vinniemillay

thanks! turns out Chapman doesn't have financial packages done for anybody, yet, and we're all calling and asking the same thing, so they're doing an across-the-board extension until March 30th. and if the money info isn't ready by that date, they're going to extend it again. so I may lose my mind in the interim from the waiting to find out if I got any scholarship, but at least I definitely won't lose my spot while I wait lol

yeah, I can't seem to get to any award info without putting down a deposit, but how am I gonna know if I want to put down a deposit until I know if I can afford the school? this is driving me nuts -- I got into one school that told me I have to accept or decline within the next week, but I still don't know if they're offering me an 18,000 fellowship or jack, and I haven't heard back from the other schools yet. ....none of this was at all helpful to you, but the point is I feel your pain, and I am also perplexed by this dilemma lol. Third party, please assist us!

I wasn't expecting to hear from anyplace yet, because the one school that told me to expect by a specific date was Irvine, and they said march 25th? but, much to my shock, I got in to Chapman and California College of The Arts (CCA) last week. Which I'm so excited about! -- if only I knew whether or not I could go, re: funding. Chapman mysteriously says "access denied" in the part of the online account where you're supposed to be able to accept or reject your award (I suppose I'm glad there's something to deny me access to? that suggests I got SOMETHING, right? please be the 18,000 fellowship...), and CCA is driving me nuts, because they sent me an email saying I got in, and an email that my financial aid award has been "revised" so should check my account -- but it won't let you access the account until you have an ID number that can be found on your financial award letter, AND it says they don't send letters anymore because of the environment. sooooo I guess I have to wait until business hours start again and try to convince some administrator to give me the ID number...that will let me see the letter with the ID number . I know it could be worse, but this is torture lol. I'm close enough that I can taste it, but not enough to know if I got enough money to actually go anywhere. I sort of wish they'd waited to tell me anything until they could tell me everything. I'm still waiting on CalArts, Irvine, and Antioch, and I actually also plan to apply to Pacific (because Ellen Bass! the jewish/lesbian/poet/activist mentor of my dreams!) but it's rolling, and I have one last essay to finish. glad I found this site, because I literally do not know a single person going through the grad app process rn (although I have a friend who just graduated from Iowa), and it's a weird isolated bubble to be in. For months I've been telling everybody I know how hard it is to get in anywhere for an MFA as a set-up for when every school rejected me, and I don't even know how to feel about the fact that...they didn't. I'm sort of speechless, and it's probably already clear here that I'm the sort of person who rarely shuts the fuck up