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HI 123123435!!!!! 
Man... Reading your post hit me kinda hard. Nahhh... I doubt you feel okay, and it's okay to not feel okay. Being rejected sucks at any age. 
Here's my story: I only applied to one university, this semester. I did my interview and it SUCKED. I was SO sick with a fever and high on cough medicine that I barely remember it. After that I never heard anything back except for an email yesterday of them saying that they needed some financial aid supplement and tax returns or something. For WHAT??? But I got nothing from the department, whatsoever. AT LEAST YOU GOT PUT ON A WAITING LIST. That's awesome and an accomplishment! They just fuckin FORGOT about me, lol!
My situation sounds like it sucks, amirite? But these things happen, tho. Listen... You and I have a couple things in common, yeah? I'm older as well, like YOU. I'm 44 years old, a middle age artist, and I'm going to apply for an MFA again for next year because I want to teach kids how to create art at the collegiate or HS level and I feel that my Chicano Art and Culture is something that benefits society and would be an asset to any art department. You can't give up just because of your age, you've got your OWN good things to share that will make us a better society, especially for the kids and the old people! You gotta know that.
If you apply this fall 2021 for next year, I've got a good feeling that the third times gonna be the charm for you. Just keep your head up, stay positive, and never stop making art. Make a drawing a day. Take a sketch pad with you everywhere. Do good things for people and bring others up! Oh, and... MAKE A LOT OF ART, AND START NOW.
It's gonna happen for you homie, I just KNOW it!


 

HI 123123435!!!!! 
Man... Reading your post hit me kinda hard. Nahhh... I doubt you feel okay, and it's okay to not feel okay. Being rejected sucks at any age. 
Here's my story: I only applied to one university, this semester. I did my interview and it SUCKED. I was SO sick with a fever and high on cough medicine that I barely remember it. After that I never heard anything back except for an email yesterday of them saying that they needed some financial aid supplement and tax returns or something. For WHAT??? But I got nothing from the department, whatsoever. AT LEAST YOU GOT PUT ON A WAITING LIST. That's awesome and an accomplishment! They just fuckin FORGOT about me, lol!
My situation sounds like it sucks, amirite? But these things happen, tho. Listen... You and I have a couple things in common, yeah? I'm older as well, like YOU. I'm 44 years old, a middle age artist, and I'm going to apply for an MFA again for next year because I want to teach kids how to create art at the collegiate or HS level and I feel that my Chicano Art and Culture is something that benefits society and would be an asset to any art department. You can't give up just because of your age, you've got your OWN good things to share that will make us a better society, especially for the kids and the old people! You gotta know that.
If you apply this fall 2021 for next year, I've got a good feeling that the third times gonna be the charm for you. Just keep your head up, stay positive, and never stop making art. Make a drawing a day. Take a sketch pad with you everywhere. Do good things for people and bring others up! Oh, and... MAKE A LOT OF ART, AND START NOW.
It's gonna happen for you homie, I just KNOW it!


 

Congratulations to everyone. It's been fun!!! Bye bye all.
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HI 123123435!!!!! 
Man... Reading your post hit me kinda hard. Nahhh... I doubt you feel okay, and it's okay to not feel okay. Being rejected sucks at any age. 
Here's my story: I only applied to one university, this semester. I did my interview and it SUCKED. I was SO sick with a fever and high on cough medicine that I barely remember it. After that I never heard anything back except for an email yesterday of them saying that they needed some financial aid supplement and tax returns or something. For WHAT??? But I got nothing from the department, whatsoever. AT LEAST YOU GOT PUT ON A WAITING LIST. That's awesome and an accomplishment! They just fuckin FORGOT about me, lol!
My situation sounds like it sucks, amirite? But these things happen, tho. Listen... You and I have a couple things in common, yeah? I'm older as well, like YOU. I'm 44 years old, a middle age artist, and I'm going to apply for an MFA again for next year because I want to teach kids how to create art at the collegiate or HS level and I feel that my Chicano Art and Culture is something that benefits society and would be an asset to any art department. You can't give up just because of your age, you've got your OWN good things to share that will make us a better society, especially for the kids and the old people! You gotta know that.
If you apply this fall 2021 for next year, I've got a good feeling that the third times gonna be the charm for you. Just keep your head up, stay positive, and never stop making art. Make a drawing a day. Take a sketch pad with you everywhere. Do good things for people and bring others up! Oh, and... MAKE A LOT OF ART, AND START NOW.
It's gonna happen for you homie, I just KNOW it!


