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MFA!

Good luck to you!! It's hard for me to not lose faith in the programs that have not yet contacted me at this point, but yes we should remain positive I feel like self-doubt can be so prevalent in admissions season. I hope we all recognize our own worth no matter the outcome.

I cannot speak to the programs you applied to, but I was offered admission without an interview by another program, so it definitely happens

Learned of acceptance to U of Minnesota via phone call

Received UMich Stamps interview invite via email. If there's anyone who had interviewed with them before and is willing to share their experience—that'd be appreciated!

I'm aware of that agreement. It's just that one of my profs expects some schools to essentially pressure candidates into committing early. It hasn't happened to me yet, so I hope you're right and she's wrong.

Has anyone been in a situation in which a program offers admission with an attractive package (full tuition, assistantship stipend, additional funding, etc.) on the condition that the candidate commits to it within a short timeframe, like two weeks? I'm not in such a position, but I wanna hear about people's experience with it. How do you make decisions when it's still so early in the admissions process and you're waiting to hear from other schools?

Printmaker here as well I applied to mostly interdisciplinary programs, but also a couple printmaking-specific ones like UTK and Tyler.

It was Printmaking! I'll keep you in my thoughts

Hi! Which department are you applying to? The experience may vary if the department is different. Mine was quite chill, lasted for 20 minutes as expected. They asked me to talk about a piece of work in the portfolio of my choosing, what artists/exhibitions am I looking at, why UTK, etc. All standard questions. It was my first interview too and I was nervous, but if you come prepared you'll be fine!! Good luck.

I didn't volunteer this information earlier because I haven't seen people applying to these schools on this thread, but I've interviewed with UTK and U of Minnesota in the past couple of days. I was surprised about the Minnesota interview cuz I thought they typically don't interview at all. Freaking out and trying hard not to now that it's late Jan... Good luck to everyone!!

Congrats! May I ask when the interview is? I really like cmu and have been anxiously waiting ?They seem to conduct interviews in early Feb judging from past years.

I went digging and found this list in the 2018 freak out forum I think. Not sure if it's the same one. Hope it helps! Good luck Common Questions Visual Arts Applicants are Asked During an Interview How does your work fit in with the contemporary art world/scene? Why do you want to go to XXXXX? Why do you want to go to grad school? Why now? What resources of this program will be the biggest benefit to your development as an artist? What is your work about? What are your influences? What for you constitutes a good work of art? What draws you to a piece of work? What motivates your work? Who are your main influences? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What do you think is a good critique of your work/bad critique? Why/how did you choose the people who wrote letters for you? How will you contribute to this program? What do you do for fun? What artists do you like? (you can have a list prepared) What artists who are no longer living influence you? What book are you reading right now? What do you think about it? What are you working on right now? Please explain this work (xxxx03.jpg) What is your favorite piece of art? Why? (Title, artist, year) Can you describe yourself, such as personal habit, etc. Do you get along well with others? What would you bring to a group dynamic ? What can you offer this program? Any special skills? What do you think is a good way of critiquing? a bad way? What other aspects of culture influence your work besides art/art history? How do you see yourself taking advantage of this school’s environment/program? What exhibition have you been to in the last year? What have you done since you’ve graduated? What contemporary artists are you into, and why? Tell us about the conceptual underpinnings of your work? Talk about your process. What do you think about *this essay*? (related to your work) How is your work related to *this movement*? Do you have any questions for us? What do you think about (artist, movement, subject/topic) What can't you stand? Why? What do you think about your own work? How do you want your work to develop? Why are you making the work you're making, and why do you want to keep doing it? Meaning behind your subject matter? So you've written a good amount about your practice in your statement...can you expand a little more? What was the last show you saw that had a profound effect on you? Ideas for Questions to Ask During Your Interview What's the degree of permeability between the department's different studio areas? What do the teaching assistantship duties generally consist of? Will I be assisting a professor, or will I be teaching my own class? Have recent alumni stayed in the area or ventured elsewhere? What is the grad student to faculty ratio? Ask for more information about particular courses in the curriculum. Other Tips Be able to speak about the professors work and why you are influenced by it. Write a follow up Thank you email within 48 hours after your interview.

Hi latenightlatte! This is my first time applying but I can see the reasoning behind you postponing a year. I obviously don't know you, but I think you made the right choice I'd love to hear your experience with the Rutgers interview. When did they invite you? How was the structure of the interview like? So on and so forth. I believe they conduct interviews on-campus?

Hi, I applied to Stanford too. No leads though, sorry Haven't heard from them

Thank you for your honest input, I really appreciate it! I wish you the best of luck in your transfer journey

Hello! Would love to hear your admissions experience with Yale and UCLA, which are among the schools that I've applied to (Interdisciplinary/Printmaking). I'm assuming you were accepted but didn't go?