greeeen Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 * Copied the title from this thread, because couldn't come up with a better one myself to describe whatever this eclectic grad program should be categorized as. Except this thread will focus on applicants for Fall 2021--I'd love to find a community of people in the same boat as me and share application experiences. There's a lot of crazy things happening out there right now, and it's been helpful to just have something structured in my life to prepare for, as overly optimistic as that may sound. If this thread gains traction, let's start a Slack group! I'd love to chat and share our experiences! About myself--I'm currently working as a SWE in San Francisco, after graduating from UCSC 2 years ago. I love creative coding and UX design, and am planning to apply for NYU ITP, Parson's DT, Carnegie-Mellon MHCI, Aalto A&D MA, and Art Center MDP. Some career plans I had got sidetracked due to COVID-19, but I'm grateful that I'm still in a good place, and am currently readjusting those plans as well as loosely following a timeline I made for myself for the applications. What does your timeline look like, if you have one? What questions about the app do you have? I'd love to hear from you and discuss! Shruthi23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorado Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Hi greeeen, so weird, I've got the same background as you. Been a SWE in SF for 5 years, came from SJSU CS. Been wanting to branch out from traditional SWE job and have always been interested in UX/UI design. Quarantine may be a blessing because it actually gives me time to work on apps/portfolio ?. Was planning on applying to Parsons DT, Pratt IXD, SVA ID. Apps due in Dec/Jan so I'm trying to work on it slowly to not get overwhelmed. It's been tough though, deciding which programs to apply for because everything sounds so similar. I'm really concerned about applying to programs that require coding classes (because I already know that stuff) and/or basically not teaching you anything (my experience with SJSU). These schools just cost so much money. I'm not even really that concerned about guaranteeing me a job afterwards, I just wanna make sure they are insightful and challenging. Any concerns with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeeen Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 On 7/24/2020 at 12:21 AM, rorado said: Hi greeeen, so weird, I've got the same background as you. Been a SWE in SF for 5 years, came from SJSU CS. Been wanting to branch out from traditional SWE job and have always been interested in UX/UI design. Quarantine may be a blessing because it actually gives me time to work on apps/portfolio ?. Was planning on applying to Parsons DT, Pratt IXD, SVA ID. Apps due in Dec/Jan so I'm trying to work on it slowly to not get overwhelmed. It's been tough though, deciding which programs to apply for because everything sounds so similar. I'm really concerned about applying to programs that require coding classes (because I already know that stuff) and/or basically not teaching you anything (my experience with SJSU). These schools just cost so much money. I'm not even really that concerned about guaranteeing me a job afterwards, I just wanna make sure they are insightful and challenging. Any concerns with you? Hi rorado--that's awesome!! I'm glad to find someone in the same boat as me. Yeah, I've had the same issue when researching which programs to apply to, because some programs may be more design- and others more tech-focused. Sorry to hear about your experience with SJSU though. I've heard good things about ITP, I don't know if you're considering it, but if you're interested, this podcast (though it's from 2016) helped me gain a lot of insight into the types of people that applied and what they typically seek in a program like the ones we are applying for. I definitely feel you on the hope of finding something that is insightful and challenging after the program. I'd love to talk with ya more if you want a buddy to keep you accountable, because I could benefit from it as well, so let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorado Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 12 hours ago, greeeen said: Hi rorado--that's awesome!! I'm glad to find someone in the same boat as me. Yeah, I've had the same issue when researching which programs to apply to, because some programs may be more design- and others more tech-focused. Sorry to hear about your experience with SJSU though. I've heard good things about ITP, I don't know if you're considering it, but if you're interested, this podcast (though it's from 2016) helped me gain a lot of insight into the types of people that applied and what they typically seek in a program like the ones we are applying for. I definitely feel you on the hope of finding something that is insightful and challenging after the program. I'd love to talk with ya more if you want a buddy to keep you accountable, because I could benefit from it as well, so let me know! Thanks for directing me to the ITP podcast! I did look into that program, but it seemed much more expensive than the other programs and I thought it might have been too focused on hardware. But those were just assumptions, so I should try and do some more research. And yes, I'd totally love to connect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentvenus Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 On 7/20/2020 at 7:23 AM, greeeen said: * Copied the title from this thread, because couldn't come up with a better one myself to describe whatever this eclectic grad program should be categorized as. Except this thread will focus on applicants for Fall 2021--I'd love to find a community of people in the same boat as me and share application experiences. There's a lot of crazy things happening out there right now, and it's been helpful to just have something structured in my life to prepare for, as overly optimistic as that may sound. If this thread gains traction, let's start a Slack group! I'd love to chat and share our experiences! About myself--I'm currently working