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Hi everyone, thanks for all of your helpful posts over this very long journey! I am in the middle of making a final selection between 2 programs and could use some help: RCA (Royal College of Art) MA in Contemporary Art Practice (CAP) CalArts MFA in Art I am (mostly) a painter and am interested in expanding into installation with light, sound, and weaving/textile elements in addition to my paintings. I am currently based in San Francisco, CA. Does anyone have any insight into either program, especially the RCA CAP program? Or thoughts on these two programs and how they compare especially for a studio based practice? I am having a really tough time making a decision and am hopeful one of you might have some insight Financially they're going to cost about the same with the merit aid I received so that is not a major decision factor. I am mainly concerned about: Quality of program...to be honest don't have much info on RCA besides reputation Overall faculty + student culture...again don't have much info on RCA, for CalArts I was able to join their accepted students festival and some Zoom classes this spring which gave me a good sense City environment...what is it like to live in Valencia? how about the various campus environments at RCA? I heard the RCA program does not have classes...I am unclear on how the program is structured beyond weekly crits and individual tutors. It sounds like each person needs to have their own project ideas and then reach out to faculty that can help coach them on it? Having self-motivated project ideas sounds fine to me, but without the structure of classes I am a little concerned about faculty time availability...anyone have insight into this? Building a community and network...if I move to London to attend RCA, it's very possible I'd move back to San Francisco or somewhere else in the US after graduation. If this is the case, would it be better to build a network in the US by attending CalArts? Does an overseas MA "translate" in US contexts/environments? Thank you all in advance for your advice and comments! I appreciate you!

What have been people's experience with the Goldsmiths interview? What type of questions did they ask?

I interviewed! I think it lasted for about 30 minutes.

Yes, I applied to Parsons and interviewed with them last week. It was a video hangout interview with a panel of 4 people - 2 faculty, 1 staff, and 1 student.