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thanks for that info!!

Thanks for the info OliviaKate.... that's what I thought! Was confused by everyone saying about the waiting with the two more months, etc. I'll be counting down until April not January....... with the continuing deficit issues I am horribly worried about State Department funding cuts..... (not to make everyone panic, but there is a lot of bad news going around that I didn't see mentioned here) Just one article I could find quickly: http://www.thehoya.com/news/fulbright-funding-could-decrease-1.2687838#.TtMmtkpivUk .... I heard it from my Fulbright rep first. This article from Georgetown says the next info from the House about funding will be known in 6-7 weeks (and the article was three weeks ago) Anyway, I applied for a creative Fulbright to Iceland! I read about your idea for a creative one to Italy, and it sounds fabulous. I was just there last winter at a residency.

Do we actually find out in two more months or just find out if our application has been passed on to the country we applied to as a finalist? I thought we don't find out until much later (correct me if I am wrong!).

Hey everyone- not to spam, but I just thought I would suggest checking out the University of Pennsylvania's program (PennDesign). I am a current second year MFA student there (on GradCafe because I am applying for PHD programs now, but wanted to pop my head into the MFA discussions here). The program is technically interdisciplinary, but I think with a lot of the more photo-installation and photo-sculpture work that is happening now, (as well as photographers transitioning into video with dSLRs) there is a lot of great opportunities to branch out with your artistic practice or just keep it traditional photo. Its really a program that is transitioning in a big way (it got rid of its disciplines last year when I was a first year), so with all of the big changes I just thought I would give you all some info about the program. Just a couple of great things: Nancy Davenport was just appointed as a tenure-track Photography professor in the graduate program and she is a very interesting artist as well as a fabulous teacher. We have amazing senior graduate critics like Charlotte Cotton, Carlos Basualdo, Yasmil Raymond, Nina Katchadourian and have had past visiting artist like Mary Ellen Mark, An My Le, and Alec Soth. In the spring Moyra Davey is coming. There is also an every-other-year spring photo class offered that goes somewhere international (last year it was Mumbai, two years before it was Beijing). Almost all students who want to get the opportunity to TA for undergraduate courses. And there is great residencies and opportunities paid for by the university (Lugo Land Residency in Italy, Netherlands residency, Vermont Studio School, and Skowhegan). We are also in the process of getting a brand new digital photo lab/studio. I looked at a lot of similar schools to many you are listing but decided I wanted to have a more interdisciplinary dialogue and have found the atmosphere to be really exciting. Anyway, if anyone has any questions feel free to let me know, I'd be happy to answer them-- about Penn or just general applications/final reviews/loans/etc. Good luck!