latenightlatte
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On 3/31/2020 at 12:45 PM, Phthalo23 said:
My sense is that this is why they stagger / pad their Admissions window (early March to mid April), so they can interview as needed
Makes sense to me. Does throw a bit of a wrench in everything for me in my deliberations as I’m a bit of a Californian at heart. I’d guess if they they wanted to offer me any significant amount of funding I’d have been contacted earlier in the process... more waiting games I suppose. Anyway they said I’d probably hear back in about a week after the interview (the interview was brief and super pleasant if anyone’s waiting on the call still)
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11 hours ago, babsi said:
Got an interview invite from CalArts today via email... seems so late! Anyone else? I applied for art (painting).
I did as well, maybe they're not having the enrollment rate they expected from their accepted applicants and want to pad out their numbers a bit?
Did anyone go to the interview day? Did it seem poorly attended? I am trying to think of a way to ask why they're doing a second round so late without seeming like a prick. -
Just got a RISD (painting) update email. Waitlist for me.
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1 hour ago, XSX said:
I've applied to six painting MFA programs. Here's an update on my situation for anyone interested/needing info:
RISD - interviewed on Feb 25, accepted on Feb 27th
University of Texas Austin - interviewed three weeks ago, rejected via email last week
University of Oregon Eugene - interviewed two weeks ago, rejected via email just now
University of Washington Seattle - nothing, and am assuming rejection at this point
Southern Methodist University Dallas - nothing (has anyone else applied to this program or heard back?)
UCLA - nothing (has anyone heard anything regarding the painting department?.. my status on the portal says nothing has been decided yet on my application, and that decisions won't be made until March or April...)
I think UCLA has a different portal to view your decision. I got my rejection March 7th last year with a link to a different part of the website so maybe they're on a similar timeline this year? Either way also haven't heard anything.
Interviewed at RISD on the 24th and they haven't reached out, seems it's a no go for me, but I suppose I'll wait and see!
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6 hours ago, Referableorc said:
Sounds like a good place to go, I think I’ll go ask them about the teaching job and potential funding opportunities. They offer a lot of scholarships though
Just as a note I believe (don't quote me) they do a blanket 50% off tuition scholarship to all mfa students.
Granted 50% of NYU is still like 25k+ and it's a super expensive city. I can't remember what they told me they pay to teach (i think they higher you as an adjunct to teach) but it quite a bit higher than the other TA stipends.Definitely a very expensive endeavor but not the shock and horror of 100k sticker.
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7 hours ago, babsi said:
question about CalArts--
Applied for MFA school of art, but did not receive an interview. Was assuming waitlist or rejection. However, this year I was emailed credentials for the Hub (student services), where I see that my financial aid is being reviewed.
Did everyone who applied receive this email? It seems standard but not I'm sure since I didn't receive one of these last year, even though I was eventually waitlisted and rejected.
Thanks!
I received the same email... I have no idea what any of this means but I was accepted last go around and didn’t get hub login until after my acceptance. I’m not sure if it’s an auto generated it thing each year for prospective or is a good sign. I suppose we could call and ask but I wasn’t aware interview requests had gone out yet so was just going to sit on it as a fluke?
(painting dept for me, sorry for not mentioning)
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16 hours ago, tdrae said:
The site said interviews would take place in Feb, but haven't heard a peep.
Additionally waiting on
- Columbia
- Hunter
- Bard
- NYU
All for painting.
If anyone has heard from these schools, or has any additional insight...I would love to know.
I know (think) Hunter (painting at least) and NYU are a bit later than others. I didn't hear from Hunter until Feb 14 last year!
Also received a Rutgers rejection a few days, going from wait list to rejection stings, especially for one of my top choice, but so it goes ‾\_(ツ)_/‾. Good luck to those interviewing! I think that place has something special.
I did recieve a RISD painting interview request for those of you waiting for info on that.
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17 hours ago, 6370013010006936780 said:
Which department did you apply for at SAIC? How was your interview?
The painting department.
I don't remember too much of the interview honestly. So I'd guess it went fine?
