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After researching programs for the last couple years, it seems UConn info is hard to come by outside of their website. I've never come across anyone involved with the place, probably because its such a small program... Maybe someone will surface

? i thought you were between UChicago and SAIC...

I vote UChicago...... but im not very impartial

awesome, PM me when you know which one!

Yes! I will most likely be there for at least one of the days - really want to meet potential classmates as classmates and not competing interviewees. Will you be there? I have not accepted yet, as I'm waiting to hear back from other programs. Anyways, I'm super excited about uchicago... I think they're going to have a large presence in the immediate trajectory of the "mfa". Have you accepted or are you waiting to hear back from Burren/CMU?

Congrats erpnope!!! Which distinction?

congrats!!! very exciting really good to know, thanks robet. where did you end up - brooklyn or nyu?

im very confused by them... on this forum, many have been accepted, many have been rejected, and many have received no word (me included). im still ASSUMING they havent notified accepted 'painters', as none have come forward, but i believe there have been people within the new genres/installation/video category that have been notified of acceptance. havent seen anyone officially waitlisted in any distinction yet...

yeeehhaawwww!!

She was. I emailed her 2 days after the interview (Friday) out of immature impatience because I was super-wooed by the program/faculty/building/campus/everything... Couldn't help it (and regretted it the whole weekend for fear it would annoy them). She got back to me the following Monday (last Monday) with the best news I could have hoped for. However, she said official word wouldn't be for at least a few days and up to a few weeks. The funding comment was pure speculation, I have no idea what their process/situation is. For all I know, they could still be deciding on a spot or two.. Seemed like a pretty impressive group of interviewees

only "semi-unofficially" because of my own initiated contact... i think theyre still working on funding or something? who knows. email alison - shes got the scoop. most of us are under the impression that the accepted painters have not been notified yet.

rutgers takes the cake for "weirdest admissions process" so far. ucla and usc are tied for "most mysterious." there was word of a possible ucla-painting acceptance on here last week, so my hopes arent too high.. but i cant say they ever were. yes! me too. seems like a pretty great fit as well im under the impression that they interview some people via phone right around this time/next week. could be wrong

received an email from rutgers and assumed it was a rejection... but it ended up being about transcripts. called to see what was going on, and apparently theyre "still notifying accepted applicants." also called ucla. "the graduate division (mfa-painting) has not notified any applicants of decisions." "the graduate division" seems like a loose term, but who knows...

? no intention to condescend - i highly respect and appreciate your posts on this forum, theyre an asset. its hard to have meaningful conversations via internet - apologies abound. i was merely confused by semantics and trying to establish some sort of framework for the terminology. i agree with your premise, but it seemed like your referring to contemporary art theory as "going back to using Modernism" was confused with what you just elaborated on in the post above.

'modernism' in the greenbergian sense relied on an essentialism that has been logically beaten to death. its principles were also exploited and brought to their fruition by minimalism (fried fought hard but lost). art that is aware of its condition and history will never be 'going back' to any such ideology. all of its aestheticisms are now accepted in the contemporary vernacular as valid, if thats what you mean... but this notion that we are once again viewing and making art as a developmental evolution working towards some self-aware transcendental apex (kantian/hegelian/greenbergian modernism) is malarky. i think were quite stuck, and probably always will be (unless the rapture comeslol or we learn how to hone time-warp), in a cycle of contextual relativism. philosophy has been out philosophized and were swimming in a pool of meaninglessness. some see this and can only conjure negativity/cynicism/etc, others see this and realize an existence without inherent meaning allows meaningFULness to be formed in whatever manner each individual sees fit. if sincerity, emotion, empathy, compassion, and honesty is what is meaningful to you, than so be it - but nothing will ever be universal, and you should probably evaluate whether or not your beliefs are held because of a sentiment of universality before you make them the core of your being. i think that is the condition of contemporary art and life, and i think it is wonderful and terrible at the exact same time. however, the only contemporary art that i know of which fits the criteria you (emoree) describe, without contradicting itself in an unaware manner, is certain forms of social practice. for example, theaster gates

the best advice ive gotten on this topic is "the nicest outfit youre comfortable wearing." im not comfortable in nice/expensive things. so i thought id probably end up looking underdressed, but it really didnt matter (and almost all 30 other interviewees were similarly "underdressed")

its also worth mentioning that those results can be misleading or non-existent. for instance, UofC's last "accepted" entry is from Feb 3rd, 2010 via email... their interviews didnt happen until a week and a half after that this year. northwestern doesnt have a single "accepted" entry. neither does usc.

ive seen much conflicting info on when i might hear from certain programs. on this thread, lets ONLY post straight, direct information that we know first-hand from the programs we've applied to - no hearsay please! this is for the sake of future applicants, as we will not much benefit from knowing after the fact. of course, this is relative to the 2013 application cycle. future applicants, be aware that these are rough timelines and are no way definitive, as some programs are fluid and might have varied timelines from year to year. that being said, if the application deadline is the same, chances are these timelines will give you a relatively accurate idea of when to expect some sort of communication and of which schools you will be required to interview with. ADD NEW PROGRAMS TO THE LIST. ONLY ADD A DUPLICATE PROGRAM IF YOUR TIMELINE WAS NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT OR IF YOU APPLIED TO A SEPARATE DISTINCTION in alphabetical order, to be updated when known - Northwestern application deadline - FEBRUARY 1st request for interview - FEBRUARY 12th on-site interview - MARCH 1st/2nd acceptance - ? rejection - ? Rutgers - PAINTING application deadline - FEBRUARY 1st acceptance - ? rejection - ? UCLA - PAINTING application deadline - JANUARY 9th acceptance - ? rejection - ? The University of Chicago application deadline - DECEMBER 15th request for interview - JANUARY 14th on-site interview - FEBRUARY 12th/13th acceptance - ? rejection - ? USC application deadline - FEBRUARY 1st acceptance - ? rejection - ? Yale - PAINTING application deadline - JANUARY 2nd request for interview - FEBRUARY 1st/2nd rejection - FEBRUARY 1st/2nd ADD YOUR PROGRAMS IF THEYRE NOT HERE YET, UPDATE WHEN KNOWN!!

these rutgers acceptances are making me nerrrrvous

This seems like a pretty ignorant question to ask on a forum full of potential graduate students in the field... Maybe this would be a more appropriate and information-gaining question: "Does the school subscribe to a particular theoretical ideology or does it simply stress intellectual pursuits over formal execution?"

thanks guys. i talked to the visual arts office. to anyone as air-headed as me in regards to rutgers: late transcripts will not effect the graduate faculty's viewing of your application, but a decision can not be made until after they are received.

wow, i suck. calling them immediately after work.

Rutgers applicants - did you send official transcripts from your undergraduate institution(s)? im using my first stretch of free time since the app was submitted to review my applications. my Rutger's 'application status' page reads: "official transcript has not been received from _______." it also reads, as a general message in a different section: "It is your responsibility to ensure that all credentials required for review are available by the deadlines as stated" - yet, it does not say anywhere that my application is 'incomplete' (as other programs make abundantly clear if you are missing required material). I could not find anywhere on their labyrinth-of-a-website telling us that official transcripts are required with the initial application (i uploaded scans via pdf).

im under the same impression. ive heard maybe a phone call if theyre unsure about you?

hey pie, the only school i know about on your list is u of chicago. dont want to be the bearer of bad news, but if you havent been contacted yet, theres probably not much hope. theyre interviewing 30 people for '8-10 spots' this week. an email or call to the program might be your best bet at this point.