katfude

I've been thinking about this a lot, especially with there being so many varying procedures between schools AND EVEN PROGRAMS WITHIN EACH SCHOOL. I really wish they were more transparent about their admission timeframe, system for interviews, contact method, etc. I hate how we have to assume rejection after not being contacted, while others have. If we were kept in the loop we wouldn't have to have a freakout forum to update each other on where things are at. It's such a spread out months-long process that could easily be condensed, or they could at least provide more specific communication instead of this process being SO VAGUE.

Nope.. not yet

I think also regardless of the status that the school has, it is important to go somewhere that is a good fit for you in many other ways (location city/rural/suburban/etc., vibe of professors/students, level of criticality, emphasis on studio or theory, number of students to faculty, an understanding of the work you're making, I could keep going). If you only pick a school because the name carries the most weight, it does not mean that you are going to have a successful and productive experience. If it's not a good fit, you're just going to spiral and end up wasting a lot of time and money. Sometimes it's a lower key institution that gives you the freedom to be yourself that really allows you to kick ass, instead of a really intimidating program that scares students into making a certain kind of work. Everyone is different, and clicks better with different kinds of programs!

Gotchaa, thank you!!

Question for the BU painting majors with interviews— were you prompted to schedule for Feb 22nd and 24th between 9-12? I’m curious if all of those spots are for potential sculptors, or if they are for everyone with interviews.

I really did not like the program itself because of their overall attitude and how separate they keep their majors (I’m super interdisciplinary).. but I was hoping to utilize a research opportunity that is unique only to Yale would influence my art practice like no other school could. Anyway, for anyone disappointed, my good friend just graduated from their MFA program this past year and tried to dissuade me from applying since they did not think that their program was up to the standards that they advertise.

Thank you!! I will do this today.

I have been invited to one interview so far, but do you complete one for each school even before you have received an invitation to interview? Some schools aren't going to send their interview requests until weeks from now.

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.

Yale rejections were just sent out y'all

Oh wow-- that is really interesting I haven't heard that before. Has anyone ever interviewed with BU and remember any of their questions?

BU just sent out sculpture program interviews~

Last year they came out on January 28th.. so it's anyone's guess at this point

No not yet, but I had an embarrassing mixup with my application I finished in December where I realized on Feb 1st at 8pm that my payment never went through (my bank flagged my card for fraud for throwing a bunch of money at random internet websites while applying to all of my schools LOL) so I had to submit my application on the last day of the extended deadline.... aka I am not very hopeful now

For anyone else wondering-- I emailed Tyler about the link I received to check applications through the TUportal and they said that applicants will not be able to make TUportal accounts until after they have been accepted. It must have been an error in their email!

Also-- have you by chance been able to get into the TUportal? I am a bit confused by the varying emails directing me to either the application page portal or the official TUportal that I do not believe I was prompted to make an account for..

SAME! I am waiting to hear back from sculpture.. so if anyone has gotten an interview from the sculpture department please let me know so that I can accept defeat and stop obsessively checking my email.

Has anyone heard from: VCU sculpture Tyler sculpture BU sculpture Yale sculpture UMass Amherst Studio Art ?????????????