nevermind777
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22 minutes ago, tintoretto said:
I just feel like they should email me, but maybe like you said it was the last minute, so..., it must be a chaos everywhere.
I emailed them, nothing back yet. i don't think they are working right now.
wow. okay, this is good to know. that sounds so stressful, I hope they email you back soon. They should be working remotely as most schools have just moved remote but maybe they had to coordinate moving everyone out of their studios etc.
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2 hours ago, SpillToBuilt said:
You should check Hunter’s homepage. Or, to save you a trip, the campus is closed today except for essential personnel. Must explain the no-show. Sucks that they didn’t let you know. Maybe it was last minute? Still not cool.
They should be having more interviews as I think my friend's is tomorrow. I would email them.
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6 hours ago, nevermind777 said:
nevermind, i see that this question has been answered already.
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Anyone have any luck pushing administration to give you more financial support? What kind of stuff did you say?
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3 hours ago, Ashley_567 said:
Hey everyone I just checked this UCLA decision portal:
http://appstatus.grad.ucla.edu/Account/AppStatus.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2FSecure%2FAdmissionStatus.aspx
had to press the "Retrieve" button to get a password (wasn't a password that I ever set)
Once I got in there was a decision letter available.
Sadly I was rejected
from the painting department. sigghhhhh
At least I know though. Good luck everyone!
TY. I was also rejected but good to know
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Hunter just cancelled in-person interviews. Just in case anyone doesn't get the email. And also for those who are already elected to do skype ...we are all in the same boat now (which I think is more fair)
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27 minutes ago, rag124 said:
It was the photo department. You might be waitlisted? They said the financial package would come thru the administration this week.
Hope you get good news!
Thanks, me too. hopefully waitlisted. It was my first year doing the MFA application game ...so went into expecting rejections. Hope you get the financial aid that you want.
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6 minutes ago, rag124 said:
Thanks and good luck! It seems like they might still be making their way through the calls. Hope you get good news! Do you have a top choice? I am only waiting to hear from Columbia.
Thank you. me too. not super hopeful, as I emailed the co-chairs a thank you and they said I would be hearing back from the administration ? was it the administration who called you? Bard is my top choice. Good luck with Columbia. But big congrats on Bard. It seems like a lot of really amazing people interviewed this year.
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13 minutes ago, rag124 said:
It did - I got the call yesterday too.
oh, wow. and you interviewed photo ? congrats!
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On 2/13/2020 at 1:12 PM, rag124 said:
yes, me too! coming from PA but I think it's worth it.
Hope your interview went well!
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6 minutes ago, Pickle95 said:
Thanks, I applied for painting. The phone call was from the painting department. I was there on Saturday too, I wasn't expecting anything until Friday. But during the phone call they did mention that official letters would be sent out on Friday. Maybe specific to painting?
Thank you! Good to know, I applied Photo. Maybe see you there. Congrats again.
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29 minutes ago, Pickle95 said:
For anyone still waiting to hear back from Rutgers, I just go an email saying I was placed on the waitlist.
Also received a phone call from Bard yesterday saying I got accepted.
What discipline did you apply to for Bard? Congrats. I interviewed on Saturday and they told us that we wouldn't hear back until Friday.
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12 hours ago, rag124 said:
Congratulations and good luck! Are you going up or doing Skype?
I live in Brooklyn, so I'm going to go up. You?
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2 minutes ago, Ashley_567 said:
Welll shoot..... did you get the interview invite via email or just from checking your portal?
I got an email that my application had been updated and then I checked the portal. The office is very friendly (which you may already know) so you can always call them to double check. But congrats on your acceptance and good luck with your others. I am also still waiting on UCLA
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1 hour ago, Ashley_567 said:
Hello everyone! Here is my list so far, all for painting
University of Washington - skype interview on 2/7
PAFA low res - Accepted
MICA low res - Skype interview this Sunday
MECA low res - no response
BARD - no response
UCLA - no response
LCAD - no response
Very curious about when BARD painting interview requests are sent out if anyone has any intel
I think it could be for all programs because the interview invite refers to all of the faculty committees. But of course there could be a difference for each program.
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3 hours ago, rag124 said:
Bard interviews are out! Check your statuses...
I will also be interviewing with Bard photo. Good luck to both of us. I've heard that they accept between 3 people and 7 people.
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22 hours ago, solsosls said:
I also got rejected from Yale printmaking and painting department.
