MellonHead
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I'm wondering if anyone has any insight into timelines/experience of getting off a waitlist. I'm holding out kinda for one last waitlist to see if I get an offer but I also don't want to wait until April 15th since I do have an offer from another program... any thoughts?
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I'm on the waitlist at Tyler and I've been trying to email the department chair to get in touch about questions/updates but I haven't heard from him or the Admissions Counselor since Feb 4th.
Is anyone else in the boat or just me?
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On 2/18/2020 at 7:51 AM, B_Montague said:
Was your rejection from SAIC through mail or email? I haven't heard anything but also didn't get an interview...
*Edit: I tried to quote the comment from above talking about SAIC rejection but it didn't work and now I can't delete this comment.The rejection was through email from Noelle
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On 1/26/2020 at 10:52 AM, NickHobbs said:
Awesome!! Which list?
On 1/26/2020 at 3:12 PM, MIQI said:I went digging and found this list in the 2018 freak out forum I think. Not sure if it's the same one. Hope it helps! Good luck
Common Questions Visual Arts Applicants are Asked During an Interview
How does your work fit in with the contemporary art world/scene?
Why do you want to go to XXXXX?
Why do you want to go to grad school? Why now?
What resources of this program will be the biggest benefit to your development as an artist?
What is your work about?
What are your influences?
What for you constitutes a good work of art?
What draws you to a piece of work?
What motivates your work?
Who are your main influences?
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
What do you think is a good critique of your work/bad critique?
Why/how did you choose the people who wrote letters for you?
How will you contribute to this program?
What do you do for fun?
What artists do you like? (you can have a list prepared)
What artists who are no longer living influence you?
What book are you reading right now? What do you think about it?
What are you working on right now?
Please explain this work (xxxx03.jpg)
What is your favorite piece of art? Why? (Title, artist, year)
Can you describe yourself, such as personal habit, etc.
Do you get along well with others?
What would you bring to a group dynamic ?
What can you offer this program? Any special skills?
What do you think is a good way of critiquing? a bad way?
What other aspects of culture influence your work besides art/art history?
How do you see yourself taking advantage of this school’s environment/program?
What exhibition have you been to in the last year?
What have you done since you’ve graduated?
What contemporary artists are you into, and why?
Tell us about the conceptual underpinnings of your work?
Talk about your process.
What do you think about *this essay*? (related to your work)
How is your work related to *this movement*?
Do you have any questions for us?
What do you think about (artist, movement, subject/topic)
What can't you stand? Why?
What do you think about your own work?
How do you want your work to develop?
Why are you making the work you're making, and why do you want to keep doing it?
Meaning behind your subject matter?
So you've written a good amount about your practice in your statement...can you expand a little more?
What was the last show you saw that had a profound effect on you?
Ideas for Questions to Ask During Your Interview
What's the degree of permeability between the department's different studio areas?
What do the teaching assistantship duties generally consist of?
Will I be assisting a professor, or will I be teaching my own class?
Have recent alumni stayed in the area or ventured elsewhere?
What is the grad student to faculty ratio?
Ask for more information about particular courses in the curriculum.
Other Tips
Be able to speak about the professors work and why you are influenced by it.
Write a follow up Thank you email within 48 hours after your interview.
Hi yes sorry this is the list! Some of the interview questions I got asked were hybrids of these questions but I just felt overall better put together after preparing answers to some of these.
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21 hours ago, NickHobbs said:
Flying into Philly right now for my first interview with Tyler. Anyone else gonna be there tomorrow?
I skyped in but will fly there later to say hi in person. It went well I think! There was around 6 of the faculty (I think) and the list of interview questions to prep for from last year was very helpful to me.
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Not sure if anyone is waiting for UPenn but I heard back this morning for an interview invite
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Hi! Also joining this thread really late:
I applied to a bunch of programs (really trying to get going this coming year): U Chicago (Invited for Interview), SAIC, Uof Illinois Urbana-Champaign, STAMPS, VCU, Carnegie Mellon, Pratt, Hunter, UPenn, and Temple (Invited for Interview).
Does anyone know when most invitations for interviews go out? I'm just kind of nervously checking my inbox every day ?
MFA 2020 Freak Out Forum
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Thanks @TheBarnOwl! Weirdly enough thats the opposite feedback I've gotten so far, but it all seemed too rose color glasses for me to believe. Is it unheard of to accept a spot in a program and then if you get off a waitlist to a program you prefer to switch programs and then you would lose the deposit at the other program?
I think I still prefer the program I am accepted at, I'm just still feeling shaky about that decision considering when I started out I didn't rank this program too highly and now after visiting and reading more I am more happy with it. Oh "the journey"...
Anyway thanks again for any advice all