recyclable Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Friends! Just got the University of Michigan-Stamps MFA Interview invite OMFG! annaconda, whitewhales, chunkeymonkey and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkeymonkey Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I was also just wondering - I read on one of the past year's forums that you should email the faculty who interviews you to thank them etc. Does anyone actually do this in practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annaconda Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 12 hours ago, AncientQuail said: which program did you apply for? painting AncientQuail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomatoriot Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 47 minutes ago, recyclable said: Friends! Just got the University of Michigan-Stamps MFA Interview invite OMFG! ME TOO. Congrats!!! I’m freaking out. annaconda, whitewhales and recyclable 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameless cat Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, chunkeymonkey said: I was also just wondering - I read on one of the past year's forums that you should email the faculty who interviews you to thank them etc. Does anyone actually do this in practice? Yes, I do! Reiterate that I'm excited about the program, mentioning a certain thing we discussed in the interview. Also, found out about Rutgers rejection thanks to this forum. Still no email from them, weird and kind of tacky? Stay positive y'all!!! It still seems like a lot of schools are just beginning the process. Edited February 11, 2022 by nameless cat artcat, AncientQuail, Strawberrycat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaflake Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Just got invited to interview for the MFA Program in Design at Rutgers not at all what I expected since I applied for the MFA in Visual arts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaflake Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Any advice for someone interviewing for Design? I’m genuinely shocked that the design department thought I was a good candidate. I don’t have a lot of technical experience or any idea what I’d do with a design degree but the Rutgers design program looks so interesting… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcoasty Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 hour ago, kaflake said: Any advice for someone interviewing for Design? I’m genuinely shocked that the design department thought I was a good candidate. I don’t have a lot of technical experience or any idea what I’d do with a design degree but the Rutgers design program looks so interesting… Congrats on the interview! My advice would be to open your mind to the realm where design and fine art overlap. Imagine yourself and your work in that gray area. Check out the work of the students coming out of that program as well as the work of the faculty. It seems like an interdisciplinary and modern program, I'm guessing you'll be surprised by what constitutes "design" for those artists. No need to worry about what you'd "do with a design degree." You may end up doing exactly what you imagine doing with a visual art degree, and that's valid and reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickjaketheruler Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 If anyone was applying to Lamar Dodd at UGA, I just received an invitation to interview. Strawberrycat, katfude5, eatyoveggies and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Font Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, chunkeymonkey said: I was also just wondering - I read on one of the past year's forums that you should email the faculty who interviews you to thank them etc. Does anyone actually do this in practice? Yes you need to initiate a paper trail. It shows you know how to 1) be professional in your practice and 2) have great communication skills. The below video created by a former RISD prof says you should treat grad school interviews like job interviews. A simple 'thank you' goes a long way. youtube.com/watch?v=KEwgwfw6JAs Edited February 11, 2022 by Font Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberrycat Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, hibiscusleaves said: I'd love to hear how it went as well. I have an interview tomorrow for Visual Communications. It went okay, but felt kind of weird? There were 2 faculty and idk if they'd seen my work or statement prior, but they had me screenshare and go through my whole portfolio once and then they picked some pieces out to ask some questions about. They said some positive things, but I felt kind of awkward because it wasn't super structured like some other interviews I'd had, and in hindsight, I think I was supposed to sort of take the reins more, but kept expecting them to, so I stayed quiet during certain parts while they were looking at stuff, when I could have expanded more probably and taken advantage of that time. Also there was a moment where I explained something and they thought I said something else and they politely disagreed with how I was describing the work, but what they said they thought of it instead was exactly what I said so I was like noo, that is what I'm saying. ? It was cleared up, though, thankfully. I think it was loud wherever one of them was zooming from and harder to hear. They asked where I was from, where I went to school, what I've been doing since I graduated, what I want to accomplish in an MFA, what my work is about, and what artists I'm looking at, + some material questions about specific pieces. I imagine every interview is different, though, because there are so many different faculty interviewing. Edited February 11, 2022 by Strawberrycat Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hibiscusleaves Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 55 minutes ago, Strawberrycat said: It went okay, but felt kind of weird? There were 2 faculty and idk if they'd seen my work or statement prior, but they had me screenshare and go through my whole portfolio once and then they picked some pieces out to ask some questions about. They said some positive things, but I felt kind of awkward because it wasn't super structured like some other interviews I'd had, and in hindsight, I think I was supposed to sort of take the reigns more, but kept expecting them to, so I stayed quiet during certain parts while they were looking at stuff, when I could have expanded more probably and taken advantage of that time. Also there was a moment where I explained something and they thought I said something else and they politely disagreed with how I was describing the work, but what they said they thought of it instead was exactly what I said so I was like noo, that is what I'm saying. ? It was cleared up, though, thankfully. I think it was loud wherever one of them was zooming from and harder to hear. They asked where I was from, where I went to school, what I've been doing since I graduated, what I want to accomplish in an MFA, what my work is about, and what artists I'm looking at, + some material questions about specific pieces. I imagine every interview is different, though, because there are so many different faculty interviewing. thank you for the info, i hope you get good news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberrycat Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 22 minutes ago, hibiscusleaves said: thank you for the info, i hope you get good news! Thanks, good luck with yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seelamfa22 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Strawberrycat said: It went okay, but felt kind of weird? There were 2 faculty and idk if they'd seen my work or statement prior, but they had me screenshare and go through my whole portfolio once and then they picked some pieces out to ask some questions about. They said some positive things, but I felt kind of awkward because it wasn't super structured like some other interviews I'd had, and in hindsight, I think I was supposed to sort of take the reigns more, but kept expecting them to, so I stayed quiet during certain parts while they were looking at stuff, when I could have expanded more probably and