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    Congrats!! I am also probably going to RISD. I don't know much about UCLA and VCU, but one of the reasons I liked RISD over other schools is that as MFA student, you have an opportunity to come up with a syllabus and teach a course, rather than just TA. Also, I don't know if you visited them, but their facilities are amazing. They have a separate building just for MFA students, which includes a huge wood workshop. There are separate wood workshops for undergrad students and other departments (such as furniture, etc.). So you won't have to compete to use the shop like other schools.
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    Congrats!! I've been waitlisted. It's one of my top choices so I'm hoping for a slot to open up... What other schools did you apply to? - if you don't mind me asking
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    Ahhhh I'm starting to think are they not admitting any sculpture students this year?!! lol It seems unlikely that they did send out interviews and coincidentally literally noone on this forum has heard. and thank you!! and congrats on your interviews/acceptances as well!
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    Hi ~ sculpture applicant Yale, Northwestern, SAIC(interviewed) - rejected RISD, SMFA - accepted UPenn - interviewed and waiting Hunter - interviewed today Pratt - received interview invite, but I withdrew my application since I was already accepted to RISD. VCU, UCLA, MIT, Columbia - crickets... Assuming rejection for VCU, UCLA, and MIT. Did you apply to Columbia for Sculpture or Photo? I've been asking this in the MFA Freakout forum too, but it seems people heard back from Columbia for painting and photo, but noone for Sculpture|Expanded practice and it's driving me crazy ?
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    In all my interviews, my interviewers came prepared - having read my SOP and descriptions. But I've heard that they might not read everything in the selection process of choosing who to interview, since they're reviewing so many portfolios. So perhaps, they read everything after sending out the interview invites. I also wrote a lot in my descriptions too. I applied for sculpture, so I attached multiple images per piece, and my descriptions usually continue and fill up the 3-4 image descriptions for each piece. I've gotten interviews at about half the places I applied for, so I don't think it was a drawback. It may also depend on what you're putting in the descriptions. For example, I come from math/science background, and a lot of my work is inspired by mathematical concepts that are probably not common knowledge. So I used the description boxes to explain those that I can't fit in my SOP. And I made sure I'm not including any redundant information. Hope this helps!
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    I keep feeling like broken record but... anyone heard from Columbia's Sculpture program? It seems just about every other departments sent out interviews but sculpture...
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    Yeah, I was surprised to find out the day of the interview that the faculty would be simultaneously interviewing so many students. I think most of my other interviews, it was the director of the program along with some other faculty interviewing everyone. Also, SAIC by far has the biggest class size (about 20 for sculpture alone), so in a way I expected better chance than some of the more smaller programs that only admit like 5 students lol. Anyways, I'm sure you'll get some good news soon! Best of luck!
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    I also got rejection from SAIC after interview (sculpture). Which sort of came as a surprise because I felt I the interview went way better than the other schools I interviewed at, where I got acceptances from. Goes to show you never know what to expect I guess.. ?‍♀️
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    I've decided to withdraw my application from Pratt, so hopefully someone from this forum will get my spot! Good luck!
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    I actually got interview invite for Pratt integrated media earlier today. Which came as a surprise since I made a mistake when editing my SOP for Pratt and forgot to remove another school's name....and I realized my mistake after I already submitted. Perhaps they didn't ready it at all? LOL ? well if they didn't read it yet, they probably will now...
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    Sure. I was offered about half of the tuition cost for both years + 5k TA position (I think someone else on this forum mentioned this as well). Does anyone have advice on how to negotiate for more? Anyone have experience in successful negotiations in the past? Thanks!!
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    I just got an offer from RISD! I'm still waiting on other schools, but at least knowing I was accepted to one of my top choices is a huge relief. (I don't think I can bare to go through this process again) Hope everyone gets some good news soon!
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    Aw that's a shame about Columbia... almost as bad as my Pratt mistake ? But congrats on your RISD offer. I'm still waiting to hear back after my interview ( I applied for sculpture). I don't think I've seen anyone post getting an offer after interviewing with the Sculpture department - so I'm holding out hope. Has anyone heard from RISD after interviewing with sculpture?
