paintstress

I see, thank you so much for your reply its giving me a better idea of what i should be focusing on with my remaining months before the next round. My previous portfolio was thematically consistent but medium wise was kinda all over the place, currently trying to lock in hhaha.

Heyyy i dont know if any of you are still actively checking this thread anymore but I was just wondering, for those who reapplied and got in this time (and didnt the previous round) especially to the same schools, how much of your portfolio consisted of new stuff and how much of it was the same stuff from the previous round? what did you think you did differently this time compared to last time? thank youuuuu

I got offers for around 30% funding, i feel like i could probably negotiate for higher but even then i doubt theyd raise it enough for it to be actually possible for me to go. Im considering just reapplying next year. this cycle i was so excited by the idea of going to grad school that i only really applied to really expensive name brand programs and now that things are getting real im realizing i cant actually afford it. Next year i think i'll be prioritizing funding. I'll also probably have a stronger portfolio so even if i get accepted into the same programs (which are programs that look amazing and i wish i could go this year!) hopefully i'll get more than 30%.

I just emailed SAIC about funding and found out that I was mistaken and the financial aid package was indeed sent out at the same time as offers and that I will not be receiving any funding. I also just got my offer for MICA with scholarship but not enough to make it feasible. Looks like I'll be reapplying again next year. For those who have successfully reapplied and gotten into more competitive programs, how much of your portfolio was stuff from the previous cycle and how much of it was new work? Im looking at reapplying to UCLA, Yale, Northwestern and Columbia, and applying to Hunter, CCA, UCSD, UChicago and RISD next year.

Is anyone who has been accepted or interviewed by Yale, UCLA or Northwestern painting willing to share their portfolios/ SOPs through private message? its looking more and more like im going to have to wait another year due to financial reasons 😕, and if im going to have to wait another year anyway i might as well try again for my dream programs!

congrats thats amazing, what department/medium did you apply for?

yeah that was me! i saw on the link they provided that financial aid packages go out starting march 1st, i attended the interview in person and they had a financial aid presentation after which i went to, i just took a look at my notes from that and they said at that presentation that financial aid info will be confirmed by late march/super early april latest.

yeah i looked through it but didnt see anything pertaining to financial aid, not sure if that means im not getting any, i'll probably wait a few days to see if we get any more information before emailing them about it. congrats on your acceptance! EDIT wait nvm i took a closer look at it i think theyre sending out financial aid stuff in march lol

just got accepted to saic painting and drawing too! has anyone received any information about financial aid/ merit scholarship?

still waiting too

did you email them about it or did they just send that to you? im wondering if i should just give up on hearing from them, my visa's expiring and i need to know what my options are T.T

what department did you apply for? i applied for painting and have yet to hear back

i interviewed for painting and drawing with Anne Harris and Robert Burnier It kind of went in the direction of a mini crit which i was a little surprised by but i left with really good feedback and a renewed sense of excitement to make new work after the post apps slump lol. Now that im revisiting the interview in my head i really dont know how it went because they seemed to disagree with some of the directions im going in/ choices ive made with work but i feel like i was able to explain my decisions and concepts well.

had my SAIC interview today and thought it went well but not amazingly, definitely started remembering important points i prepped for but completely forgot in the moment the second i left the interview haha. im now waiting to hear back from ucla on whether or not im getting an interview, rejcted from yale and northwestern and presumably columbia, interviewed for mica and saic.

its so over x_X