 

I am the same age as you are!

HI 123123435!!!!! 
Man... Reading your post hit me kinda hard. Nahhh... I doubt you feel okay, and it's okay to not feel okay. Being rejected sucks at any age. 
Here's my story: I only applied to one university, this semester. I did my interview and it SUCKED. I was SO sick with a fever and high on cough medicine that I barely remember it. After that I never heard anything back except for an email yesterday of them saying that they needed some financial aid supplement and tax returns or something. For WHAT??? But I got nothing from the department, whatsoever. AT LEAST YOU GOT PUT ON A WAITING LIST. That's awesome and an accomplishment! They just fuckin FORGOT about me, lol!
My situation sounds like it sucks, amirite? But these things happen, tho. Listen... You and I have a couple things in common, yeah? I'm older as well, like YOU. I'm 44 years old, a middle age artist, and I'm going to apply for an MFA again for next year because I want to teach kids how to create art at the collegiate or HS level and I feel that my Chicano Art and Culture is something that benefits society and would be an asset to any art department. You can't give up just because of your age, you've got your OWN good things to share that will make us a better society, especially for the kids and the old people! You gotta know that.
If you apply this fall 2021 for next year, I've got a good feeling that the third times gonna be the charm for you. Just keep your head up, stay positive, and never stop making art. Make a drawing a day. Take a sketch pad with you everywhere. Do good things for people and bring others up! Oh, and... MAKE A LOT OF ART, AND START NOW.
It's gonna happen for you homie, I just KNOW it!


 

Go to the school that's farthest from where you live and is known for partying. Meet beautiful people and hang where the kool kids rule! Have fun, get away from everything familiar, and make fantastic art that everyone likes and can identify with. If that's in Chicagaz-0, hit that up. If it's in Yew Nork, do dat den..
Bam...

Got accepted to USC! No news on financial aid yet. 

Hi! I got into USC too, but I am considering between SVA and USC. Are you going to USC?  

Accepted into USC but no funding. I’ll most likely make the decision to go to UCSD.

Guys, I got into USC and was offered a $20k fellowship for the first year, which is so nice, but is still way too expensive for me (?) so I know I have to try to negotiate, but am very scared to. Is anyone who has experience negotiating willing to chat with me a bit? 

Magic Mountain: https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain
Do I think that USC is a big deal? You bet your ass I do. I ONLY applied at USC for an MFA. I only applied there because of two professors in specific that jive with what I want to accomplish, Nao Bustamante, and Edgar Arceneaux. There are others who I like at USC, but I've respected them for a while. Because of my experience in the arts and life, I feel that those are the two professors best suited for me to work with. It is also in L.A., where I have not got a lot of experience in and think I need to to round out my art direction.
Rankings are meaningless, period. It's about the faculty and staff and facilities. It's also about being in Los Angeles, right near San Diego, Mexico, and San Francisco in CALIFORNIA. But ultimately it's about you and what you are going to bring to the table. If someone thinks that a university sucks, well, make it BETTER, or don't go there. But they shouldn't be saying nasty things about what they saw on the internet that they had nothing to do with. Don't listen to these negative people. As an artist, it's not good for you.
You gotta ask yourself why you want to attend a specific school and go there and kick ass and do the best you can. I went to Sacramento State even thought I got into UC Santa Cruz, San Jose State, and other so-called "prestigious" schools, and I brought something to the community and student body and did my best to make it a good place to be. Why? Because Sacramento has been huge for Chicano Culture and art for decades, and I had access to great artists within the community. I also had that in San Diego, but now I've got that in Sacramento, and hopefully in L.A. this fall. Did some US News website rank it up with Stanford? NOPE! But I did my best and did well, despite someone's opinion about prestige.
My niece goes to Harvard, supposedly the best school in the world. But what use is the "best school in the world" if you do nothing with it? Well, It's of no use at all. Same as with going to a school not viewed as prestigious. If I go to a normal university and do awesome things, then hey, the university was a good university.
Avoid negativity. Listen to yourself, listen to your heart and what you want to accomplish. If you are doing what you need to do then you will bring success to yourself and to others around you.

