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Gosh! Glad you were able to come to that decision. I am also going to turn down my offer. They could only offer a 20% appeal to me...I am a bit sad about it to be honest. Getting some responses from the EU so not all is lost. Yes, I also hope this money can go towards another student as well.

Agreed! Hope things turn out the best for you in holistic ways ?

nice! congrats!!! still nothing for me and i'm pretty sure i'm doing it right. i wonder if it's cause i'm international...had a meeting w/faculty this morning and from what i interpreted it seemed like there was an extra layer of difficulty for international candidates. she was rooting for me though which felt really nice, said the dept would do what they can but she didn't want to mislead! did you talk to faculty yet, try to suss out the financials? i tried to suss out the financial situation more but it basically seemed like i would get funding once they get more answers down the line, which might be past the date to pay the deposit...it depends who has confirmed, who hasnt, who might decide not. she told me to apply for appeal which i did, would only be 20% tho if i get approved T-T... so maybe you should apply to appeal asap!? appeal + some other funding (if it does come through) i don't think would even bring me to 50% of the tuition...which is totally crushing...converting from USD to CAD is also looking prettttty tragic too...trying to stay positive/clear headed tho. i only applied to UCLA new genres (interviewed but no entry), piet zwart in rotterdam and I might apply to staedelschule's film/video department which is basically free. didn't go super all out cause i didn't know if this would be good timing to go to grad school (right after COVID19). let's see though...maybe there will be an economic collapse and debt pardon because we are all in some form of debt anyways haha...more of us 99% then there are of them ? maybe i should just YOLO after this dumpster fire of a year...the amount of would incur without a merit is just absurd...i go back and forth between feeling totally disallusioned and feeling totally reckless

Hiiii! anyone here get into SAIC's FVNMA program? wondering if you were offered any financial aid/funding. i can't see that i got any in the artic login...it's just blank. don't think i got the merit or i would have heard via email/phone. still waiting on my official acceptance in the mail... given the price of tuition i feel like not offering aid to all accepted graduates is WILD. maybe i'm too optimistic. funding does depend year to year and this year was wild with covid-19 and all... gonna talk to staff/faculty real soon. just curious and thought id extend some feelers here first tho. negotiating tips/experiences for funding are welcome