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    I'm in the same boat.. just waiting. I know this year they combined Sculpture and New Genre into 1 department (and in the past those 2 departments sent interview invites on different days) so I wonder if that may also affect the time line. Also in the past I noticed people talking about the 'MFA' being taken off the slideroom title if you were rejected prior to interview? But noone in last year's forum mentioned this, so I wonder if that information is still valid. Has anyone noticed this?
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    Wow congrats!! Can I ask when did you interview with SAIC? and what department? I just interviewed with them this past weekend for sculpture, so that seems awfully quick, as I was told to expect a decision by March 1.
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    Thank you! I'm sorry to hear that. I know - every rejection is like soul crushing ? I don't know if I know enough to advise you - as it's only my first time applying as well. I do think for MIT, your concepts and/or process probably should concern dealing with technology in our current world or involve tech related media as part of your methodology. For columbia, the school just also has a sound art department. And I think once your in the program, you share a lot of the classes with the sound art students, but they have a separate application process. So no, as a visual artist, you're not expected to do something with sound.
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    It's obviously a very prestigious school and I like that you can cross register at Brown + they let the students propose and teach a course, not just TA for a professor. Also, I used to live in Providence for a few years so I really like the city and have friends there. I also really liked the professors' works and felt like they dealt with a lot of the same concerns that I do in my own works. I did notice that a lot of them graduated from Columbia or VCU though lol
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    hmm I interviewed for sculpture and they had like an info session in the morning before the interviews. It's pretty standard/same as other schools - fill out your fafsa. That's pretty much it. And they said don't bother asking your interviewers about scholarships since the admission has no bearing on that. Haha no worries.. I laughed too ? good thing I applied to 11 more schools LOL It's my first time applying but I've been preparing to apply for a number of years so I wanted to make sure I'll never have to do it again.. hopefully. RISD interview was.. alright I think. It was one of my earlier interviews so I was super nervous and wasn't as articulate as I would like. I also realized in hindsight I kind of misheard one of their questions and didn't answer what they were asking fully. Not totally inaccurate, but also kind of missed the target if you know what I mean. And no one corrected me and they just moved onto the next question. It was also slightly more intimidating than all the other interviews because there were 5 people interviewing me at the same time. What about you?
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    I interviewed with RISD's Sculpture department on Wednesday. I got the invite on Feb 1 and had choices of time slots on Feb 9 and Feb 14. I'm not aware if RISD does multiple rounds of interviews. In total there were about 20 different time slots to choose from, so I'm guessing that means they're interviewing 20 people.
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    Also I thought I would share my status so far: Yale - rejected Northwestern - rejected Tufts(SMFA) - interviewed UPenn - interviewed RISD - interviewed SAIC - interviewed Waiting on: Columbia, Hunter, MIT, VCU, Pratt, UCLA I'm assuming rejection from VCU and UCLA - as I've seen people have already received interview invites. Also, assuming rejection from Pratt. I realized after I clicked submit that my essay had another school's name... ? I think Columbia should come out next week, but I'm not so sure on Hunter and MIT. Has anyone heard from these?
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    I already had my interview with SAIC yesterday. I think the dates may be different per department. I really enjoyed their interview process of having a whole weekend full of activities where I got to meet and talk to the faculty and current students prior to my scheduled interview. I was actually chatting with my interviewers during the lunch time Q&A and my interview was right after, so it just felt like an extension of our conversation, which was great. The only downside is maybe at the end of interview when they asked if I had any questions, I had run out of things to ask lol. I asked like a dozen questions to the faculty as well as the students prior to the interview already. Hope your interview went well!!
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    Thank you for such a thoughtful insight! I will definitely keep your advice in mind should I end up reapplying next year.
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    Just a random curiosity as first-time applicant, as I'm considering if I may need to apply again next year... If you're applying to the same schools more than once, do they acknowledge your previous year's applications? Especially if you've also interviewed in the past, does that ever come up? And say if you were accepted and for whatever reason declined the offer and then reapply next year, I wonder how the admission looks at that.
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    It seems a bit random. So far, based on the interviews/rejections I've received so far, I don't see any correlation between due date and when they reach out. For example, I heard back from SMFA the fastest, despite their application due date being Jan 15, before hearing from any of the other schools that had earlier deadlines.
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    I did apply before Jan 15, so it seems they likely took a pass on me. Regardless, thank you for the info! Trying to remain hopeful
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