HI! I've been away from the board, and pretty much everything for a couple weeks. 
I got SUPER sick and literally thought I was going to die. I thought I had COVID, but my doctor confirmed that I did not. I did have COVID last year, and thought I had it again. Nah, just a gnarly flu that came and went, over and over. One day I was sick, the next felt okay, then sick again, which is weird because almost no one had the flu this year. Anyway, I'm doing well now.  Hope to get the COVID vaccine in April.
Just wanted to let people know I haven't heard anything from USC, and at this late stage in the game, I really don't expect to. So unless I get some magic acceptance letter from USC, I won't be coming back to the boards after today.
It's important that no matter what, we are artists, and that is everything. I know that getting into the school we want is SUCH a big deal, but don't let it discourage you if you don't. Artists suffer, its part of who we are. I never meet artists who do this to get rich, or even upper middle class. We do this because of an extreme love of humanity, desire to see social justice for all marginalized people in our lifetimes, and because creation is in our BLOOD and muscles and bones.
My father, as an artist, never gave much art advice. He mainly led by example and DOING. As an artist, myself, I think that his best advice, (and he reiterated this often), was "produce produce produce." Dad was also a former United States Marine, and the life advice he took from the Marine Corps that he utilized every day was, "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome," and he also offered this advice often. I found in my life that these two simple sets of life choices have elevated me into situations that I never would have achieved if I had just stood aside and hoped that someone else would make things happen for me, or if I was feeling entitled and selfish.
I wanted to share some sculpture I've got going on right now. I'm working on a 14' foot steel public art sculpture of an eagle and pillar, from the Chicano perspective in art, for installation early this summer. I finally got some of the steel for it a couple days ago. It's been lagging because of COVID and steel distribution, by MONTHS! I was supposed to be done with it by now, actually by last November. But the grant is still alive and still going and I feel lucky to have good backers and art attorney representation.
Fam, you are all wonderful people, and real artists are truly rare. I have seen so much of your art on this board, and can safely say that you all deserve to go to the schools you desire.
 

HI! I've been away from the board, and pretty much everything for a couple weeks. 
I got SUPER sick and literally thought I was going to die. I thought I had COVID, but my doctor confirmed that I did not. I did have COVID last year, and thought I had it again. Nah, just a gnarly flu that came and went, over and over. One day I was sick, the next felt okay, then sick again, which is weird because almost no one had the flu this year. Anyway, I'm doing well now.  Hope to get the COVID vaccine in April.
Just wanted to let people know I haven't heard anything from USC, and at this late stage in the game, I really don't expect to. So unless I get some magic acceptance letter from USC, I won't be coming back to the boards after today.
It's important that no matter what, we are artists, and that is everything. I know that getting into the school we want is SUCH a big deal, but don't let it discourage you if you don't. Artists suffer, its part of who we are. I never meet artists who do this to get rich, or even upper middle class. We do this because of an extreme love of humanity, desire to see social justice for all marginalized people in our lifetimes, and because creation is in our BLOOD and muscles and bones.
My father, as an artist, never gave much art advice. He mainly led by example and DOING. As an artist, myself, I think that his best advice, (and he reiterated this often), was "produce produce produce." Dad was also a former United States Marine, and the life advice he took from the Marine Corps that he utilized every day was, "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome," and he also offered this advice often. I found in my life that these two simple sets of life choices have elevated me into situations that I never would have achieved if I had just stood aside and hoped that someone else would make things happen for me, or if I was feeling entitled and selfish.
I wanted to share some sculpture I've got going on right now. I'm working on a 14' foot steel public art sculpture of an eagle and pillar, from the Chicano perspective in art, for installation early this summer. I finally got some of the steel for it a couple days ago. It's been lagging because of COVID and steel distribution, by MONTHS! I was supposed to be done with it by now, actually by last November. But the grant is still alive and still going and I feel lucky to have good backers and art attorney representation.
Fam, you are all wonderful people, and real artists are truly rare. I have seen so much of your art on this board, and can safely say that you all deserve to go to the schools you desire.
 

