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I'm planning on attending all the festivities. My interview's in the morning so I guess I'll be exploring the city during the day. Flight tomorrow morning, exciting!

Done! Chicago here I come!

I have an interview with SAIC (for Photography) on March 5th. Got the official letter today (also an email) even though it was dated Feb 7, mailed Feb 9.

SAIC emailed me this morning saying I should have received notice I have an interview already? I haven't received anything from them. But apparently I have an interview!

Congrats on your acceptances! Are you leaning towards any program moreso than the others yet?

Hm. I've still heard nothing from them. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Congrats! How soon is your interview?

Nothing, but I don't think anyone has heard anything from them yet.

Just got email notification of an interview for Yale.

Oh my god, I'm freaking out Just got email notification of an interview for Yale (Photography)!

This is really how I feel but I haven't been able to articulate it to people when I say I've applied to Yale. I guess I can throw the comparison out there now to give them some idea about how competitive it is and how hard it is to get into.

Can you expand on what programs you changed your mind on after visiting and what caused you to have a better impression of them?

I agree, and I only applied to 3 schools. I can't imagine applying to 6 or even 10, I'd probably go insane just trying to keep all the requirements straight. If anything, I just wish all schools had online only submissions (uploaded portfolio, emails sent out to the people who are writing letters). I don't see any reason to still have to send anything through mail.

My earliest deadline was Jan 5th (for Yale, which I completed Dec 31st) and the latest deadline was Jan 15th (SVA) but materials had to be mailed so I completed it and mailed it Jan 5th. Once the first was done the others were just a matter of making sure the portfolio was submitted in whatever requirements the different schools had, most of the information was the same for the rest of the applications.

3 schools: Yale, SAIC, SVA. I've been doing absolutely anything and everything to keep my mind elsewhere.

I'm right out of undergrad. I saw no reason not to apply, the worst thing that can happen is that I don't get into any schools and I have time to try again.

Portfolio I submitted: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaerf/sets/72157625405023863/detail/

If anyone experienced the same message from SVA they just emailed me this morning saying my application was complete.

Thanks! Weird thing happened today, SVA emailed me saying my application was incomplete. I bought delivery confirmation for my materials and USPS says it arrived last Friday. With the deadline being this coming Wednesday (the 15th) I'm confused as to why they'd email me to say this. I'm assuming they haven't had enough time to process all of the applications yet. I'm going to call tomorrow and see if I can find more information.

My resume consists mostly of shows at my school, a few of which were curated by people outside the school. I do have one group show that was off campus. In other news I finally finished all of my applications, mailed my last one (to SVA) off last Wednesday. Finally done! It definitely was a huge experience going through the entire application process. Here's hoping all the work pays off!

The image included in the statement is also supposed to be in your portfolio, where a larger/clearer/better version of it should be. I'm assuming the inclusion in the statement is just a reference so they don't have to look back at the portfolio specifically to know which work is your representative work. Do what you feel most comfortable doing, though. The only people that can truly answer your question is Yale. Maybe see if you can call tomorrow and ask someone?

I made a PDF that included the image at the bottom of the statement (so, smaller thumb on the one page).

Just submitted my Yale application. Now the waiting.

You went to CSUN, too? Doooo I know you? I really came to the school based on faculty and partially the location. I knew I wanted to move away from so cal so that eliminated the schools here. I really wouldn't want to attend Cal Arts because of where it is. I've been to UCLA's MFA open studios twice and I really don't think that I'd be a good fit in their program, even though I would absolutely love to work with Catherine Opie. It has really boiled down to Yale being the most fitting school in terms of both their faculty They have Tod Papageorge, Philip-lorca diCorcia, An My Le, Gregory Crewdson, Collier Schorr, and Paul Graham, who are all people whose work I both admire and have ideas in common with the work I'm doing.

I've been following this forum for a while now. It seems last app season there was a lot more talk from photographers. Was wondering who else is out there applying for Fall 2011? Where to? I'm currently looking at Yale, SAIC and SVA. It's been such an experience working on everything. I'm finally at the point where everything is alllmost done and I'm just putting the final touches on my statement and the work. All I have left to do is upload and send.