[MFA 2021 Freak Out Forum]

Updates:

SAIC Painting: Interviewed with 2 friendly & supportive faculty members (decision coming in 2 weeks)
SAIC Low Residency Program: Accepted (via USPS mail)
Bard: Waiting to hear (anyone hear anything from Bard yet?)

 

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2 hours ago, 123123435 said:

Would love to know ... no word for me

Also waiting to hear from Bard. 

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5 minutes ago, dramallama_07 said:

I just got a mail from SVA Fine Arts accepting me into their program. I'm so happy but weirded out cus they'd said they'd be sending the letters by 1st April. This is wayyyy too early. I'm still very very thrilled. Although, its very expensive. I had a question- how do you ask for a scholarship? Do most colleges give financial aid in the first acceptance mail only? Or does a student have to request them separately?

I just really hope I get a scholarship there but idk how to approach them or even if that's something they'd consider

A financial aid officer at SAIC suggested looking at https://www.fastweb.com for outside scholarships. I've subscribed to their emails, but I haven't looked closely. I hope it's a useful resource.

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14 hours ago, teetertotterr said:

For those of you that heard back from SAIC.... did any of you apply for the low residency program? I haven't heard anything back from them but I haven't noticed that any of you applied for that program...

friend had interview with MICA today for those waiting on that... still no word from Bard 

I applied to two programs at SAIC. Painting/Drawing and Low Residency. I received an interview invitation for Painting/Drawing and I haven't heard anything from the Low Residency program. I'm also waiting to hear from Bard.

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2 minutes ago, katfude said:

Does anyone understand the financial aid component at this point in the game?

If you have an interview/interviews at some schools should you complete the FASFA now? Or do you wait until you have a formal acceptance letter? I do not want to wait too long, but every school has a different timeline for when you find out if you are accepted or not. I also have no idea if I will be accepted anywhere, and it seems silly to preemptively submit for schools that I am still unsure if they will give me an offer. 

From what I understand from the school's info sessions, you should do the FASFA now and send it to all of the schools that you are applying for. Once you have online form filled out, there's a pulldown menu for adding the schools. I don't think there's a problem with preemptively submitting. Doing so now means not having to do go back to the FASFA again, scramble to do so once you have an invitation from them, or worry about missing a deadline. People please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.

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20 minutes ago, berries said:

Same. I got rejected. 

Also rejected by Yale.

Good luck.

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Status of my applications for MFA Painting and Drawing programs.

SAIC: Invited for interview (Jan 28)

RISD: No answer

Yale: No answer 

Bard: No answer

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Good luck to everyone!