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That's quite a wonderful program and dependent on whether you like the faculty. If you think Bard fits your concepts well then go for it!

Out of curiosity what was your second choice?

I think that it's unlikely that you will be able to hold your position. After all, others are on a waiting list and they want to vye for your position. So it's a do or die type of thing.

Both are awesome and grats. SAIC- more traditional approach but into social practice and documentary/experimental CalArts- more conceptual and theory-driven place. I love both so I won't comment but without knowing what type of photography you do I can't really help much. Are you more traditional or super radical?

I actually don't sadly enough. I think I knew of a printmaking professor from Parsons who gave a lecture here at the U but apart from that, I really don't have any info regarding it. Pratt on the other hand...

I have a close friend who is a top notch artist who graduated from Otis and I can say woohoo for that choice too! Plus it doesn't hurt to go to a place where Art School Confidential was shot at (LOL or maybe not :p)

I know that Michael Rakowitz (http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/) teaches there in the ATP program I believe so for me, that would be a huge plus. Scratch that. Alone that would be a huge reason to go.

Eh. Being Asian-American I really have to admit that it's getting pretty bad everywhere at this point.

Anyone here taking out school loans, private or public, to attend their MFA (not scholarships or TAships)?

I went by the very open stat of Yale having 1100-1200 applicants approximately every year so my estimate is not as good as yours. Plus COVID may have changed a lot of the stats for the past year.

Thanks for the information... that means Yale is getting about twice as many applicants for their MFA programs over UCLA then.

Geography, in my experience, is a HUGE fraction of what comprises your art networks during the MFA program and beyond.

Is that at Bard or ICP-Bard for the photography program? Thanks

Will do and applied for a few NFT sites. Still I have major reservations over the ecological waste that NFT development causes.

Definitely ask for more (and this from a guy who goes to SVA for their classes) :D. In fact, I think that if you ask they won't have any issues giving you more

I set up a NFT account today so I can create the work. I will see how it functions because I heard the NFT creation isn't free but as a student I can play around the medium.

Speaking of bots and art with technology, I am very happy to see digital art faring well during our time- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/arts/design/nft-auction-christies-beeple.html It's a new type of work but I love the radical nature of these beasts.

As soon as I saw conspiracy theories I was like uh oh, did QAnon invade here? ?

I am pretty uncertain about transfer of MFA credits but I suspect not many if any do this. Rare exceptions would have been the bailout from the USC MFA program years ago but that is a pretty extreme example; here folks who did part of the USC MFA ended up finishing at a different program.

My closest friend and collaborator is at Arts and Tech MFA track at CalArts. I can ask him.

I know that I ended up taking a lot of private loans in addition to public govt. loans when I did my MPH degree back at Yale.

I remember the good ole days of Legal Seafood out in Baltimore. Very pricey but pretty good grub!

Grats to all of the CMU acceptances. I actually got a sticker from them and put it on one of my laptops. Very awesome place. Pittsburgh I have never been to so I can't tell you what it's like over there.

Woohoo. I like Boston quite a bit as a Brooklynite and don't forget to check out Chinatown there. Some of the best Chinese meals I ever had I wandering around that area.