I've read many of the other posts on the subject of getting completely shut out for the application season, but I've hit rock bottom with it. I graduate in three days cum laude with an MFA. I have a 3.85 in Art History courses (24 credits worth), several of which have been at the grad level. The director of my program wrote one of my LOR. I'm a published artist, I've won awards. But apparently I'm not good enough for grad school. I got completely shut out. My only hope is that I get accepted into the post bac program at my alma mater. How do I even go about re-applying? Is it even worth it? I'll be adding an internship at a major museum to my resume, and hopefully another year of school. But is that enough to make me worth looking over again? I've already written a completely new writing sample and had one of my art history professors proof it and work with me on it.
But my biggest question is: is there hope? I hardly know anyone who even has a job after graduation related to their major. I only know one person who got into grad school. I've always thought art history is what I want to do with my life, but I'm beginning to lose hope.
I'm also apparently horribly unlucky. I received an informal acceptance letter from my top choice, only to get a letter a few days later rejecting me. I also had my application lost by my back up school, and it didn't get forwarded to the department until after they had filled all of the spots in the program.