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Hey everyone, I thought I'd give a wrap up here and solicit opinions now that I've heard back from (nearly) everywhere and now am just left to stress over decision making. SAIC Art and Tech - Accepted, 20% scholarship NYU ITP - Accepted, $10k scholarship (plan to decline) USC Interactive Media and Games - Accepted, not hearing back from financial aid office, plan to decline UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts and New Media- Accepted, full tuition + small stipend UC Santa Barbara Media Arts and Tech (MS) - Accepted, no word on funding yet MIT Media Lab - rejected UCLA DMA - rejected Georgia Tech Digital Media - still no word I think I'm deciding between SAIC and UCSC. I feel like SAIC has such great resources and I really like the studio model, but it's hard to pass up a fully funded program. Does anyone have opinions on UC Santa Cruz Digital Arts and New Media program? I really click with some of the faculty and looks like some impressive alumni but I get the impression that the program is less organized/established, so I'd love to hear other impressions if anyone has any . Thanks!

If anyone has applied to NYU ITP, I would check your application! I didn't receive an email but reloaded my application today and there was an update saying I had been accepted

This might be too specific, but has anyone reached out to SAIC about negotiating funding? I was accepted into their ATS department with ~20% need based funding, but their tuition is super expensive. I was accepted into another program with full funding so I was going to email and try to negotiate, but not sure who I should reach out to--the department, financial services, admissions generally? Does anyone have experience with this?