PhDFall2021

I imagine they are hoping to receive funding from somewhere for one or two students, but obviously can't guarantee that that will happen. But yes, it is very strange, and in my opinion a very bad sign in terms of what kind of support a PhD student/candidate should expect from the department during their time there.

I also received an email from Rutgers today stating that I am at the top of their waitlist. Honestly, based on my experience with the program last year (my POI informally told me I was admitted but wouldn't respond for months when I followed up. Eventually they told me I was put on the waitlist, and ultimately I was rejected) and information I received this year (a mentor of mine heard from a good friend of hers, who is senior faculty r in the department, that they would not be accepting PhD students this year because they lacked funding), I am going to tell them to remove me from the waitlist. I've been accepted to top programs elsewhere and I don't want to enter a department that already feels messy.

Has anyone heard back from Pratt's Performance Studies Program or Hunter Integrated Meda Arts MFA?