Just curious , did the rejection on the application stastus says you should reapply? I never knew they send different comments on their rejection letter. It is bit disappointing then, considering mine when there is nothing about reapplyig.
It was in the rejection letter. I wouldn't be too discouraged. I also had no idea that they included different comments ... I'm sure that MFA students at Yale have been rejected and then later accepted even without advisement to reapply.
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2 minutes ago, MYJ2020 said:
What areas did you apply for?
Just Painting. I think the other departments' decisions come out on Friday?? Or at least that is what my friend who applied in a different area said
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Also rejected for an interview but was encouraged by the faculty to reapply. Good luck to everyone!!
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2 hours ago, yungcoconut said:
Hunter's Spring 2020 class is only 4 students, which might be an indication of how many they will accept during this round of interviews. They accepted 13 in Fall 2019 for a total of 17 in the 2019-2020 school year. They're either being much more selective or are not receiving as many applications. Best of luck to those waiting for interviews!
Thanks so much! That is very helpful info.
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11 hours ago, SpillToBuilt said:
For what it is worth, I know a few Yale MFA Photo alum personally, and they are all exceptional artists and doing very well!
One did tell me that most students would cry after/during their first crit, but I thought they were exaggerating. Maybe not though? They also said that the faculty will be hard on you if they think you have more potential.
Thanks, helpful to hear another perspective. It definitely could just be my particular institution's bias against Yale. I know that it is all very political.
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7 hours ago, yungcoconut said:
Unfortunately I've had an awful experience at Hunter and recently applied to transfer, but it is an excellent program for painters who just want to make paintings. You get a studio in Tribeca for 3 years and most of the other students here are painters so you will have a big community to join. Painters here are typically abstract expressionists or figurative painters. Some people say they make "sculptural paintings" but for the most part, people make work that is intended to be hung up on a wall in a gallery.
Hunter's MFA program does the absolute minimum for its students and does not listen to their needs or complaints. Faculty are spread super thin and often managing their own careers in addition to teaching, so they are frequently unavailable and hard to get a hold of. Some of them only teach one class every once in a while, so there might be someone that you really want to work with and they won't be available for 1-3 consecutive semesters. I've found that students make great work in spite of the program, not as a direct result of it, which is pretty disappointing because the school will take credit for your artistic growth after making it incredibly difficult for you to make your work. It's also super racist and students who have come forward with complaints of racism from peers and faculty have been ignored and dismissed because no one in the program office wants to deal with it. There are no scholarships so if you need any funding it has to be external. They also don't offer health insurance and tell students to apply for Medicaid. Most classes are during the day so you need a job that has a flexible schedule or will let you work nights, and you are expected to adjust your work schedule according to the class schedule.
The curatorial certificate is just okay. Basically you read a lot about curatorial theory from the 60s and 70s and put together a few shows with your peers. It's an extra 4 classes + $7k in tuition or something like that. It's only marginally useful in curating contemporary art because the Art History department doesn't have any contemporary courses and focuses on the Italian renaissance, Duchamp, and early modernism.
All that being said, Hunter is an ideal program if you know what you want to do and just need time and space to do it. If you are a black or brown person or color, be prepared for the additional obstacle of racism from people who don't think they're racist and will get very upset if you tell them that they're being racist.
I heard that many Hunter students feel that the program accepts too many students and as a result you do not get enough individual attention. Best of luck in your transfer @yungcoconut
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On 1/18/2020 at 6:53 PM, MIQI said:
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?
2 hours ago, MIQI said:Thank you for your honest input, I really appreciate it! I wish you the best of luck in your transfer journey
I've heard from faculty at my school that Yale's pedagogical model tends to be very top down. Especially in the photography department the reputation is that they prefer to destroy their students and then build them back up. Someone who was accepted into the photo department at Yale started working in drawings and they asked them to leave. I have heard that Yale painting has started to be better ...for example, they just hired Meleko Mokgosi who doesn't really work in a top-down pedagogical model (or so I've heard). The rumor is that many yale students graduate and it takes years for them to make work again after being so demoralized.
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Posted · Edited by nevermind777
I got my undergrad at Columbia but had a lot of contact with MFAs. One painting MFA told me he had a full ride but also people will just BS about this. My understanding (purely from chatting with MFAs) is that printmaking gives more than 50% but the other disciplines don't give much more than 50%.