taken advantage of that time. Also there was a moment where I explained something and they thought I said something else and they politely disagreed with how I was describing the work, but what they said they thought of it instead was exactly what I said so I was like noo, that is what I'm saying. ? It was cleared up, though, thankfully. I think it was loud wherever one of them was zooming from and harder to hear. They asked where I was from, where I went to school, what I've been doing since I graduated, what I want to accomplish in an MFA, what my work is about, and what artists I'm looking at, + some material questions about specific pieces. I imagine every interview is different, though, because there are so many different faculty interviewing. Strawberrycat I had a similar interview experience but with a different school. I felt like maybe I was supposed to take the reins on talking about my work, which wouldn't have been a problem, but it wasn't clear. The committee asked a lot of questions, but the questions were from a list of general questions rather than follow-up questions to what I said. At the end of the interview, I didn't gain any insight about the program, and I don't know what new things--if any--they learned about me. I have to think that maybe this is just the style of interview practice for some schools. Strawberrycat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberrycat Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, seelamfa22 said: Strawberrycat I had a similar interview experience but with a different school. I felt like maybe I was supposed to take the reins on talking about my work, which wouldn't have been a problem, but it wasn't clear. The committee asked a lot of questions, but the questions were from a list of general questions rather than follow-up questions to what I said. At the end of the interview, I didn't gain any insight about the program, and I don't know what new things--if any--they learned about me. I have to think that maybe this is just the style of interview practice for some schools. Thank you for sharing your experience with it! Interview styles really vary so much. It's always a surprise. I appreciate it when they're clear about how they want it to go...I think it's more helpful for both sides, like you mentioned. On the flip side, I've also had ones where they ask like 5 really in depth, really great questions, but all at once and my brain is scrambling trying to keep all of the questions in mind while answering, haha. Like I can only hold so many at once, especially when I could write an essay on each question. Just tacking on another thing while I'm thinking about it, but I've found that when I write about my work, I search for really precise language to describe it. But I don't have a lot of opportunity to talk about those things out loud, so having to discuss the work conversationally has been a challenge. I keep getting hung up on how I wrote it and feeling kind of stiff. So I really recommend to everyone interviewing in the future to practice just casually talking about your work if you can and getting really comfortable and loose with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle555 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) Had UCLA interview earlier today. I was definitely a little more nervous than I had expected to be lol, but I think it went well overall! For those interested/interviewing, it was with 3 painting faculty. Many thorough questions, they asked what I knew of the program, if I knew any alumni, if I've ever been to LA before. Then they mentioned specific things I wrote in my statement and asked me to elaborate on them, made references to specific pieces, asked what I envisioned myself doing throughout school, and what other schools I had applied to. I guess nothing out of the ordinary, it just felt like they were being very intentional, which was maybe a little intimidating lol. At the end of the interview they did say that they planned on having results out by March/mid-March. So a little more waiting to do.. Edited February 11, 2022 by Pickle95 whitewhales, Strawberrycat, hibiscusleaves and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilyxia99 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 8:54 AM, lilyxia99 said: invited to be interviewed from CMU and Calarts~ ? so now: Keio Media Design(KMD)-interview SAIC-FVNMA-rejected Carnegie Mellon University(CMU)-Fine Arts-interview Calarts-Experimental animation-interview RISD-Digital media-pending VCU-Kinetic Images-pending UC Berkeley(UCB)-Art Practice-pending ------------ I saw a lot of threads before, and maybe I can share some thoughts on CMU. I have known a person who went to CMU and was the assistant faculty for a semester. I am just transferring her words so it might be inaccurate. CMU has pros and cons. The pros is that faculties are nice, the school is generous on giving financial support (the information I got from the info session is that they cover from at least 2/3 of tuition to full tuition, tho their general tuition is high), and the three year program gives you a lot of time to do your projects. The cons is indeed...the atmosphere is that everyone learns coding lol, probably you will see a lot of people walking on the street who look like they are going to google or apple. Art students might feel a bit estranged, but that might be the general situation in any big university. Also, Pittsburgh is indeed a small place, which can't be compared with big cities like NYC or LA which has a lot more opportunities. I couldn't rephrase a lot because I am afraid of mis-interpretation, and maybe I didn't really say any valuable information...anyway, hope it could be of some help Keio Media Design(KMD)-interview SAIC-FVNMA-rejected Carnegie Mellon University(CMU)-Fine Arts-interview Calarts-Experimental animation-interview RISD-Digital media-pending VCU-Kinetic Images-interview UC Berkeley(UCB)-Art Practice-pending Strawberrycat, katfude5 and hibiscusleaves 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seelamfa22 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Did anyone interview with Northwestern today and want to share their experience? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_redrabbit7 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) Has anyone heard from Columbia? Edited February 12, 2022 by _boluwatife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadPainter Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 hours ago, _redrabbit7 said: Has anyone heard from Columbia? Also waiting on Columbia! Hoping they are just behind since the application wasn’t due until January 15th. _redrabbit7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamentyung Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, 1800goodluck said: Also waiting on Columbia! Hoping they are just behind since the application wasn’t due until January 15th. haven't heard from Columbia MFA either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizRAE Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Just a general question, if applications were due by the 15th of January, when do you think they would start to reach out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJAn Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 1 minute ago, LizRAE said: Just a general question, if applications were due by the 15th of January, when do you think they would start to reach out? It seems a bit random. So far, based on the interviews/rejections I've received so far, I don't see any correlation between due date and when they reach out. For example, I heard back from SMFA the fastest, despite their application due date being Jan 15, before hearing from any of the other schools that had earlier deadlines. LizRAE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamentyung Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 does anyone know if Columbia MFA (Sound Art/Visual Art) Notifies applicants if they did not receive an interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impliedpaste Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Got an interview at cranbrook yesterday, has anyone interviewed there before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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