I can see that you are passionate about this issue by the way you have spammed this same thing over so many other threads from Teaching to Psychology to SIPA MPA... etc... etc... etc...
You put a lot of people on blast and given out names and personal information, as well as an entire higher education system. Do we have YOUR name and personal info? Mine is right there in my avatar. My name is [redacted -t], and I went to California State University Sacramento. I'm from San Diego Califas. All I know about YOU is that you claim to be a PHD Student at Colombia.
Can you share some personal information about yourself, since you are calling so many other people out by name and giving out their contact information? I feel like that's a fair request.

Hi ####. Art History is awesome. When I was in community college I took so many Art History classes that I accidentally earned an Associates Degree for it. My mother is an Art Historian, it's practically all we discuss. 
I totally see your point of view, and trust me, you're preaching to the choir with me, my friend. I've worked union with the IATSE Union since 2004, and both of my parents were labor organizers for the UFW and Registered Nurses, grandfather was an Ironworker. So I'm with you.
It just doesn't sit right with me that you are anonymous and taking a stand. If someone takes a stand, everyone should know who they are, otherwise you're just another avatar in a sea of opinions on the interwebz. And that bugs me out because as an artist, it's my responsibility to be a public figure when I am making revolutionary art. If not, I'm just another tired Banksy clone. People need real people. Where would Anarchism be without the real Emma Goldman or Peter Kropotkin?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating. In fact, I'm all about you and what you are sharing. It's just better if we let people know exactly who we are. It's easier to rally around a person and a cause than it is to care about a nameless avatars opinion. You feel me Ashley?
You do you, tho.
I'm did not apply to Columbia. I only applied to the one university I thought would work for me.
Union till the day I die. Good luck with your campaign!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs5_gB582IM

HI! I've been away from the board, and pretty much everything for a couple weeks. 
I got SUPER sick and literally thought I was going to die. I thought I had COVID, but my doctor confirmed that I did not. I did have COVID last year, and thought I had it again. Nah, just a gnarly flu that came and went, over and over. One day I was sick, the next felt okay, then sick again, which is weird because almost no one had the flu this year. Anyway, I'm doing well now.  Hope to get the COVID vaccine in April.
Just wanted to let people know I haven't heard anything from USC, and at this late stage in the game, I really don't expect to. So unless I get some magic acceptance letter from USC, I won't be coming back to the boards after today.
It's important that no matter what, we are artists, and that is everything. I know that getting into the school we want is SUCH a big deal, but don't let it discourage you if you don't. Artists suffer, its part of who we are. I never meet artists who do this to get rich, or even upper middle class. We do this because of an extreme love of humanity, desire to see social justice for all marginalized people in our lifetimes, and because creation is in our BLOOD and muscles and bones.
My father, as an artist, never gave much art advice. He mainly led by example and DOING. As an artist, myself, I think that his best advice, (and he reiterated this often), was "produce produce produce." Dad was also a former United States Marine, and the life advice he took from the Marine Corps that he utilized every day was, "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome," and he also offered this advice often. I found in my life that these two simple sets of life choices have elevated me into situations that I never would have achieved if I had just stood aside and hoped that someone else would make things happen for me, or if I was feeling entitled and selfish.
I wanted to share some sculpture I've got going on right now. I'm working on a 14' foot steel public art sculpture of an eagle and pillar, from the Chicano perspective in art, for installation early this summer. I finally got some of the steel for it a couple days ago. It's been lagging because of COVID and steel distribution, by MONTHS! I was supposed to be done with it by now, actually by last November. But the grant is still alive and still going and I feel lucky to have good backers and art attorney representation.
Fam, you are all wonderful people, and real artists are truly rare. I have seen so much of your art on this board, and can safely say that you all deserve to go to the schools you desire.
 

I appreciate you. Very nice words, thank you. Glad to hear you're getting some art out here in Cali-Land. Painting is a great practice. I think you will enjoy it very much!

