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i'd recommend reaching out to the chair of your program to clarify! i had a similar thing happen with two of my schools, where the official offer letter only had scholarship information, but my full offer actually included a TAship as well. so, once i reached out to the respective chairs, they were able to tell me the scope of what was included in my package. hope this helps!
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heard back from my last school today, so i wanted to give my wrap up: BU (visual narrative): accepted 2/19 with 40% merit scholarship SAIC (comics): accepted 2/ with 50% scholarship (pritzer graduate 50% fellowship) WashU St Louis (illustration + visual culture): accepted 3/2 with sam fox ambassadors fellowship (100% tuition scholarship + small travel stipend) overall super happy with my results (even if i'm slightly sad i didn't get the fellowship WashU has that offers a stipend..but again, so grateful for what i got). i'm gonna mull it over to make sure, but most likely i'll be moving to st louis in the fall :-) good luck everyone still waiting to hear back!!! it only takes one yes! o7
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aw yay, congrats!! i unfortunately can't go to the accepted students day because of another event i'm signed up to table at, but i'd love to connect--feel free to send me a PM!
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i think part of it is that SAIC is an art school who doesn't guarantee funding (or really scholarships of any kind) to their prospective students--they're just interesting in getting people in. (now that's obviously not to say that there isn't rigor involved both in the vetting of applicants or in the quality of the education you'd get there...but they do need X amount of students to pay tuition in order to keep everything operating). i applied to SAIC for a different MFA (for comics--i like keeping up in both the threads), and i had an interview and had the head of the department call me, but a.) i had been chosen for a merit scholarship, and b.) i think it really depends department to department. compared to say, a research institution with an english department, i have to imagine that the size of the creative writing department at SAIC is a bit smaller. all this being said though, i would totally reach out to the head of the department to set up some kind of call/zoom meeting, just to get a sense of the program a bit more. i think it's understandable to have some warning signs going up, but hopefully talking to them would give you a better clue on what decision to make. good luck!
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i had my interview with washU IVC on january 28th (they had reached out to me on monday the 26th) and i just got a phone call this afternoon from john hendrix with "really good news" but i didn't see it when he was calling, so i called and left a message and am waiting to hear back (ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜). they had told me in the interview that they'd be releasing all their decisions on march 1st i believe (that's the impression i got--could be wrong). not sure what that says, but i'm wishing you the best of luck too!!
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for me, when i open the decision letter in the SAIC grad portal, i can scroll down and see the scholarship letter under the decision (though, it doesn't look like it's including any FAFSA-related stuff?). you could also reach out to the grad admissions office if you want to double check though
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just got a call from the comics chair at SAIC and they said i was accepted with a 50% merit scholarship!! (specifically for their comics MFA). waiting until march 1st to see what my offer's like from washU (ivc)... hoping to negotiate with SAIC further since i've had a really great experience thru the interview so far, and chicago seems awesome...but the price tag is still too much for sure 😅ðŸ˜
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its also my first cycle, but from what i've read in forums from previous years is that it's definitely possible to negotiate your offer, particularly if you get a stronger offer from another school with more funding...but, whether or not they can actually give you more funding is another story. think it's worth asking either way, even if the conclusion is "sorry, this is the best we can do". (i also think best practice is to negotiate before accepting the offer--you can express your interest in the program while negotiating, but i'd imagine its more persuasive to ask for more funding before agreeing to their original offer). again, haven't done it yet myself, so this is just based on what i've seen other people say haha
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i had my interview on february 9th! they told me i'd hear back "in the next few weeks" (with march 15 as a hard deadline on their end), so i was not expecting to hear back so quickly LOL
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just got notified via email that i got into BU (visual narrative) with a 40% merit scholarship! i think unfortunately with the cost (even with the scholarship) and the program itself, i most likely won't be accepting...but soothing to know i got in somewhere i guess haha. i'm assuming that all the departments have different timelines so, can only speak for my own experience
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you'll wanna check out the forum topic for the creative writing MFAs--this one is for visual/studio art MFA programs! (also best of luck!!)
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have my last two interviews today (BU - visual narrative and SAIC - comics), and then it'll be back to the full freakout waiting to hear back from all three of my schools 😓 happy that i've gotten interviews with all of them but we'll see how the financial aid turns out i guess 😠good luck everyone!!!
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just got an interview request for SAIC (comics)! delivered via ominous email saying there was an update to my portal LOL
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just got an interview request for boston university (visual narrative, specifically)! the interviews slots were for the week of february 9th
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congrats, i hope those interviews go well!! just out of curiosity, what strategic changes did you make between your UC Davis application last year and this year that you think made a difference? :^)