Hi everyone. I, too, am deep in the throes of applications and feeling like a total fraud.
stats:
Major: Art History - BA from little-known state college that has a really good art department
GPA: 3.52 / 3.8 major
GRE: 720V, 660Q, 6.0AW
CV: One conference presentation, museum internship, subsequent museum job, 3 art reviews in national publications, 1 catalog essay for an exhibition organized by a well-known curator, study abroad scholarship
Writing sample: Extremely risky 20-pager on the figure of the zombie/revenant in a 2004 French film (re-tooled undergrad thesis)
Recs: Enthusiastic as far as I know. 2 are from well-known people in the field, and 1 is from a controversial up-and-comer in the field
SOP: eighty zillion drafts written, 1 already sent out, 5 more to revise individually
School choices (all with Modern/Contemporary concentration):
UT Austin - MA Art History
Yale - PhD Art History
Tufts - MA Art History
CUNY Hunter - MA Art History
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - MA in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism
California College of the Arts - MA in Curatorial Practice
Concerns: I am worried about coming across as professionally acomplished but not academic enough. Will I be penalized for not having enough research / academic publications? Help.
