stitcher Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 At least for painting, saic already completed registration for classes. I rescinded my spot on april 16th, and in general they were pretty speedy turn-around wise. Sorry :/ Thanks. Just today received the official rejection letter. No surprise. I had applied knowing my portfolio was weak, but with a "nothing ventured; nothing gained" mindset. Next year......
Coreythegiraffe Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) I got into RISD and SAIC sculpture last year but refused to take out the nessecary loans. Just going to say it once more for those reapplying next year; take a look at the UC schools. Of course everyone loves UCLA, but San Diego, Berkeley, and Irvine are rigorous, selective and very well funded if not fully funded. Edited April 28, 2015 by Coreythegiraffe
hiddentrojan14 Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 I have read through some of the talk here about USC and without hesitation I can say, DO NOT GO TO USC!! no matter what they have said over the phone or in emails, it is all lies and worse than anyone could imagine there is no committed faculty for next year, there is no funding (despite what they say), there is no admin regard for a studio art practice, and there will be NO 2nd year MFA class attending next year if you would like to know more, pm thepictureisstill 1
Derpderpderp Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Didnt realize edie fake was a student there-his work is amazing.
Milkyways Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 More re: USC http://www.artforum.com/news/id=52175 http://mfanomfa.tumblr.com/ I really feel for the enrolled students, after all the effort they put into applying to, then attending USC. And I applaud their decision to leave, it shows they are a solid group. USC's response is shameful, I would have expected that someone in the institution take responsibility about what happened, and it makes me really sad to see that USC as a whole entity does not seem to care about their situation. USC's program was one of my long shots, a highly respected program with a long tradition of great faculty and alumni. It is really sad, because this only confirms the idea of art education becoming more and more a commodity and a hyper capitalized business than an academic or cultural force. Moreover, it is simply and clearly unethical to change the terms of an agreement that was already made. For those of us who applied this year it happened too in a much lesser degree, but it gives us the impression that USC really needs to settle on what is going on in regards with the MFA. When I applied in January, the funding stated on the website, as well as the faculty, were different from what they are now. Frances Stark left ( apparently, in bad terms), Tala Madani wasn't on the graduate faculty list anymore, and the "great funding" that I was offered was 15k for the first year (out of 40k/year for tuition only). For the second year, I could compete for a T.A. but they were extremely clear about this T.A. being highly competitive. So if they somehow deceived us and this was frustrating ($100 we could have spent on another application, not counting transcripts and other documents I had to send as a international) I can't imagine what the enrolled students are going through now. I still hope that someone in USC rises to the occasion and fixes this situation. If it doesn't happen, future USC applicants, BEWARE.
willenium Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 The Dean's statement is laughable at best. Based on how this year's application process was (incredbily misleading/outright lies about the program) I can't even imagine how the grads who left must have been treated. I wish I had taken screenshots of the site info when I was applying. Hindsight.
beriredux Posted June 7, 2015 Posted June 7, 2015 More on the USC Roski debacle. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/usc-roski-crisis-art-education-305429
NYTreader Posted June 9, 2015 Posted June 9, 2015 More on the USC Roski debacle. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/usc-roski-crisis-art-education-305429 Wow! How this could get worse, I don't know! But it does, every time I read a new update on this sh#t show! If I had planned to matriculate into USC's 2015 MFA program, I would be looking for a new program. No joke. NO WAY I would go to USC with the continuing bad press and spectacular poor judgement of this administration. What could they be thinking? They keep digging the hole deeper. Could this get worse? Yes.
edakiss Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Hello-I'm new to this site and will be starting to apply to MFA Printmaking programs this fall, for the Fall 2016 semester. Does anyone have any recommendations on programs to check out? I can't seem to find any current lists of best programs in the country. Also, I feel like my work is in transition and I have only one semester left of BFA undergrad. Do you think I should apply for 2016 school year or take time to see if my work goes somewhere completely different by doing a post bach at my current school? I'm so torn! (As printmaking facilities, off campus, are very hard and very expensive to come by) Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Xxanderr Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 Hello, I think we are in the same boat. I'm also applying straight out of undergrad come next fall and I have a printmaking background, and also I agree with the printmaking facilities, they are hard to come by, depending on your location. Lucky my school allows student, alumni and current instructor to use facilities. This summer I have been preparing and making new work and started drafting my artist statements for some of my schools. Some of my printmaking instructor have said that, U Washington, UW-Madison, RISD and VCU, are great schools for printmaking (might have missed a few others...) I had an instructor who graduated from Madison, she claims the school was more geared towards preparing academic base artist, like teachers. RISD "supposedly" be the best for printmaking, not sure about that. Personally, haven't done any research on RISD Grad programs, since funding is not the best I hear; (someone correct me if I'm wrong...) U Washington is suppose to have a HUGE press bed, so you can make very, very large prints. U Washington was very attractive since I work extremely large, just the location of the school wasn't great in my eyes. U Washington and UW-Madison seem to be the best, had 3 teachers come out of those programs and they had nothing but good things to say and their work is fantastic! Not sure if you attended National Graduate Portfolio Day, there you will get the most correct and updated information regarding grades and what they looking for in successful candidates. Lastly, I recommend reading through some of the Freak-out forums if haven't already, you'll be become a mfa school Guru. Hello-I'm new to this site and will be starting to apply to MFA Printmaking programs this fall, for the Fall 2016 semester. Does anyone have any recommendations on programs to check out? I can't seem to find any current lists of best programs in the country. Also, I feel like my work is in transition and I have only one semester left of BFA undergrad. Do you think I should apply for 2016 school year or take time to see if my work goes somewhere completely different by doing a post bach at my current school? I'm so torn! (As printmaking facilities, off campus, are very hard and very expensive to come by) Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
seeingeyeduck Posted June 26, 2015 Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) Looks like there's actually one student in Roski's incoming class this fall! http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-usc-art-school-dean-erica-muhl-exclusive-20150624-column.html#page=1 I guess they'll have the attention of all the faculty?! Edited June 26, 2015 by seeingeyeduck
NYTreader Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 WOW! If I was the Dean of any program at ANY university and lost the entire 1st year class and couldn't get more than 1 student for the next year's class, I'm pretty sure I'd be out of a job. One of the best MFA programs in the country is now a laughing stock. Pretty hard to do that in this amount of time.
seo Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Hi everyone! I'm looking for someone who have switched their field for graduate study! I graduated with a BFA in painting, but now I wonder if it's possible to switch my field(painting) to architecture. I know that graduate school is for studying a specific program but now I realized my heart lies in another field. Please let me know or email me if you guys can help me anything! Thank you hsj8699@gmail.com
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