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has anyone heard from IU-Bloomington painting by chance?

hi all! this is my first go-around and i'm applying for painting and drawing at: UCLA UT- Austin CU-Boulder IU-Bloomington U Houston Univ. of North Texas Univ. of Florida i also attended UT Austin's open house a few weeks back, and am happy to answer questions. i also live in austin so i can talk about the city, campus culture etc. i did the online portfolio review on friday. it was reassuring and good to talk to admissions people. but i had this weird feeling, because mostly all i received was vague praise, links to faculty they thought i would work well with, and no constructive criticism whatever, that the whole thing is mostly just designed to flatter prospects in hopes that they will be more likely to apply. am i just being neurotic or do you guys think there is truth to that? the only helpful bit i got was from RISD -- they said to make sure to include pieces from all of my different series even though some are stronger than others, because they are happy to see the risk-taking. not sure how well this applies to other schools, and i'm not applying there, but maybe it's helpful for anyone who is.