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I had interview with UCLA first, and that was terrible.. because I'm an international student so my English ability isn't perfect so faculty should ask me to repeat some sentences several times. Even they told me I should learn English more. I thought I screwed up the interview becuse they seemed like they have thinking that I cannot catch up the classes. Interview was generally formal, I think.
 
And interview with Cranbrook was great. It was like Critique Class! Interviewer ask me many In-Depth questions. I was so happy she asked me following questions. My major is fine art so I hoped interviewer understands my background, philosophy and concept of artwork deeply!(On the other hand, there was no following questions at UCLA. I think it's because, maybe major is different. I applied to UCLA for Design Media Arts(I have BFA in Sculpture and BA in Art History))  Anyway, it was sooo good talking with interviewer of Cranbrook. I felt  Cranbrook is absolutely one of the best schools to develop fine artworks.
 
I got offer from Pratt($60,000 funding/Digital Imaging), UCLA(about $22,000 funding including TA offer/Design Media Arts) and Cranbrook(funding package didn't arrive yet/Sculpture). I cannot decide.. I think New York is so expensive to live although I got $60,000 funding.. If I keep doing my sculpture and installation art, I will go to Cranbrook. But I also hope to learn media art for broadening my field. Sorry, maybe I'm too much talker. I hope this reply answers your question.
 
+ If anyone can help me to decide school, please give me some advice.
Thank you:)

Awesome! congrats once again! When was your interview? 

To everyone asking about UCLA, I spoke with someone from admissions this morning, all offers and rejections for all concentrations will be sent out sometime later this week. 

I got offer letter via email. They said they will send official letter soon:)

I just got accepted Cranbrook & UCLA!!!!!!!!!! with TA offer + little funding Holymolyohmydaysthanksgod

Agreed - please share everything! Congratulations! 

Wow congrats! Would you be willing to tell us how the process has been with them? What was the interview like? How did you approach the application? Is there funding? There’s so little info about them on these boards and it would be amazing to have some insight.

Awesome!  Do they have good funding?  I've heard mixed responses.

Congratulations! Me too!

Got an acceptance from Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign yesterday! I burst into tears when I opened their email. Still waiting on funding news but so happy

The further I get into this process, the more I think that the rejections are as important to my artistic growth as the programs themselves will be. This is the long game, and rejection is the norm. If you can keep making work in spite of serious disappointment, I think that's as valuable to your practice as a critique you might get from a graduate school professor. This isn't to be conciliatory or to diminish people's acceptances; everyone is working their asses off, and school is a wonderful opportunity. Just a reminder that rejection can also be part of your growth as an artist, an invitation to become legit AF and make art regardless of outcomes. In much more practical terms, applying also is a repeatable contest, not a one-time decree of who has a future and who doesn't. you are allowed to grow and reapply, or to grow and be an artist on a different path.
 
I also love this article, however twee: 
https://lithub.com/why-you-should-aim-for-100-rejections-a-year/
 
I literally don't think I could afford applying to 100 things, but the past two years I've applied to 10 (residencies, shows, publications, whatever) each year, inspired by this article (perhaps embarrassingly). Got two acceptances in 2017 and three in 2018, and those were among my first applications. Not sure I would have had that yield if I didn't cast a frequent net. 

Very late last night I received two painting interview request from two different painting faculty at UCLA lol! I'm unsure if the two interview request is a mistake on UCLA part, their admission process is so obscure--who knows! 

Me too !  Congratulations to you and me!

Just got accepted to Penn State via Email!!! I am crying, this is so incredibly validating because I wasn't even going to apply this year because I didn't think my work was ready or good enough. Also this forum rocks you all rock, everybody rocks.  

Just had my MassArt video interview. It went exactly 30 minutes and was hosted by only two interviewers. 
Questions they asked: 
Why do you want to go to MassArt? 
Why do you want to go to graduate school? What will you gain from it? 
What does your art communicate?
Why do you make art? 
Are there any artists or authors that inspire your work?
They also asked me to choose a piece I submitted to my portfolio and talk about it with them. 
Over all, it was probably the best interview experience I have had so far. They asked me some very important and deep questions about my work and it was actually really refreshing. I've been getting interviews that were kind of streamline, just asking generic questions they ask everyone. But MassArt got really deep and conceptual with me and I got to talk about some really important things in my art that I really haven't gotten the opportunity to talk about with previous interviewers. 
Pretty good experience, but be ready for some tough questions about your work!
 
Good luck!

I just had an interview with RISD sculpture department yesterday. I was rather nervous beforehand but I found the four interviewers to have a nice energy so it was an enjoyable experience overall. In retrospect there are a few things I wish I had mentioned or articulated better but so it goes!
They asked me:
Can you speak about the themes in your work?
Why RISD sculpture in particular?
What do you think you'll get out of grad school in general?
What questions did I have for them?
Where do I see myself and my work in the future?
Hope this is helpful!
Kat
 

Shout out to all yall!  You are worth it!  This process is dehumanizing, you are beautiful, Please Keep making work!
Holler at Ya boy,
Martin