HI! I've been away from the board, and pretty much everything for a couple weeks. 
I got SUPER sick and literally thought I was going to die. I thought I had COVID, but my doctor confirmed that I did not. I did have COVID last year, and thought I had it again. Nah, just a gnarly flu that came and went, over and over. One day I was sick, the next felt okay, then sick again, which is weird because almost no one had the flu this year. Anyway, I'm doing well now.  Hope to get the COVID vaccine in April.
Just wanted to let people know I haven't heard anything from USC, and at this late stage in the game, I really don't expect to. So unless I get some magic acceptance letter from USC, I won't be coming back to the boards after today.
It's important that no matter what, we are artists, and that is everything. I know that getting into the school we want is SUCH a big deal, but don't let it discourage you if you don't. Artists suffer, its part of who we are. I never meet artists who do this to get rich, or even upper middle class. We do this because of an extreme love of humanity, desire to see social justice for all marginalized people in our lifetimes, and because creation is in our BLOOD and muscles and bones.
My father, as an artist, never gave much art advice. He mainly led by example and DOING. As an artist, myself, I think that his best advice, (and he reiterated this often), was "produce produce produce." Dad was also a former United States Marine, and the life advice he took from the Marine Corps that he utilized every day was, "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome," and he also offered this advice often. I found in my life that these two simple sets of life choices have elevated me into situations that I never would have achieved if I had just stood aside and hoped that someone else would make things happen for me, or if I was feeling entitled and selfish.
I wanted to share some sculpture I've got going on right now. I'm working on a 14' foot steel public art sculpture of an eagle and pillar, from the Chicano perspective in art, for installation early this summer. I finally got some of the steel for it a couple days ago. It's been lagging because of COVID and steel distribution, by MONTHS! I was supposed to be done with it by now, actually by last November. But the grant is still alive and still going and I feel lucky to have good backers and art attorney representation.
Fam, you are all wonderful people, and real artists are truly rare. I have seen so much of your art on this board, and can safely say that you all deserve to go to the schools you desire.
 

HI! I've been away from the board, and pretty much everything for a couple weeks. 
I got SUPER sick and literally thought I was going to die. I thought I had COVID, but my doctor confirmed that I did not. I did have COVID last year, and thought I had it again. Nah, just a gnarly flu that came and went, over and over. One day I was sick, the next felt okay, then sick again, which is weird because almost no one had the flu this year. Anyway, I'm doing well now.  Hope to get the COVID vaccine in April.
Just wanted to let people know I haven't heard anything from USC, and at this late stage in the game, I really don't expect to. So unless I get some magic acceptance letter from USC, I won't be coming back to the boards after today.
It's important that no matter what, we are artists, and that is everything. I know that getting into the school we want is SUCH a big deal, but don't let it discourage you if you don't. Artists suffer, its part of who we are. I never meet artists who do this to get rich, or even upper middle class. We do this because of an extreme love of humanity, desire to see social justice for all marginalized people in our lifetimes, and because creation is in our BLOOD and muscles and bones.
My father, as an artist, never gave much art advice. He mainly led by example and DOING. As an artist, myself, I think that his best advice, (and he reiterated this often), was "produce produce produce." Dad was also a former United States Marine, and the life advice he took from the Marine Corps that he utilized every day was, "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome," and he also offered this advice often. I found in my life that these two simple sets of life choices have elevated me into situations that I never would have achieved if I had just stood aside and hoped that someone else would make things happen for me, or if I was feeling entitled and selfish.
I wanted to share some sculpture I've got going on right now. I'm working on a 14' foot steel public art sculpture of an eagle and pillar, from the Chicano perspective in art, for installation early this summer. I finally got some of the steel for it a couple days ago. It's been lagging because of COVID and steel distribution, by MONTHS! I was supposed to be done with it by now, actually by last November. But the grant is still alive and still going and I feel lucky to have good backers and art attorney representation.
Fam, you are all wonderful people, and real artists are truly rare. I have seen so much of your art on this board, and can safely say that you all deserve to go to the schools you desire.
 

