Kelly Anna Yllek

Having been contacted so soon after applying has its draw backs of knowing I still won't hear if I'm accepted or not until another month+ from now.

Oh no! It was 30 minute call, it was just a few hours ago. I am just very exhausted from just sitting at work. Breathing is a chore. I only applied to UO but to two different programs. I really fell in love with the school when I visited. I honestly don't want to be anywhere else so I didn't bother to apply anywhere else this year. This may or may not be a bad idea come April 15th.

Was so exhausted having to talk for my phone interview, I felt it went poorly but I know that is just because of sickness. After the initial chitchat, I had visited in the fall so I was remembered (!), I was asked how my process from concept to final product happens. My work as a final piece is a textile even though I am a photographer, so why I do that at all was asked next. Its a bit of a blur now, a few hours passed, I was asked how would I place myself categorically in the contemporary art world and what my influences are. The latter sounded more like asking me if I knew my art history, which parts of my SOP had already wrote out so it was kinda simple rehashing of it.

Yay interview today. I have the time slot scheduled off as a break from work, time zones mean the interview time is during my lunch break while its in their morning. I just got over the flu and should be good to go for talking about how great I am.... 'cept I now have pneumonia. Such great things happening for me and I am as weak as a kitten. Thank God its phone interview. I can hardly move from my chair.

Ahhhhh invited to phone interview for Friday. Its only been a week since I submitted the app. It was awhile before they got to interview part last year. Was I like third string last year and first pick this year? My friends keep comparing it to football drafts but I don't really understand it.

Finished my GREs for my non-art applications yesterday, and my mfa app on Sunday. Now the wait begins.

Extremely panicked. I have tried and failed the last two years, but third time's the charm right? I believe I have all my ducks in a row and am working my ass off trying to be the most stellar applicant I can be. Working full time, taking two grad classes part time after work, doing as many publications and shows as I can get my work into for the last year - I started up a second internship my town to get more archival/art restoration experience. Granted, I have been running myself to exhaustion some days but I know this persistence will be worth it. I made the mistake of not going to an in person interview and am going to rectify that by meeting with my POI in November for one of the school events. I'm afraid if all the work I am doing amounts in another rejection year I will be severely depressed.

Would it be worth it to attend more than one of them? Or is it all the same people at each event?

Status for all my waitlists is just in limbo of 'pending's. Being proactive and signed up for art history grad classes at my undergrad uni, even if it doesn't transfer it'll be something to show that hey grad schools, I'm not a slacker please let me in!

More discussion with UO. This has to be good news, they can't want to talk to me about the program more if they didn't want me in. Right? Trying to not be pessimistic...

For rejections I just accepted it and moved on, for waitlists or holds I asked for more information to see what I was lacking to not be accepted. Rejected outright usually said don't contact in the notice.

Follow up interview next week for my waitlist position to hopefully become more at UO. UW asked for an updated resume, thankfully I have actual updates since I submitted it last fall.

Depends on the program I'd say, I saw a few people on here say they were accepted off the waitlist sometimes weeks before classes began. I was told I had to accept being on the waitlist before the 15th for UW and for UO it was two weeks after being sent a letter in the mail to officially sign up for waitlisting.

Two waitlists now, Only thing keeping me sane is its better than outright rejection

You just haven't found a program that fits with your work. I keep making that mistake, this year and last. Try to find schools that have professors with similar styles or genres with you, you'll find something!

I had two emails and a letter, the letter was received a week after the emails. They phrased it as 'alternate' rather than 'waitlist' though. If that makes any difference.

Yes! I read this repeatedly when I got the soulcrushing news of waitlistness. I don't know how many others were given on the list, I do know 15 were accepted for all of the department. Hopefully someone gets better luck elsewhere and lets me go to my dream school

Thank you for the advice, I am very glad for this resource here as such a community for information sharing. I know I'll need to be good and wait. I have now set my calendar on to alert me two weeks before the 15th of April so I can be prepared if I haven't heard back yet. Hah. Like I won't be staring at the calendar regardless. This is the most awesome link. My waitlist school is on there. I received a paper letter yesterday with my waitlist status. I take that as being officially waitlisted, fancy paper and everything. I feel better about myself at least that I was almost good enough for being accepted anywhere

I just was wondering about if there was already a waitlist thread! I'm waitlisted at my #1 choice, just ... sitting in limbo. It's been rough, I just wanna know yes or no so I can either go find a place in the college's town or am I still working at my current job now where I live. I want to plan any vacation time accordingly one way or the other.

I have some waitlist questions maybe someone can help with? I already emailed the department head and the person that interviewed me that I was still very much interested, asked what I could improve upon or what I was missing for not being accepted but almost there in waiting limbo. Received the message back of nothing was wrong, just other people were better fit but I shouldn't count myself out yet. No real word on when abouts I will know and I'm not sure how to ask 'how long?!' I do know its a very short wait list and very few people accepted. How often should I send reminder messages to be like 'hey I'm still here! I want you!'? I know its a lot of waiting for an answer but I don't want to be silently waiting, that seems like it'd be detrimental to my hopeful acceptance.

It's my last art application I need to hear back from before I throw my hat into my one waitlisted option. Being until the end of March sounds just unacceptably late since final decisions are April 15th.

Anyone heard anything from University of Washington, Seattle, yet? I am so impatient now.

Ah, received a letter rejection today from Columbia Chicago. Oh well. Better to know than not know.

Yeah, I am just a huge pessimist and would rather be happily surprised if it's not a rejection than get my hopes up for it. I've had tons of good non-school news lately and just meh to bad school news. Waiting is the worst part of the application process.