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I'm interested in starting grad school for graphic design in Fall 2010, but I'm not sure where all to apply. I'm looking at Pratt for their MS in Communications Design but I'm worried I won't get in. I recently applied to SCAD's MFA Graphic Design program and didn't get in. I applied fairly late in the game so that may or may not have something to do with it. I've requested information on the decision, but it was my "safe" school so I'm naturally a little worried. What are some other good programs out there? Thanks for the help!

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No responses?

Is there a particular area of design you're interested in? What's your particular interest or expertise, and what do you want to do after you get your masters? It isn't just a matter of what schools are good--it's a matter of what schools are good for what you want to do.

I'm a first-year design grad student at Carnegie Mellon. It's a great program, but its focus is very different from traditional design programs, as we focus a lot on design thinking and theory/philosophy as well as practice, and a number of our students don't come from traditional design backgrounds.

If you're looking for more traditional schools, though, check out USNews.com for a list of the top-ranked ones. I applied to schools in Chicago, Seattle, Boston, New York, and Baltimore as well, but I'm after a more interdisciplinary approach to design, and CMU has what I was looking for. It just depends on what you want.

By the way (seeing that you're from ATL), I would have applied to SCAD, but I grew up in metro Atlanta and wanted to move somewhere new. I love Savannah, though, and the Atlanta campus is supposed to be pretty cool. :)

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Are you a first year in the interaction design program, SKP?

If so, what do you think about the program? Any thoughts in general?

How does it align with graphic design (is CMU's interaction design always graphic)? Is the physical/prototyping emphasized?

Sorry to hijack the this thread - I think that program looks super interesting (and I'm curious about its relationship to graphic design).

Thanks.

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