Dougie4life

I love hearing this. Thank you for sharing! Where have you decided to go and for which discipline? Congratulations

Is anyone deciding to hold off and reapply again next year? I just declined Columbia, so hopefully that opens a spot for one of you, for whom it makes more sense this year. Good luck!

Got into Cornell (Image-Text) program! Now I must decide between Cornell, USC, Columbia and RISD.

Does anyone here have opinions on USC Roski nowadays? Seems that no one on this forum has/does apply there...

Has anyone in this forum actually been accepted into UCLA programs? Haha

General question for all of us: We're now having follow-up discussions with directors after being accepted. What are you focusing on during these discussions? I'll start: - Asking what they see in my work and how I can contribute. Essentially, "Why did you choose me?" - There methodology for mentorship. - Can I sit-in on any classes or group crits. Please share

Anyone else apply/accepted to RISD photo? Seeing all other disciplines here.

That’s great! I need to set-up a call. Did you set it up with your department head, admissions, or financial aid office?

Nice! Had you already reached out to negotiate your funding? Or is this just totally random?

Which medium for RISD?

Got into RISD Photo!

Thank you! Phone call a couple weeks back, but official letter today.

Just got official acceptances from Columbia and USC today! Columbia is through the photo department for those wondering.

This is super helpful! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing. Ranking according to whom?

Anyone hear from RISD photo yet?

For those who have been admitted to more than one school - how are you weighing your decision-making apart from funding/financial packages?

Damn, and you interviewed right? Did the interview not go well? From what I've heard UCLA hardly interviews, so I thought it was more of a formality than an actual assessment. I'm sorry 😕

One thing that hasn't been said here is on critiques. It's well known that Yale uses a method that breaks students down and then builds them back up again. To me - it's a bit of a colonialist approach and often creates a certain "aesthetic." This approach isn't for everyone, especially those artists who have a clearer idea of who they are, and also many artists of color. I can't speak to RISD's critique approach. If anyone can speak to their critiques, please chime in.

Anyone interview with RISD photo? Loved speaking with faculty today.

Completely different pedagogies, no?

Did you study photo? Interviewing this week and would love to connect with some recent photo alumni or current photo students...

Anyone interview with RISD (photo) or UCLA (photo) or get an invite yet?

Which discipline did you apply through? In short, I don’t know. And I said unofficial - no letter with financial package yet

Updates: Columbia (Photo): Interviewed 2/18, Unofficial Acceptance 2/19 USC: Interviewed 2/6, Awaiting decision Cornell (Image-text): Interviewed 2/22, Awaiting decision Waiting on: RISD (photo) UCLA (photo (option 1) new genres (option 2) Questions 1. Anyone offered an interview from UCLA (photo)? 2. Anyone heard from RISD (photo)? 3. Anyone apply to USC Roski in this forum, or are people still staying away from it after the fiasco in 2016?