MFA 2021 Freak Out Forum

[mfaer]

I received a request to interview from UCI yesterday. Have yet to hear from Yale, Bard, Columbia and RISD.

Good luck to everyone.

[bearwallow]

1 hour ago, LaineyGrace said:

Did anyone here apply to the University of Texas at Austin? Anyone hear from them yet? 

I applied for Studio Art/Sculpture and haven't heard anything...website says they'll conduct interviews by mid February though! 

[LaineyGrace]

Just now, bearwallow said:

I applied for Studio Art/Sculpture and haven't heard anything...website says they'll conduct interviews by mid February though! 

ok cool, I guess i'll keep hoping! wishing you the best of luck! 

[bearwallow]

1 minute ago, LaineyGrace said:

ok cool, I guess i'll keep hoping! wishing you the best of luck! 

yeah sheesh! Me too! Good luck to you as well ? 

[CheesyClay]

I've interviewed at Ohio State University, Umass Dartmouth, Arizona State and Uni Minnesota for Ceramics. Im still waiting to hear from a few places, but their deadlines where later. Just got accepted to OSU and UMD. Anyone else been accepted anywhere yet/apply for ceramics? 

Edited January 29, 2021 by CheesyClay

[Clayyy]

1 hour ago, CheesyClay said:

I've interviewed at Ohio State University, Umass Dartmouth, Arizona State and Uni Minnesota for Ceramics. Im still waiting to hear from a few places, but their deadlines where later. Just got accepted to OSU and UMD. Anyone else been accepted anywhere yet/apply for ceramics? 

 I also applied for ceramics. I m waiting to hear from Risd, saic, cca, rit. Congrats with your acceptance to OSU and UMD!!

What else did you apply? 

Edited January 29, 2021 by Clayyy

[CIWWX]

Has anyone heard from Columbia or Hunter? 

[CheesyClay]

6 hours ago, Clayyy said:

 I also applied for ceramics. I m waiting to hear from Risd, saic, cca, rit. Congrats with your acceptance to OSU and UMD!!

What else did you apply? 

I also applied to University of Iowa, Southern Illinois Carbondale, New Paltz and Alfred. Good luck to you on hearing back from schools/interviews!

[SpillToBuilt]

Anyone know of MFA programs accepting a smaller cohort this year? (Whether it be due to decreased funding or giving their current cohort an extra year of funding.)

[AidaLizard]

On 1/27/2021 at 2:48 PM, bearwallow said:

Hey guys,

Have been reading this forum for a few months and not stated schools, but there were other sculpture applicants asking today so these are mine: 

Yale- Sculpture 

RISD- Sculpture 

MICA- Mount Royal Interdisciplinary 

Tulane- Studio Art

UT Austin- Studio Art/Sculpture 

Haven't heard anything back yet!! Good luck to all ?❤️ 

Hi I applied to

Yale-Sculpture

Alfred- Sculpture

VCU- Sculpture

UT Austin- Sculpture (I had an interview last Sunday and it went great but I still have not heard a response after)

 

[AidaLizard]

14 hours ago, LaineyGrace said:

ok cool, I guess i'll keep hoping! wishing you the best of luck! 

I interviewed for UT Austin Sunday. I haven't heard since.

[AidaLizard]

On 1/27/2021 at 8:53 PM, Strawberrycat said:

Best of luck to everyone else too!

So far I've applied to UC Davis, UCLA, and USC Roski, with a painting and drawing focus, but I do sculpture too.

I got an email from Davis today saying they refunded my application fee. I almost had a heart attack thinking my application was canceled somehow, but kept reading and it said that it was because I was eligible for a fee waiver after all, thank goodness. ? Last year I got an interview request from them on Jan 27th, though, so I'm anxiously checking my emails. 

I'm almost finished with SF State, CSULA, and Mills apps, and then I think I'm calling it for this round and just keeping it to California schools probably. 

Does anyone have tips on what kind of questions are good to pose to interview committees? I know it's always best to ask them something when given the opportunity, but I tend to blank and worry I'm asking something that could be found online or makes it seem like I didn't research the school enough by asking it. 

