Donna Lee said:
Rejected :(

snubbed

Edit: Your work is really good. I'm like, super super surprised. I have no idea.

This post was edited by Glenn Provost at March 22, 2013 4:25:12 PM PDT

Hey everyone - I was just rejected. I'm pretty heart broken over this. Congratulations everyone who was accepted - you have an exciting year ahead of you!

Mollie Ong said:

@Emma: i think there's no reason not to keep hope until the last minute!

 

 

I've been thinking... I've been worrying so much lately to the point of headaches... but, Even if i get rejected this year... i know its not the end, and there is always next year to apply.. and this idea alone makes me much happier because my dad is finally coming around to the idea of me going into the art field, im not saying he is fully accepting of the idea, its just that he just begining to understand that this is what i want to do... maybe slowly accepting? just knowing that he'd be ok with me persuing this brightened my day (and week!) because i had thought since the past few days that this decision (being the only art school i applied to) would dictate the rest of my life because i saw this as my only opportunity to show him that i could do it. but i think he might be ok with it now. Ive just benefitted from this experience so much. And after the portfolio, ive sort of adjusted my style to a more animated style and i feel like im slowly finding where im comfortable in art (though i do need so much more life drawing experience, and experience in general). I've been drawing for since i remember, but animating really does differ from fine art. But really, im just starting to appreciate what i did gain from this exeperience.

 

@Josh: at first i thought you were a pretty snarky person, but you are really someone who inspires me because you stuck with it for so long. And you're someone who i look up to so i hope you don't mean to hurt my feelings over snarky remarks >.> haha.. but yea! congratz in getting in!! and thanks for understanding how all of us who didn't get letters feel.

 

I know i don't talk much on this site/thread, but i just felt like saying a couple things. hey people!

Now this is the right attitude! =) I think that part of the reason this thread got so explosive is that so many got accepted all at once. If two or three had been accepted per day through the course of the week, I don't think the "but what about meeeeee?!?" reaction would have been so strong. Anyways, a continuing congratulations to all accepted!

Congratulations everyone! You all deserve it very much! I gotta say though, the words "pending a review" have never been more painful than they are tonight.

Hannah Gibbs said:
Good call, Val :D I'm glad I don't have a smart phone at this moment. I can just leave my apartment haha.

 Oh gosh. For the past couple of weeks, "drawing in my sketchbook" has actually meant "checking my phone every 2 minutes and not getting any work done." 

Nicole Barrios said:
By the way, where did the number of 500 applicants for CA come from? I've seen a lot of different numbers as to how many people actually apply for CA, some as few as 200 and some as high as 1500. I thought for sure I got a pretty good idea when I read somewhere that it was around 300 give or take. 'Course, I can't remember where I got that number from at all, haha. Anyway, I had decided a long time ago that if you're really what they're looking for, they aren't going to pass you up no matter how many people apply and how large their class is. What I'm saying is that yes, technically it is a competition, but you should think of it more as are you at the right level to get in and not are you better than these people.

 I got the number ~480 for Character 2012 from one of the people in the admissions office who was filling in for Andrew Ahn at an information session. And I think you're right that it is more of competition between you and their standards than it is between you and other applicants. They said to me at the same information session that while they shoot for 50, if there are more than 50 that they are interested in, they will accept more.

 

Then again, their facilities can only handle so many people. The number of applicants rises every year, and they can't just expand the program infinitely. It wouldn't surprise me if this year they had to turn away a huge amount of promising applicants that they like, to keep the program at a managable capacity.

This post was edited by Glenn Provost at March 4, 2013 4:02:38 PM PST