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Me too! definitely takes some of the pressure off...are you going to the visit day March 1?

I had an interview with the painting dept 2/1, but haven't heard anything since...my friend had an interview with them the week before I did and they told her it would be about a month before we heard, so I'm really hoping to hear next week

Thanks! I can never tell how these things went, hopefully I did alright...

Not necessarily...last year I applied to IU-Bloomington and saw on the forum people had been rejected and accepted to the program so I waited a couple more days to see if I received a letter then called the school. They told me that they had made some decisions, but were still deciding on others. I called again the next week and they still hadn't decided yet, I had to wait until the second week of April to get an official response. Also sometimes programs do more than wave of interviews depending on how they like the first group of candidates, and my friend got into Mt. Royal last year off the waiting list without being granted an interview. I know none of us wants false hope, but there's so little consistency program to program I don't think you can assume anything until you receive an official response from a program.

so far on this forum it seems like everyone that has applied to PAFA was accepted, so is it the universal MFA safety school? I had never heard of it until one of my undergraduate professors recommended it last year. Unfortunately for me so far I have only been accepted to one other MFA program (NYSS) and haven't received my funding package yet, and while PAFA may be easy to get into it's still very expensive (about 33,000 a year). They only offered me 14K in scholarship money so far, so I'd need 19,000 a year in loans just to cover my tuition let alone living expenses. I know this wouldn't be as much debt as most people going to the big name schools like SAIC, Yale and RISD, but for me it's still a lot of money. So I guess what I'd like to know is what people think: Is it worth accruing so much debt for a second tier school, or would reapplying next year be a better option? I know school's name and reputation are only a part of the equation of post-grad success, but coupled with the idea of 40k+ in loans I keep going back and forth on what my best option would be.

I called Indiana today and apparently they sent out some rejection/acceptance letters but they're still deciding on others...can't figure out if I'm happy or not about that, at this point I just want to know one way or the other...

Has anyone heard either way from Indiana's Painting program? It's the last one I'm waiting on...