UC Davis is pretty much funded but you should still ask about funding. Ask them how they've handled the Pandemic, if students still have access to the wood shop, ceramic studio (TB9) and personal studios. Lucy Puls retired this year so I would confirm which faculty will be there and not on sabbatical. I would also ask them if the thesis shows will be online, since the Shrem has been pretty much closed. 

[AidaLizard]

9 minutes ago, SpillToBuilt said:

Anyone know of MFA programs accepting a smaller cohort this year? (Whether it be due to decreased funding or giving their current cohort an extra year of funding.)

UT Austin is accepting a smaller cohort because their 2020-2021 cohort is staying a third year, due to the pandemic. 

Yale is also taking a smaller cohort but I am not sure if it is because of deferrals. 

I know this form talking to to people who are in the programs. 

[katkat]

10 hours ago, CheesyClay said:

I've interviewed at Ohio State University, Umass Dartmouth, Arizona State and Uni Minnesota for Ceramics. Im still waiting to hear from a few places, but their deadlines where later. Just got accepted to OSU and UMD. Anyone else been accepted anywhere yet/apply for ceramics? 

Hi! I also applied to ASU in Fiber but haven't heard anything... do you happen to know if all interviews went out? Thanks!

[dinkywinks]

Wow, the anticipation for February seems to keep on building and building. I know my anxiety is at an all time high

Haven't heard back from any of the UC schools but I've applied for Oxford's MFA program, and have an interview next week ? and I am quite nervous. Any tips on how to prepare for an MFA interview? 

 

[SocialKonstruct]

The waiting game continues. I expect more folks to reply here. Right now I am busy getting ready for the SVA online residency for spring 2021 soon as pretty excited. Very happy to dip more into my sculpture and installation work this year.

[artapplicant]

hi! has anyone heard from CMU? 

[yesterday100]

I have an interview with UT Austin. Has anyone heard anything from CU Boulder, Arizona State, or University of Michigan? 

Good luck everyone! 

[Waiting2021]

11 hours ago, CheesyClay said:

I've interviewed at Ohio State University, Umass Dartmouth, Arizona State and Uni Minnesota for Ceramics. Im still waiting to hear from a few places, but their deadlines where later. Just got accepted to OSU and UMD. Anyone else been accepted anywhere yet/apply for ceramics? 

Did U of Minnesota say how many students they are accepting? Congratulations!

[Strawberrycat]

3 hours ago, AidaLizard said:

UC Davis is pretty much funded but you should still ask about funding. Ask them how they've handled the Pandemic, if students still have access to the wood shop, ceramic studio (TB9) and personal studios. Lucy Puls retired this year so I would confirm which faculty will be there and not on sabbatical. I would also ask them if the thesis shows will be online, since the Shrem has been pretty much closed. 

Thanks for your reply! I watched a really nice zoom presentation + q/a that they did for prospective students, so they went over a lot of stuff already thankfully, but I'll definitely be asking about faculty on sabbatical and the thesis shows if I get an interview! 

[123123435]

Any responses back from Bard?

[BrownBunny87]

5 hours ago, SpillToBuilt said:

Anyone know of MFA programs accepting a smaller cohort this year? (Whether it be due to decreased funding or giving their current cohort an extra year of funding.)

Bumping this. It’s pretty messed up if universities took our money but were not fully transparent about much smaller acceptance rates of many students deferring or taking leave of absence. The UCLA app alone was $120 and extra writing prompts, only to hear through this forum that there are 2 spots available. 

 

I might follow up and call some of the schools I’ve applied to about this. Will let you guys know. 

 

[aniben3]

Just got an interview with Indiana for fibers! 

[Waiting2021]

On 1/28/2021 at 1:51 PM, ZellFin said:

Hi everyone! 

Just thought I’d let people know that UTK has interviewed applicants in the painting department. 

Has anyone heard from UArk Painting? 

I also interviewed with UTK, have you heard back yet?

[Clayyy]

I received an interview invitation from SAIC (ceramics)! Good luck to all of you guys!