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Here's an update- SAIC- rejection letter 2/23/09 PAFA- acceptance letter 2/23/09

My update is really a non-update. The only thing I've heard from anybody is the interview I already had scheduled for SMFA Boston. Most schools web sites say they will mail something one way or the other, so I'm still hopeful. And impatient.

i don't know what is up with U of Chi, i've not heard anything. they had the earliest deadline(dec.15) out of the schools i applied to, but still no word. not good news to hear others have been accepted. some schools will not send rejection letters, you'll just never hear anything from them.

Please list the focus of the degree applied for( i.e. painting, textiles...) and the area in which you live( sate, or country if not US). Then list the schools applied to and what response, if any, you have received. This will help all of us impossibly impatient people gage if we should be expecting a response or if no response yet is our response. good luck and remember to update your responses as you find out Texas- MFA painting/drawing RISD, rejected 3/16/09 SAIC, rejected 2/17/09 Cranbrook, rejected 3/13/09 MICA, none Columbia, rejected 3/13/09 Tyler, rejected 3/13/09 Pratt, rejected 3/10/09 Parsons, wait listed 3/16/09 MassArt, rejected 3/2/09 NYU Steinhardt, rejected 3/16/09 SMFA, accepted 3/8/09 Cornell, rejected 3/23/09 BU, rejected 3/23/09 PAFA, accepted 2/26/09 U of Chi, rejected 2/26/09

well, SAIC has my app. also. i'm betting that school will have enough apps. to keep them busy the full 8 weeks and do not expect to hear from them until late march( and i'm not sure if they send "sorry, maybe next year" letters). there is an agreed upon latest date for accepting(april 15?) so don't let the early acceptance schools bully you into a decision. i think you can judge your expectations on the app. deadlines. Earlier the dealine, earlier the acceptance/interview letters will come. also, if the program requires an interview, the invite for interviews will come quicker than schools just sending final replies. SMFA, boston, has already sent interview invites.i also applied to columbia and have not heard anything yet. there is a thread from last spring that has some useful " what are they going to ask" answers.