tugbamina_871
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in the US you can work up to 19.5 hours a week on campus, including service jobs that dont require 100% of your time all the time. Pro: you earn money and can work legally as an international student. Con: less time to make art. There might be private foundations in your home country that may dispense small bursaries. You can also try to contact large companies that may be able to sponsor certain things in exchange for artwork. If you have local materials companies or at least national branches for int'l ones (paint, paper, canvas) you can ask them to donate materials. Edit: If I remember correctly Royal College of Art had a list of private foundations in the UK that support students from specific areas and countries of the world. If you end up in the UK you can try and apply to those.
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oh you are totally right, i hope my reply didn't come off as questioning your decision. godspeed ?
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MFA 2017 All Art ADMISSIONS freak-out forum!!!!!!!!
tugbamina_871 replied to thebestartistintheworld's topic in Visual
having weird dreams every night!! last year I applied to SAIC and got my interview invite around this time too, fyi for fellow SAIC applicants ☺️ -
You guys are all amazing!! Really really lookig forward to seeing all your wonderful work where you address these issues and more ? re: online profiles. I think it is wise to actually have a modest amount of public activity that shows you are a good candidate who has integrity. I recently went through the extreme vetting process that is the marriage based green card. If anyone thinks gc candidates arent subjected to extreme vetting they are mistaken! It helped to have a website and twitter where I shared things about my home life and what I do for a living. They definitely had looked me up lol. But yes, very very wise to refrain from anti Americanism and exposing too much. As for visa applications, if you can show them that you are coming to the US to study and intend to return after graduation you will most likely be ok. I think (I would hope) art schools are very invested in different voices and people from various walks of life. If your work addresses these issues I think everyone in your community will have much to learn from it ☺️ ps sorry for all the typos
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Hey - I am Turkish, also culturally Muslim although not covered. I was in the exact same spot in 2009 applying for my undergrad but Obama had just gotten elected and the climate was completely different. Agree with Poodle Doodle, continue to tell your story and don't give up your push to succeed. It does depend where you are in America but in Chicago it has been incredible to see people from different communities come together against the executive order. I don't know what will happen in terms of visa issuance but eventually the order will have to hold up in court, which it may not. Don't lose hope! In the years I have lived in the US I have always felt the support and welcome of the right people, and I don't intend to please any racist bigots by giving up my livelihood. In terms of practical issues that may come up as you navigate life here, I hope that cosmopolitan academic communities will be mostly safe places. I am sad to say they have not always been safe for minorities, during my undergrad police would stop African American students and ask to see student IDs, which is horrible. Things seemed to be improving slightly before the election, ugh. Best of luck to you!
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What a great idea! I too was an international student in undergrad, happy to try and help answer any questions, esp. on scholarships, student jobs and funding.
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ah that makes sense! thanks!
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Dear fellow analytics lovers, I have a relevant question. I use carbonmade as my portfolio host and it has completely different statistics than Google Analytics in terms of number of sessions and visitors. I read that this may be because Google Analytics only collects data from computers and users who accept cookies, but the article was... dated. Anyone have any insight about this, whether it be for catching visits from schools or future artistic pursuits?
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haha meanwhile vitaly is sitting on his couch counting his ad money...
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truth!!!!! i get spam through amazonaws and it is horrible. plays with your feelings. lol this gif is hilarious
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gotta love them!!
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you can't, i counterstalked and found out their city and workplace and it matched to the city and network domain of the hits. but i digress lol
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so so so so rooting for you and @BICEO !! hope you'll get good news next week. meanwhile checking my analytics daily and all i have so far is repeated hits from partner's ex UGH ?
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i can post a screenshot when i get to my computer! ☺️
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also secondary dimension -> network domain may yield the network system, such as yale.edu, ucla.edu etc. ☺️
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awesome!!!!!!
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haha, FROM????
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haha, genius! looking forward to everybody's good news ☺️
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anyone get any hits on their website from New Haven? Nothing here...
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MFA 2017 All Art ADMISSIONS freak-out forum!!!!!!!!
tugbamina_871 replied to thebestartistintheworld's topic in Visual
ugh thanks for the info!! good to know!! -
MFA 2017 All Art ADMISSIONS freak-out forum!!!!!!!!
tugbamina_871 replied to thebestartistintheworld's topic in Visual
I wonder about Columbia's fee waiver too. I heard from previous years that they flat out did not do fee waivers (maybe I am imagining this?) so I didn't ask and was waiting for the absolute last second to put the $100 on my credit card... Good luck to all!!!! -
i just saw that they tweeted a couple of hours ago that they would let all applicants know by January 10.
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so does mine. i think answers may come next week actually, since that "expect to hear back by first week of january" thing is now gone. as for applying this year, i am going into a two year program, so..
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thank you! sorry i completely butchered the spelling of your screen name!
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anyone hear anything? the website used to say applicants would hear back by first week of january but they seem to have removed it.