as a SWE in San Francisco, after graduating from UCSC 2 years ago. I love creative coding and UX design, and am planning to apply for NYU ITP, Parson's DT, Carnegie-Mellon MHCI, Aalto A&D MA, and Art Center MDP. Some career plans I had got sidetracked due to COVID-19, but I'm grateful that I'm still in a good place, and am currently readjusting those plans as well as loosely following a timeline I made for myself for the applications. What does your timeline look like, if you have one? What questions about the app do you have? I'd love to hear from you and discuss! thanks for the sharing, COVID 19 has led to so many disruptions in many aspects of our lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentvenus Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeeen Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 @gentvenus@lazzyshivam I can start a discord or slack channel if you all would prefer to chat there lazzyshivam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentvenus Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 That would be cool! Haven't tried slack before actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shruthi23 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 On 9/29/2020 at 9:43 AM, greeeen said: @gentvenus@lazzyshivam I can start a discord or slack channel if you all would prefer to chat there Would love to join the channel if you do end up making one! I applied to a bunch of programs this year and was supposed to start my masters right about now. But I have had to put my plans on hold :3 I got into a bunch of programs but was only able to defer one of my acceptances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentvenus Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 On 10/9/2020 at 4:00 PM, Shruthi23 said: Would love to join the channel if you do end up making one! I applied to a bunch of programs this year and was supposed to start my masters right about now. But I have had to put my plans on hold :3 I got into a bunch of programs but was only able to defer one of my acceptances Oh what about the other acceptances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shruthi23 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 6 hours ago, gentvenus said: Oh what about the other acceptances? So a lot of colleges didn't let students defer this year, because I think a lot of people were trying to defer and they were worried about losing students. So it was either take up the online session this fall or just reapply in 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeeen Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/9/2020 at 7:00 AM, Shruthi23 said: Would love to join the channel if you do end up making one! I applied to a bunch of programs this year and was supposed to start my masters right about now. But I have had to put my plans on hold :3 I got into a bunch of programs but was only able to defer one of my acceptances Hiya! I'll start one now, and anyone can feel free to join https://discord.gg/EZZsa5 I'd at least be more active to reply and chat with everyone here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylpp Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Does anyone hear anything from Berkeley Mdes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xql Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 21 minutes ago, ylpp said: Does anyone hear anything from Berkeley Mdes? I applied for Berkeley MDes as well. No update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylpp Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 41 minutes ago, xql said: I applied for Berkeley MDes as well. No update. Fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachaLatte Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 1/27/2021 at 5:05 PM, ylpp said: Does anyone hear anything from Berkeley Mdes? I got an interview from Mdes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudialyp Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 On 2/17/2021 at 11:10 PM, MachaLatte said: I got an interview from Mdes Have you heard anything from Berkeley Mdes after the interview? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachaLatte Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Cloudialyp said: Have you heard anything from Berkeley Mdes after the interview? ? No I haven't. How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeeen Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 I've heard from ArtCenter MDP for an interview, if anyone's interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudialyp Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 15 hours ago, MachaLatte said: No I haven't. How about you? I haven't either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xql Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Does anyone received updates from Berkeley MDes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachaLatte Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/21/2021 at 4:07 PM, xql said: Does anyone received updates from Berkeley MDes? I did, I got in! They sent me an email yesterday around 12:30pm. And luckily, I was admitted and got a $20,000 scholar award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensen111 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 10 hours ago, MachaLatte said: I did, I got in! They sent me an email yesterday around 12:30pm. And luckily, I was admitted and got a $20,000 scholar award. Hey. I also got the offer but not much scholar award like you. Would you accept this offer or choose another one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachaLatte Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 9 hours ago, sensen111 said: Hey. I also got the offer but not much scholar award like you. Would you accept this offer or choose another one? I‘m still waiting for Harvard, MIT, Columbia and CMU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkdivkv Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Hi, is there anyone who had an interview and has not heard anything from them since then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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