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The Williams interview is optional. They conduct them during January, and you have to request whether or not you'd like one. I'm on the fence. Williams is my first choice, and I want to show them that I'm interested and dedicated to the program. I feel like requesting an interview might give me an edge in that respect. But I'm located a good distance away from Williamstown, so the interview would be over the phone. I interview well in person, but all of my phone interviews thus far have been less than stellar. Should I request one? Has anyone here had any experience with the interviews? Who conducts them? Is it your POI? Any advice or information would be appreciated.

Ok, so I'm appliyng to five masters programs this year. I asked for recommendations from my three recommenders, all of whom are great and know me well. Two agreed with no problems. But the third one has always been a bit flakey -- she's an academic chair, so she's busy -- and she requested that I sign up for Interfolio so she can submit her recommendation that way. Does anyone have any experience with Interfolio or similar services? Can acceptance committees tell if something has been submitted via Interfolio? Would it reflect negatively on me or my application? The reason I ask these questions is because four of the five schools to which I'm applying have their own online submission systems for recommenders. A few of these online forms have short, additional questions about the applicant to be answered by the recommender, like, "Please compare the applicant's academic ability with that of other students..." for which they can select that the applicant was in the "Top 2%" or "Top 5%" or "Top 20%" of students taught by them, etc. With Interfolio, my recommender won't be able to answer these short questions. In any case, it's sort of painful because the service costs $20 a year, and electronic submission costs $6 per school. And my fifth school is old school, and requires a physical letter to be mailed physically; printed on stationary, sealed, and signed by the recommender across the seal. That's not going to happen with Interfolio. So, how do I broach these concerns with my recommender, if at all?

Thanks for the advice. I contacted the internship coordinator and she's already answered a lot of the questions I had -- I was worried that as an administrative intern I wouldn't be able to give gallery tours, etc, but I was wrong. I ultimately want to go into curatorial work, so I'm definitely going to accept the internship. Thanks!

Sorry to resurrect this rather dead topic, but I'm really struggling with my decision to accept the Met internship I was offered. I applied to the Modern and Photography departments, and outlined that I would be interested in other departments if these weren't available. I have lots of experience--three collaborative exhibitions, an exhibition I organized on my own, a yearlong internship with a respected curator of modern and contemporary art, and a short stint at a well respected museum of contemporary art. My interview went great, and I was really excited for everything, but now that my paperwork has arrived I see that I've been accepted as an intern in the communications department. I am really grateful to have been considered at all, and I don't want to be whiny, but I have no experience in communications--I'm not even sure what it is. I just don't know if it'll be helpful to me at all. I'm graduating from undergrad this year with the intention of applying to grad school this fall. I'm just concerned that something like a communications internship may hurt me when it's so far removed from what I'm interested in. Sorry if this is ranty and bratty--I just want some general guidance.

Hey everyone! I received an email at 5:58 pm today informing me as to my status as a finalist! I think they're still letting people know, so stay hopeful, etc. Good luck to everyone!

Hey, everyone. I'm new to the forums and I thought I'd post because I'm in exactly the same boat. I'm a graduating senior who applied for the Photography and Modern Art departments, and I haven't heard back for the interviews either. Good luck to everyone!