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Email is fine--they want to hear from you as quickly as possible, so the faster you respond, the better.

She didn't know.

OK, so I just talked to a RISD grad who said this is completely wrong--they do have a very small (like 5 person) wait list and it's unranked...they're interested in crafting a class, not just getting 10 excellent students, so if a person who does X type of work declines, they'll go to the wait list & pick someone from there who does X type of work. But it's still so much up to chance, driven by what the 10 who were offered admission decide to do, and which of those 10 decide to do it, and which one of them you're the understudy for... Also she said the wait-list is in play until pretty late. She got in from the wait-list in June.

This just comes from one of my profs from undergrad--how the admissions process usually works.

Probably, of the 30 people they brought to campus for interviews at RISD, they accepted 10, rejected 10, and put the other 10 on a waiting list, which they've ranked 1-10. Nationwide, those accepted to graduate school have until April 15th to accept or decline the offer. After that, the schools will know how many places they still have to fill. It could be 2, and so you'd think if you're #5 on the list you have no hope. However, some of the people ahead of you on the waiting list may have already committed to going to other schools by April 15th. It's completely up to chance at this point. Best not to stress. (As if. . .)

Friday--snail letter from RISD, wait-listed.

Tuesday. And yes, they said "two weeks" as well. This has been the longest week......but I'm assuming it's a no-go, given what friends with MFAs from there (3 different people, all in painting) have said about the phone calls. Big sad face.

Friends who've gone to RISD for MFAs in painting have said they received phone calls within a couple of days of their interviews, offering admission. Still waiting on word a week after the interview makes me pretty sure that the letter, when it arrives, will not be bearing glad tidings. I hope I'm wrong.

Eliz, are you talking about yes/no letters based on last week's interviews?