 8 k per year which certainly would help, but estimated costs are 48k per year! yikes. if this is the only school i am accepted to, I will need to think long and hard about my decision to take out 80k in loans! I know other people do it though! Anyways, I am way ahead of myself. It's only February!

Yes, I have for sure considered waiting, and I still might! I also have 8 other schools to hear from, so before making conclusions I gotta hear from them first in case I end up with more than one option. One possibility for me is that I am about to get my teaching license, so I will be able to teach k-12, and will get payed more with the mfa. Downside is I won't have a lot of time to make my own art because kids are time consuming to teach. I thought about VCU....but I've lived in VA my whole life so I really wanna get out! lol. VCU is definitely an incredible school...but I'm trying to leave here, so that's the reason why I didn't apply. I'm going to make these decisions in April, and they will be hard! Thanx for the insight.

You'll hear any day now!! It is exciting, but now I have a 1st grade art lesson to plan for, and I have goofed off being excited all afternoon and now will have a late night! Time to focus on the present!

Yea I applied for fafsa.....that's why I got like $16,000 actually. But it's so expensive that 16,000 really isn't much. I will call sometime later this week and talk to them about other possibilities

Does anyone know of any government scholarships or grants or something to apply for? Now the sad reality of tuition is kicking in....my scholarship was teeny tiny need based.

Baja, I didn't get a merit scholarship... just need based, so the max fafsa will give :-( . I'm thinking I won't be able to afford to go! :-( Pafa is really expensive. (as they all are) But we'll see....I've got til April to figure it out.

Hahah yes, it was Cole who told me that he was writing them for another person...that's so funny. I was there at JMU last semester. I guess back in 07 I was taking classes like drawing 2 instead of painting, but regardless, thats funny we were there in the studio building at the same time!

You went to JMU?! What year did u graduate? I came in 06 I wonder if we knew each other. One of my professors said he was writing recommendations for someone who had graduated a few years back, I wonder if that was you.

Thanks!! Now that I am in somewhere it feels good, but at the same time I wanna puke because I'm like holy sh** I have to move away from Virginia!! and I'm scared!!!!! LOL. I live at home with my mom and dad and I'll miss them...goodness I am such a child. And how do I afford this?! gaah! But congrats to u to, on having an acceptance. I'm disappointed about Tyler, but the acceptance makes the disappointment wash away a bit.

REJECTED from Tyler today!! :-( BUT the good news is....ACCEPTED to PAFA!!!!!! Can't believe it!! Too bad they only offered me $8,000 scholarship money :-/ Yikes I don't wanna take out a $40,000 loan.

Thanx Baja, I have a shark obsession. If you have a website, I'd like to check it out. I just took my personal url down because I got paranoid from what people were saying about schools looking on here...not that I've said anything bad, but still, just in case I didn't want my full name out there. Yes, my first time applying

I'm the same way! I put my work up, and like to see others' work because I'm interested, and I like to get feedback wherever I can! I haven't really gotten any here, but I'm always welcoming discussion.

All I know is that some people said they have already received emails notifying them that they are finalists. I think all "completed, ready for review" means is that you have completed your application materials....i don't think they will even necessarily change this status ever. And I also think that Tyler has already completed their first round of review. But yea, it's a small world, so u never know! We might end up in the same school! Fingers crossed for PAFA...I love it there. I'll be happy even to have one acceptance out of ten. I'm not counting on it tho, so I'm making alternate life plans other than school for the next year.

You know what? Location is really important....if you go to school in London, that is probably where you will begin your career as an artist, so in my opinion, showing that you applied a lot in a specific location couldn't hurt. Shows you know what you want/ recognize that location is important. You should go to school in a place you could see yourself living and working, because you will make important connections there. That's what they told me on my visit to SVA.

I was asked this on one of my apps....I was reluctant to answer. I had applied to 9 other schools, but chose to list only 5 or 6 of them on my app, because I didn't want them to think I was just randomly applying everywhere without a lot of thought. I also didn't want to only name 2 or 3, because I didn't want them to think I thought so highly of myself that I didn't need to apply to more! LOL. that was my weird reasoning.

Nothinggg! Nothing at all! So, I researched all the dates that people heard from last year, and some of them have passed! lol. UT Austin last year rejected people on the 16th....waitlisted them on the 28th. I was highly doubting I would get in there, but applied with a spark of hope due to having some connections in the department. (fingers crossed on that) Then PAFA last year people heard TOMORROW!!! aaaahhh! I am really antsy about that. I wonder if I should call Tyler tomorrow....I think I must be rejected at this point, which is disappointing, but o well. I am just scared to call because if I am rejected, I'd rather find out in the mail than hear it over the phone. I feel happy for everyone who has been getting interviews, etc...but I'm just hoping for good news for the rest of us! Waiting is HARD. I was pissed today at the fact that darned president's day doesn't allow for mail to be delivered! darn it. I'll be running full speed at the mailbox again tomorrow. I keep wanting to prepare potential interview answers, but then I'm worried I could jinx myself or something. Be all prepared, and then of course I won't get an interview. The bright side for us is: no news is certainly not good news, but it's also not necessarily bad news either!!

I've got elementary school til probably almost 5 pm, but let me know what u find out!!

If it hits march and I still haven't heard, I'm going to call to make sure I am rejected so I don't miss the interview if not!

I have yet to hear also :-/ I'm not even freaking out anymore at this point because every day I've expected a letter or email and it still hasn't come! It's weird...I'm almost starting to wonder if I typed in the wrong address or email! lol. I'm sure I didn't.

UGHHH SAIC did the same thing to me....I was like, um, thanks? Way to get my hopes up... And yet another day has gone by where I have yet to hear anything from any school.

I'm so pathetic...running at the mailbox everyday when I get home, and then running to check my email. Still nothing out of all ten schools.

I'm right there with you all....still waiting for a letter. I saw the posts last year that people were rejected into March...but I had assumed they were interviewed first if they got rejected that late.

I wonder why this would happen? Maybe they just got so many applications that they took a while to get through them. Or maybe people like us were middle of the road or something, and they are seeing if there are interview spots left before they flat out reject us. Who even knows. I wonder if they would tell us the answer to that, but I'm not going to bother calling, I'll just wait.

I thought Tyler was a top tier school...at least for painting, I'm not sure about printmaking. PS bethanyr...speaking of printmaking, I showed the bug artist to the kids today...it was really funny, they all started freaking out thinking that bugs were harmed in the making of the art. I had to explain that all the bugs were OK, because water based non-toxic paint was used! haha. Just thought I'd share!