It was my first one though, and I was a bit nervous, so I'd definitely remember if it was particularly challenging or abrasive.I do remember the studios were a little cave-like and didn't have too much natural light. Probably feels different when more people are there working. While the school encouraged interdisciplinary practices the painting department is on its own floors. I'd wager you don't have a natural day-day interactions with other disciplines and would have to more actively seek them out.
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18 minutes ago, MIQI said:
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?
I had a really positive experience at Rutgers. The interview request went out the 2nd week of February.
The day was sort of framed around a campus tour and seemed largely designed to make current grad students, and potential cohort, available to talk to (at least fairly) privately. That was really nice. The interview itself was a lot more like a friendly studio visit than some sort of defense of the work. If I remember correctly they gave me space to talk about the work, their own responses to it, and if/how I was considering their reads to it. From there it was mostly talking about artists we like / things we've been thinking about/ and some stuff around media theory I am/was interested in. I felt like I was given space to speak freely and be pretty vulnerable but they also didn't expect me to lead the conversation the entire time.Of the interviews it was one of, if not, my favorite. I left it with a strong desire to get back to work and make more shit.
I know some folks skyped in, and it's pretty clear they're not a school that's going to hold that against you. The faculty seemed very conscious of the cost of grad school / economic outlook of being a practicing artist but if you're in the area or can make the trip I'd really encourage going.As a school it's rich for space, but maybe not so much some other resources. Personally that doesn't bother (granted I'm mostly a painter), I've generally made due with whatever tools I've had around. I've always felt like I was running out of space and it seemed like that wouldn't be the case there.
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2nd go around for me.
I don't think I can provide too much insight but last year I interviewed at Rutgers, SAIC, CalArts, NYU and Hunter. I was outright rejected by Yale and UCLA.
I had an inkling to wait another year, and considering the funding I was offered was less than I had hoped for I figured it would be better to postpone than shell out the dough and regret it.
In hindsight, this was the right decision for me. My work grew a lot and I feel I'm in a much better place to wring as much as I can out of grad program. I know it's a sample size of 1 but I'd really encourage considering delaying if you're on the fence after your offers come in. (of course if it's your dream program / the fundings there just go crush it).
This year I've applied to:
CalArts
NYU
RISD
Rutgers
SAIC
UCLA
Yale
I'd say most of the interviews went as expected but I'm happy to share more specific experiences. As is typical I wound up spending a fair bit of time at each school pre and post interview so have a light impression of each.The one thing I will say is that the printouts they ask you to bring for Hunter interviews are the images you discuss with your interviewers. That was a bummer, I brought some very unflattering cheap color copies. They clearly hadn't looked at/ were unfamiliar with the work so working from them wasn't super ideal. I had assumed they were just to refresh peoples memory while they deliberated.
Anyway, fingers crossed!
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18 minutes ago, arusse said:
I would say it's probably a departmental thing. I think people said SAIC Painting got calls, someone in another department (fashion??) got emails. I believe acs0000 applied for new media.
My big question is - why not use the pony express or owl? Just imagine a dusty acceptance letter with weather worn edges showing up at your door in the claws of an owl. Great publicity.
I'm sure departments do it differently and probably differently for different people. But for posterity my (painting) interview invitation came via email with a note that said a physical invitation was also being mailed. Could be worth checking your spam folder, just in case.
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Any thoughts on mentioning specific work in artist statements?
Seems like most programs want a hybrid artist statement and statement of purpose and it feels much more natural to mention individual pieces. But for those that ask for them separately (like the UC schools) anyone have any insight?In most contexts I'd avoid mentioning specific works in an artist statement but knowing the audience has (probably) just seen the works is this a silly hesitation?
I've got a feeling it doesn't matter too much as long as it's well written but still a bit frightened of looking silly.
Good luck everyone!
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Posted · Edited by latenightlatte
Got the email as well, far shorter than the week they quoted.
I have an old hub login from last go around (maybe they sent these out to everyone by now). It seems my financial aid is processing for 2020-2021 so if you submitted your FAFSA to them I'm sure its the same! Fingers crossed. Congrats on UCSD and the funding!