bartholomew

jenmariepainter...it's bad luck...if getting an mfa meant in any way that one would become a great artist, then our world would be overflowing with great artists given the number of people that have earned mfa's over the years; but it's not the case. There are incredibly few truly great artists relative the overall number of people who make art or have made art. For as many great artists who exist that have mfa's there are far more who don't. That's not to say that getting an mfa hurts one's art; I'm just saying that it's not a degree or a program that produces a great artist. Hang in there. Stay positive about your self and work. Take a breath. Let some time pass and then reevaluate how you want to proceed. It's always impossible to make decisions after a heated battle like this horrible application process. No matter what. Whatever you do, school, no school, keep making work, that's where the goodness is. Also, as an aside, if you are interested there is a school in San Francisco called the Academy of Art University that offers an MFA degree, one can apply at any time of the year and they accept just about everyone. Might be worth checking into...with government loans and studio space it might better allow you to keep making work.

Another update got smoked by UCLA via email today... Anyone heard anything out of NYU or SVA? Painting/Drawing Parsons--> Accepted by phone 3/10 American --> Accepted by phone 3/3 Hunter --> Rejected, dominated, disgraced by email 2/26 Columbia --> Rejected, Humiliated, Lit Up, Spandangled, Wang-Chunged in writing 3/13 UCLA --> Rejected, bamboozled, torched, posterized, by email 3/14 SVA --> nada NYU --> y nada

Just an update got housed in writing from Columbia today... Painting/Drawing Parsons--> Accepted by phone 3/10 American --> Accepted by phone 3/3 Hunter --> Rejected, dominated, disgraced by email 2/26 Columbia --> Rejected, Humiliated, Lit Up, Spandangled, Wang-Chunged in writing 3/13 UCLA --> nada SVA --> nada NYU --> y nada

Painting/Drawing Parsons--> Accepted by phone 3/10 American --> Accepted by phone 3/3 Hunter --> Rejected, dominated, disgraced by email 2/26 Columbia --> nada UCLA --> nada SVA --> nada NYU --> y nada

u can check your parsons status at www.newschool.edu/alvin/appstatus.htm