HI! I've been away from the board, and pretty much everything for a couple weeks. 
I got SUPER sick and literally thought I was going to die. I thought I had COVID, but my doctor confirmed that I did not. I did have COVID last year, and thought I had it again. Nah, just a gnarly flu that came and went, over and over. One day I was sick, the next felt okay, then sick again, which is weird because almost no one had the flu this year. Anyway, I'm doing well now.  Hope to get the COVID vaccine in April.
Just wanted to let people know I haven't heard anything from USC, and at this late stage in the game, I really don't expect to. So unless I get some magic acceptance letter from USC, I won't be coming back to the boards after today.
It's important that no matter what, we are artists, and that is everything. I know that getting into the school we want is SUCH a big deal, but don't let it discourage you if you don't. Artists suffer, its part of who we are. I never meet artists who do this to get rich, or even upper middle class. We do this because of an extreme love of humanity, desire to see social justice for all marginalized people in our lifetimes, and because creation is in our BLOOD and muscles and bones.
My father, as an artist, never gave much art advice. He mainly led by example and DOING. As an artist, myself, I think that his best advice, (and he reiterated this often), was "produce produce produce." Dad was also a former United States Marine, and the life advice he took from the Marine Corps that he utilized every day was, "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome," and he also offered this advice often. I found in my life that these two simple sets of life choices have elevated me into situations that I never would have achieved if I had just stood aside and hoped that someone else would make things happen for me, or if I was feeling entitled and selfish.
I wanted to share some sculpture I've got going on right now. I'm working on a 14' foot steel public art sculpture of an eagle and pillar, from the Chicano perspective in art, for installation early this summer. I finally got some of the steel for it a couple days ago. It's been lagging because of COVID and steel distribution, by MONTHS! I was supposed to be done with it by now, actually by last November. But the grant is still alive and still going and I feel lucky to have good backers and art attorney representation.
Fam, you are all wonderful people, and real artists are truly rare. I have seen so much of your art on this board, and can safely say that you all deserve to go to the schools you desire.
 

HEY ALL YOU CRAZY ART KIDS!!!
I just wanted to give a shout-out to the USC interviewees, this week. My interview is tomorrow, I believe there are moar on the 12th. Keep your heads up, no matter what happens, and do your best to elevate those up around you. I've seen some pretty weak minded comments on this thread regarding how some people view higher education, and others being annoying and know-it-alls about the art world. 
Fuck all that off, ya know? Don't listen. Live your own life and create your own experiences. Keep it positive and don't ever entertain someone's negativity or lameness or arrogance. Have FUN pursuing your art education, no matter where you go to skool!
So good wishes to @Strawberrycat to @lizavetar96 and @sunnydelightt. Can't wait to see all your posts about how well your interviews went. 

HEY ALL YOU CRAZY ART KIDS!!!
I just wanted to give a shout-out to the USC interviewees, this week. My interview is tomorrow, I believe there are moar on the 12th. Keep your heads up, no matter what happens, and do your best to elevate those up around you. I've seen some pretty weak minded comments on this thread regarding how some people view higher education, and others being annoying and know-it-alls about the art world. 
Fuck all that off, ya know? Don't listen. Live your own life and create your own experiences. Keep it positive and don't ever entertain someone's negativity or lameness or arrogance. Have FUN pursuing your art education, no matter where you go to skool!
So good wishes to @Strawberrycat to @lizavetar96 and @sunnydelightt. Can't wait to see all your posts about how well your interviews went. 

HEY ALL YOU CRAZY ART KIDS!!!
I just wanted to give a shout-out to the USC interviewees, this week. My interview is tomorrow, I believe there are moar on the 12th. Keep your heads up, no matter what happens, and do your best to elevate those up around you. I've seen some pretty weak minded comments on this thread regarding how some people view higher education, and others being annoying and know-it-alls about the art world. 
Fuck all that off, ya know? Don't listen. Live your own life and create your own experiences. Keep it positive and don't ever entertain someone's negativity or lameness or arrogance. Have FUN pursuing your art education, no matter where you go to skool!
So good wishes to @Strawberrycat to @lizavetar96 and @sunnydelightt. Can't wait to see all your posts about how well your interviews went. 

FUCKING-A, MAN! I love this, and I love you for saying it. And from an older applicant with my own teenage daughter (hopefully applying to grad in a few years), it is great to see. KEEP EACH OTHER POSITIVE!