Yellow_Hat
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On 3/14/2017 at 1:27 AM, ksmiles said:
ACCEPTED TO MY TOP SCHOOL-Cranbrook! Can't wait till fall!
Congrats! Hopefully i'll see you there (figuring out finances currently.)
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On 3/7/2017 at 11:49 AM, oliveoil said:
It's going well — really really stressful though! I will be so relived once this whole process is over! It has totally destroyed my social life. hahah.
I totally feel you on getting swept up in the "commercial world". It is so hard to find the time to make things for your self when you work full-time! I have a general fine arts degree and even though I applied to 2 yr programs — I did show some of the non design artwork that I was making in college for some of the more conceptually driven programs like yale (they super hate client work and I have mostly client work). I was really worried about it because it was not "graphic design" but they seemed to respond to it better then anything else in my portfolio. I don't know your reasons for applying to grad school — but for me it really helped to show where I was coming from and to frame the work that I wanted to be making. All that to say — maybe its worth taking a look back at the work you made in school in order to give context and position yourself!
Good luck on Cranbrook!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! Everyone that I know that has gone through that program is a total bad ass. My favorite teacher ever went there too!
Ah yea totally fair. With graphic design I think it presents a really interesting problem of how much client / personal work to show and it can all vary so much. I'm wondering if I didn't lean in heavy enough to personal / fine art based work for Yale and went for the more flashy looking "professional" pieces. The endless "what if's."
Either way, I appreciate you sharing your experience, it really helps to hear someone else's process with all of this. Good luck with the rest of your schools and your final decision! -
10 hours ago, oliveoil said:
Congrats on NC State and your Interview at Cranbrook! I don't know much about NC state, but Cranbrook is a really great school and has a rich and influential history in graphic design! Don't get too discouraged — it takes a lot of people a few rounds of applying to get in and to really find out what schools are best for them! A lot of the schools you applied to only accept around 10 students a year out of about 300 applicants! Did you study graphic design for your undergraduate degree? Have you taken any time off after your bfa?
Thank you!
I have taken time off yea, I finished undergrad in graphic design in 2013 but applied and pursued more fine art based work throughout my degree. I fear I've gotten too swept up in the "commercial world" of graphic design in NYC and somewhat lost touch with the more academic and conceptual rigor so to speak that is needed for graduate school.
But you're entirely right, the application process alone has been very informative and quite the learning experience and could very well be picked up again next year. Thank you for the reply!
How is your decision process going? Congrats on your acceptances so far! -
Feeling very discouraged by this entire process. I've gotten into NC State for graphic design and have an interview at Cranbrook (2D) but the rest of the schools I applied to, Yale (rejected) U of M (seems like rejection) and RISD (also looming rejection) I can't peg down any sort of reasoning, really wish there was a way to get feedback.
Does anyone else feel this is much harder to navigate than undergrad? I knew it would be difficult but wasn't expecting so much confusion.
Congrats to all of you on the good news! And good luck to everyone still navigating.
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21 hours ago, hastr683 said:
From what I understand, UMich accepted 5 people and are waiting for us to formally accept the offers. The 5 accepted people are being flown out for an open house at the end of March. I imagine if anyone declines the offer the remaining positions will go to waitlisted folk. If you haven't received a rejection outright, you may be waitlisted. You can always call and check in. If you haven't received an interview it doesn't sound good, since they completed interviews before making their acceptance decisions.
Ah got it, ok thanks for the info, not sure why they didn't just relay that to all applicants as well.
Congrats on your offer! It sounds like you got one? -
On 3/2/2017 at 7:19 AM, ksmiles said:
Has anyone heard from RISD painting?
Not a thing. Looks like some are getting interviews though?
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On 3/2/2017 at 7:18 PM, ksmiles said:
Anyone else have an interview at Cranbrook?
Yea mine's on Friday. Pretty nervous.
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On 2/23/2017 at 10:57 PM, hastr683 said:
For UMich people-- I just got a Linked-In request from Meghan Jellema, the Grad Program Coordinator. Wondering if this went out to everyone who was interviewed, or if means something....
Same thing happened to me, haven't heard a peep aside from that. Kind of getting mixed signals now that others are getting interviews and accepted already. What does it mean??
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I am from the metro Detroit area and have been living in NYC for the past 5 years. I'm headed back to attend Cranbrook this fall in the 2D department.
This is coming in super late and you've probably already made your decision but from my knowledge I can say London would give you a much better network (at least from what I can tell). But coming from experience in my own working habits, I think there is something to be said about the seclusion of Cranbrook from a large art market. It truly is a magical place with real deal faculty and I think judging it from that angle, it is an unrivaled program.
Best of luck! What did you end up deciding?