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@rebkhan I withdrew my application the day after my interview when I got to tour the VCU sculpture department and have breakfast with the chair. I literally fell in love with the place and the students, it made me feel so welcomed, the knowledge that I would leave school debt free with the freedom to apply to prestigious residencies (many of which are also fully funded with a stipend) overseas to make up for having not gotten the stamp on my resume from either Yale or Columbia is great too. Getting an MFA is becoming increasingly expensive, having a successful career isn’t all about having a degree from an Ivy League school, it also requires you to be financially savvy and to choose a place that will have you continue to make work upon graduating. What good is a prestigious degree if you have to take on a full time job you dislike to pay off the debt? Good luck making your decisions y’all. If you’re not accepted, consider applying to CMU or VCU next year. p.s. If you’ve also decided on a place, withdraw your application from the rest of the places you had applied to: it’s great to receive an acceptance letter, it feels good, but not at the expense of someone else out there receiving a notice of being waitlisted, they might choose elsewhere based on that due to deadlines. It sucks, don’t do it.

@Tomcat sure. Yale, Columbia, VCU, CMU - Interview UCLA- waiting on decision

I realize this is the Yale thread but I’m wondering if any other sculptors are also getting interviewed at Columbia as well on the 23rd? (Can’t find other interviewees on gradcafe and this seemed like a good place)

@Gimly I’m also being interviewed for the sculpture department. Do whatever comes naturally to you, if that happens to be casual drawings then so be it, if you’re a good fit they will accept you, y’know? I’m personally not sending in images of any additional work. My portfolio is enough.