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I am still waiting on UIC. I'm sorry to hear about your letter. When did you receive notice?

I have a BA with an undeclared major (studied art and music). I applied to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's MFA two years ago. They admitted me as a "prior degree student" into their BFA program. It really didn't make sense. For the same amount of money, I got my MA in a year and a half and re-applied to MFA programs for this year. I was accepted to NIU and I'm still awaiting a response from two other schools. Hopefully I'll get in somewhere.

Thanks for all the input here. It really helps. This will be my second time attempting to get into an MFA program. After the first batch of rejections, I decided to get my MA first. The reason being is that I thought it would allow me to build a stronger portfolio before applying to an MFA program. When I interviewed for my MA, it wasn't really an interview. The advisor asked me why I was there and then berated my work for 45 minutes. It really wasn't accomplishing much, he just wanted to see how I would defend my work. I'm assuming this may be the case when I interview for some MFA programs, that they'll want to see how you defend your work.