MFA 2022 Freak Out Forum

[Loleagle]

Has anyone heard anything from Skowhegan ?

[Xyz2022]

Quick question, has anyone heard or got a funding offer already from University of Minnesota (MFA program, college of design)?

[chewythecat]

anyone have any experience/success deferring their acceptances for the following year? Do certain schools refrain from deferring acceptances? I'm assuming you'd have to reinterview for scholarships/grants. 

[thatdesigndude]

Hello lovely people, I wanted to share a final post here to close the loop.
After visiting both CCA and ArtCenter this month (and a lot of overthinking)...

I have committed to the MFA in Graphic Design at ArtCenter! ??

I’m happy to connect with any designers outside of the forum, send me a DM and we can exchange social media accounts.

cc @Strawberrycat, I know you wanted an update haha

 

[Strawberrycat]

1 hour ago, thatdesigndude said:

Hello lovely people, I wanted to share a final post here to close the loop.
After visiting both CCA and ArtCenter this month (and a lot of overthinking)...

I have committed to the MFA in Graphic Design at ArtCenter! ??

I’m happy to connect with any designers outside of the forum, send me a DM and we can exchange social media accounts.

cc @Strawberrycat, I know you wanted an update haha

 

Congrats on the big decision! I hope you have a great time at ArtCenter!!!

[salvarezisonline]

Hey! Congrats to everyone who got accepted. I'm a first year MFA candidate at the University of Missouri, and it's already been a pretty transformative experience, so I'm excited for y'all~

On the off-chance that any of y'all lurking on this thread are thinking about grad school and just waited a little too long/didn't get in somewhere/etc., the program that I'm in still has a few spots open and is willing to take late applications. Feel free to send me a DM if you're interested :~)

[gizmo]

Anyone put (or about to put) a deposit down but still waiting to hear back from schools?

[709 LurkerA2V]

hi  congrats! !   ??? 

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grats

[hairyeyeball]

Bard MFA update: for anyone considering applying, FYI they're pretty disorganized and unprofessional when it comes to admissions. I wasn't going to bother posting about this because I thought I would eventually get some answers, but it seems there is no one on the other end of the several email addresses I reached out to. All of the status updates and good news I received came from their automated system, not from real people. Just a heads up for future applicants: don't expect a personal touch from Bard.

[ronniebee]

@hairyeyeballwhat happened? all my contact there has been thru actual people. what discipline are you in  ?

[ronniebee]

On 4/8/2022 at 5:26 PM, hairyeyeball said:

I've seen some current/recent students posting about Bard here, sounds like their MFA program is struggling to keep up with the strains and challenges of the pandemic.

Did anyone here interview for Bard?I 'm curious to hear about other people's interviews, insights on the program, and where you're at with it now... I'm on the wait list.

@hairyeyeball sorry I went back and found this post. My interview with Bard was good, my interviewers were really engaged and I felt the questions were good. I feel like this is whole process went super fast but I've never applied to a grad program before, but. it feels crazy to go from interview to attendance in less than two months.

[709 LurkerA2V]

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[initalics]

On 2/25/2022 at 10:23 PM, RyanV said:

I interviewed with Columbia Tuesday for Photography, it was a lightning round interview 10 questions with exactly 20 minutes. I was left with 2 minutes to ask about the program. They said it would be in the coming weeks to hear back. I hope weeks means soon ??

Not sure if someone asked this already; do you remember some of the questions they asked you? 

That would be much appreicated. I'm trying to prepare for everything. 

[RyanV]

11 minutes ago, initalics said:

Not sure if someone asked this already; do you remember some of the questions they asked you? 

That would be much appreicated. I'm trying to prepare for everything. 

Most of the questions were generic but one which threw me was what other faculties you would want to work with. Also what do you want to get out of the program and what you will contribute to the program. I didn’t get in ( got waitlisted) but I’d recommend doing their drop in tours, it’s an opportunity to speak one on one with current students. Wish I had done that in advance. The students were very candid.

[RyanV]

15 minutes ago, initalics said:

Not sure if someone asked this already; do you remember some of the questions they asked you? 

That would be much appreicated. I'm trying to prepare for everything. 

The other thing I didn’t know was that while they take 3-4 students for photo they try to have a distribution of focuses. I.e. as a process based photographer I’m really competing for one spot. One spot will likely go to someone with a more documentary focus etc.. so it’s a bit different than other schools that way. Not sure if that is true with other mediums. (This is anecdotal from current students)

[initalics]

6 minutes ago, RyanV said:

Most of the questions were generic but one which threw me was what other faculties you would want to work with. Also what do you want to get out of the program and what you will contribute to the program. I didn’t get in ( got waitlisted) but I’d recommend doing their drop in tours, it’s an opportunity to speak one on one with current students. Wish I had done that in advance. The students were very candid.

 

2 minutes ago, RyanV said:

The other thing I didn’t know was that while they take 3-4 students for photo they try to have a distribution of focuses. I.e. as a process based photographer I’m really competing for one spot. One spot will likely go to someone with a more documentary focus etc.. so it’s a bit different than other schools that way. Not sure if that is true with other mediums. (This is anecdotal from current students)

Thank you so much for all that info. Don't say you didn't get in. Hold on to you being waitlisted, ya never know best to be optimistic.

[dawndothat]

Hello everyone, I haven't decided on the MFA programs I want to apply to yet, but I'm looking at Yale(painting/printmaking), RISD(painting), Columbia(visual arts), and SAIC(Painting.&Drawing). 
I made videos, installations, and oil paintings during my undergrad. But I'm thinking about including only oil paintings with several series of my works in a portfolio(because my undergraduate thesis exhibition was of all oil paintings. And I've done oil paintings last six months).

Here is the thing I'm afraid that is putting only oil paintings into the portfolio might not be a good idea. Should I put a few videos or installation pieces together with oil paintings or focus on the media(oil paints) that I deal with best in the portfolio?

Edited September 30, 2022 by dawndothat

[SocialKonstruct]

On 9/30/2022 at 10:59 AM, dawndothat said:

Hello everyone, I haven't decided on the MFA programs I want to apply to yet, but I'm looking at Yale(painting/printmaking), RISD(painting), Columbia(visual arts), and SAIC(Painting.&Drawing). 
I made videos, installations, and oil paintings during my undergrad. But I'm thinking about including only oil paintings with several series of my works in a portfolio(because my undergraduate thesis exhibition was of all oil paintings. And I've done oil paintings last six months).

Here is the thing I'm afraid that is putting only oil paintings into the portfolio might not be a good idea. Should I put a few videos or installation pieces together with oil paintings or focus on the media(oil paints) that I deal with best in the portfolio?

Cheers this is from last year's application process for this thread

[epelias]

On 2/2/2022 at 9:17 AM, blueviolet said:

I applied to the following MFA programs for ceramics:

LSU

UNL

Alfred

VCU

SIUE

 

Did anyone else apply to these programs or does anyone know the timeline for interviews/admissions decisions for these?

Thanks

Do you remember when you heard back from LSU?