Is it too late to sign up? My name is Malcolm, my time zone is pacific. I'm trying to apply to Calarts again. You can see my work on Tumblr at artofmalcolmthomas.tumblr.com or mbt1991.tumblr.com.

Anna Hudzik said:

Malcolm Thomas said:
I'm going to tell you guys something very interesting about this school. After I had sent my sketchbook and portfolio, I received an email stating that "in the next few weeks, you'll be sent a link to see your application status". So I constantly checked my email to see if they would call back. They didn't send me shit! Through out the three months I waited. After hearing half of the site saying that they got accepted, I decided to call the school. Finally, they send me the link and it turned out that I didn't send them my high school transcripts. So, because somebody was too lazy to do their job I was rejected even though they stated that they liked my work.

First off, I'm sorry you didn't get in, rejection is a bitch. A very real part of life and art, but a bitch none the less.

Secondly, if you look at scholarship apps or job posting they don't send confirmations that they received all of your materials, that's on you. And when companies get 500+ apps, they'll use any excuse they can find to narrow that number down. You should have called or emailed them after a week or so to confirm.

I never got that email, but I had the link and info from when I applied last year and it was updated with this year's info. But I promise you, if they didn't update it before February, I would've been calling them daily to make sure they had everything. It's on you to confirm.

With that said, the situation sucks, but you probably weren't rejected because they didn't have your transcripts. They've contacted several people about missing transcripts and if the needed that from you they probably would have contacted you. Wait until may and get portfolio feedback from Andrew. Even if you don't want to apply again it's nice to get some feedback for your troubles.

You do make a good point. I really should have been more suspicious about this during the first week of February. But that leaves me with two questions: What's going on in May and who's Andrew? 

This post was edited by Malcolm Thomas at March 19, 2013 12:27:16 AM PDT

I'm going to tell you guys something very interesting about this school. After I had sent my sketchbook and portfolio, I received an email stating that "in the next few weeks, you'll be sent a link to see your application status". So I constantly checked my email to see if they would call back. They didn't send me shit! Through out the three months I waited. After hearing half of the site saying that they got accepted, I decided to call the school. Finally, they send me the link and it turned out that I didn't send them my high school transcripts. So, because somebody was too lazy to do their job I was rejected even though they stated that they liked my work.

Rejected! THERE I BROKE THE PATTERN!

This is something I've been wondering for a while. I don't think anybody, not even the prospective and current students have found out who really looks at the portfolios at CALARTS. Is it the staff, the administrations office, or a group of shadowy figures that secretly watch over each applying student? 

I JUST DON'T KNOW!