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Gratsssssss! That’s so awesome! I am still trying to hammer out where I want to go in three years.

I've committed to UTK and declined everywhere else in the past two weeks but has continued to creep on this forum. Posting my stats below for future reference. 
I'm glad that I visited UTK back in February and really liked it. Most of my other acceptances either didn't accept me until March or planned visit days in late March, which are all moved online because of COVID-19. I can only imagine the difficulty of trying to commit to a school without physically being there... good luck to all!
UTK (Printmaking; fully funded) interview invite 01/21, acceptance 01/31***going
U of Minnesota (Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking; fully funded) interview invite 01/26, acceptance 02/04***declined
Yale (Painting & Printmaking) rejection 01/28 
Tyler (Printmaking; full funding for one semester) no interview, acceptance 01/28***declined
U of Michigan Stamps (Art; 75% tuition remission and some stipend) interview invite 02/03, acceptance 02/28***declined
Rutgers (Visual Arts) rejection 02/05
University at Buffalo (Studio Art; fully funded) interview invite 02/24, acceptance 03/05***declined
WUSTL (Visual Art; half scholarship and some TA stipend) interview invite 02/29, acceptance 03/13***declined
UCLA (Interdisciplinary Studio) rejection 03/18
CMU (Art) rejection 03/19

Thanks! Yeah its for MFA Fine Art. Not totally sure what their process is like, I interviewed a couple weeks ago and got an acceptance a few days after, but seems like they are still interviewing people over the next few weeks

Decided on Oxford's Ruskin MFA over UChicago. Best of luck to everyone!

UChicago acceptance via email just now! Anyone else???

Never mind, I got accepted to the low res MFA!! Via snail mail to my parent's place, possibly because they live in the states and I do not? 
I also did not interview, so I assume I was originally waitlisted?

Hey! This is from my Colombia Slideroom page, top left corner of page. It used to say, '2020 New Genres MFA' and today the MFA has been removed. 

I got an interview invite for Moving Image today. To add another data point - I checked my Slideroom and the "MFA" part is on my application title.

another day of no news at all...guess i'm gonna try the slideroom method too

"but i really can't afford toronto rent and would ideally not want to live with 10 roommates in a basement eating nothing but oatmeal for 2 years... lol..."

This is a BIG MOOD, @janelane2, I relate so hard. This whole process has made me realize how unwilling I am to live like that. 

all schools in canada: first western, second york. also got waitlisted by the university of guelph. york has great facilities and really kind faculty members--everyone i talked to at my campus visit there was so nice and the vibe was really good. their funding package was also not bad, but i really can't afford toronto rent and would ideally not want to live with 10 roommates in a basement eating nothing but oatmeal for 2 years... lol...

While I'm here:
UArk Drawing: Accepted via phone call 2/19 -- full tuition + 19k/yr.
PAFA: Accepted via phone call 2/6 -- 42k total scholarship
New York Academy of Art: Accepted via email 2/13 -- 30k total scholarship

Tyler Painting: Waitlisted 2/4
SAIC Painting: Interviewed 2/16, awaiting response
UNC Chapel Hill: awaiting response
UMiss: awaiting response
VCU painting: no response, assumed rejection
 

thank you for sharing this! super helpful! hope you're one of those two people!

Just had an interview with UCLA new genres... they have 10 candidates for this year and they only want 2 people...

So far:
IU - Accepted
UCR - Interviewed
UCSD - Rejected
SAIC, UIC, UCI, Illinois, Purchase - Crickets

On Slideroom - I applied in 2018 and did not get an interview, and the MFA disappeared around the time the interviews went out. This year I got an interview and the MFA is still there. I am attaching a screenshot... It is not a nice way to find out indeed, but if you need to make some decisions by a certain date it's good to have closure, or at least it was good for me at the time.
Since I am on the topic I should note I am glad I waited and re-applied. This year it was so much easier to navigate applications and interviews and to wrap my head around the decision I am about to make when it's not my first application season. Happy to answer questions about this to the best of my ability. 

Just received an email from University of Oregon for a fiber interview! 

I applied to:
UCLA (New Genres w/ Interdisciplinary studio as my back up) - no word yet
USC (this is an interdisciplinary program) - no word yet
Yale (Sculpture) - no word yet
Berkeley (this is an intermediary program) - I interviewed last week. Still no word back. This is my #1 choice, so I'm so nervous to hear back! 

For anyone who is still just waiting to hear back from schools, I just got an interview request from Tyler.  They sent out the first round of interview requests mid January, so there is hope. 

Hi everyone!
UCLA new genres sent interview invites yesterday morning— I can’t speak to the other departments 
UCSD sent interview invites last Monday (2/3)
Any idea how many people these programs interview/a general ratio of interviewees to program spots?

Heard back from CalArts and Slade for interviews several days ago. Also got offered a place at RCA but they wanted 2000 pounds for deposits before Feb. 2nd.....
Haven't heard back from MIT, UCLA, Columbia... 
I'm extremely stressed about MIT because the application was turned in on Dec. 31st and it seems they have reviewed my portfolio video... 

I really feel you on this! I felt similarly in the 2 interviews I've had so far; I'm so anxious during the interview that it's hard for me to give my best answers...and then afterward the "right" answers that I should have given seem so clear. The interviews are the hardest part of this process for me, by far.

I have been waitlisted at UArk - and I saw someone else was too, so I wanted to give a quick update as I just had a chat with one of the professors there. 
I'm sure all schools are different, but in this case they said there is no ranking of the waitlist, and that the decision of who will be offered a spot is highly dependent on 'fit' with the other incoming student - in other words, they only accept two people into this department, so they want the pair to be compatible. It's not something that I thought of as being important, so I hope this information is useful and comforting to anyone else out there waitlisted - I know it's impossible not to take it personally, but there are so many factors beyond the quality of your work/your personality/whatever else you are picking apart.

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.

Hi Everyone, 
Here are my stats
Yale (rejected)
Cranbrook (Interview March)
University of Texas, Austin [transmedia](Interview feb 5th)
Northwestern (Not contacted yet)
CMU (Not contacted yet)
RISD (Not contacted yet)
Georgia State University (Not contacted yet)
University of South Florida (Not contacted yet)
Hope everyone is burning incense, meditating, sleeping, and not freaking out during this limbo stage. And if you are, it's ok, me too. MAY WE FEEL PEACEFUL AND STRONG IN THIS PROCESS.