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Also waitlist - yay us! Did you hear the same from new genres?

You guys also get special scholarships and travel opportunities that non-painters don't! I think it's great and all, but it seems silly to go to a school that so strongly favors a particular medium (that isn't mine). Good luck with your decision!

I guess the biggest deal breaker for me is that there's no visiting artist program, which means the faculty you get is the faculty you get. They have occasional lecturers, but nowhere near the amount that similar programs in NY have. For painting, you have a lot of faculty to choose from, but for photo/media my options were way more limited. I didn't want to find myself in a situation where I was isolated in the work I was making, without the support of faculty. Other than that, there's the amount of coursework involved, including art history classes each semester. I have a solid foundation in art history, so it's not something I felt I needed. The "seminar" classes are straight out of undergrad teaching as well, whereas other schools would instead host group critiques etc. Their target demographic is a lot younger than a lot of the other east coast schools, so I think they structured around helping new artists get their bearing, rather than fostering graduate-level work. I think it's probably a great program for certain kinds of painters and certain kinds of sculptors, but if you're making work that's less production-based, maybe not.

Thanks @wllstwrt! Sorry we're such a bunch of basket cases

I'm on the spring waitlist like everyone else. My interview felt strange in the way that others have already expressed. My interviewers were pretty upfront with the fact that if I went there I'd struggle with finding other people who are interested in the issues I'm dealing with or the work I'm making. This was already obvious to me based on what was at open studios the previous night. That, and the program seems structured to be an extension of undergrad, but for people in their mid-20s. In general, they seem to cater to young painters who are figuring out how to move to NY on the cheap. In any case, not for me!

@marg37 is Printmaking. Someone just posted an acceptance to results (no department specified). My guess is that people are beginning to commit to other schools and we'll hear when we hear. It all means nothing!!!

What time did they email you? I called the admissions office today to see when I could expect a response and they said within 1-2 weeks. @junie @photo @scaredapplicant Any news?

That's good to know! I've not heard of anyone being waitlisted at Hunter so I wonder how that works.

Thanks for checking in with Columbia again! I just noticed that someone posted a rejection from Columbia on March 17th - so maybe that means we were silently wait-listed? That sucks about Hunter, but their selection process does seem odd to me. I've met many students who were rejected over the years that ended up at way better schools. I got the impression that they were looking for a very specific kind of artist. Has anyone that interviewed at Hunter heard NOTHING from them today? My status is unchanged.

What was your experience with the Columbia waitlist? Many of us here interviewed, but have yet to hear anything.

I wouldn't think about it that way (unless you think you really bombed your interview). Very competitive schools notify their first picks and prepare funding offers for them. Only after those first people decline their offers does the school begin to extend offers of admission to additional students. At this point we're basically on the wait list, even if they haven't formally told us so. I think once the Yale, Bard and UCLA kids start receiving their funding offers, we'll see some spots open up at Columbia. Out of curiosity, do we all still have MFA after our applications in slideroom? @trapnado @marg37 @scaredapplicant @photo @junie

Nada! @trapnado did you get funding info with your acceptance?

@junie, @photo, @scaredapplicant, @marg37 we need to start a support group!

Thanks for the intel!

I think I'm beginning to understand what the show Lost was about.