@2017freshman SAME!!! CONGRATS!!!
@eskiboy omggggggg im like seating and unreasonable amount rn im crying!!!
@eskiboy congratulations!!!
Congrats!!! I GOT IN TOO !!!
I’m crying so hard
@eskiboy @grasscoughing this is amazing this thread is #blessed i’m so excited to be studying w you guys!!! @nmmomma let us know how your daughter does!!
Congrats to everyone! So very excited for you all. I know it was hard work and now a dream come true! Probably not looking too good for us, since we haven’t even gotten an email yet
Thank you !! Make sure you check your spam folder! I had to type in cooper union in order for it to pop up.
this thread rlly was blessed!
arg. Deferred. I told her it was just a detour on her path; she will still arrive at her goal. I don’t think she’s buying it…
we’ll be waiting on RISD, Cal Arts, NYU. Congrats again!
@nmmomma I know that feeling! Last year, and I guess for a few years before that, RISD was my dream school. I was confident in myself and decided to only apply there with no backups. Spent the fall/winter seasons preparing my application—worked really hard on the essay, portfolio, everything. February comes around and I get rejected.
I was devastated, but I’m glad it worked out the way it did because, after that, I took a gap year in 2016! I partied, worked, traveled, etc., and got to know myself. I think the reason I was rejected from RISD was because I didn’t really put my personality in my application, and I didn’t do that because, as a seventeen year-old, I didn’t actually know myself all too well. Having that gap year helped me figure out who I was and what I wanted to do, as well as prepare more work and spend more time on my application.
Please tell your daughter, that from someone who’s been there, there really (truly) (genuinely) is no right path. I wouldn’t have applied to, or even heard about Cooper had I not gone to portfolio day during my gap year! And I have friends who went through the same things I went through with transferring as well. Tons of kids transfer, tons of kids take gap years. I was homeschooled, had average grades, and didn’t even how to paint/draw, and somehow, I still got into Cooper just by being myself and applying with graphic design, photography, and fashion work, which are the fields that I’m actually passionate about. I hope your daughter finds happiness because I empathize with what she’s going through and understand how hard it is.
All the accepted students please post your stats and merit aid you got.
Thanks for the encouragement. She seems confident about RISD, but I keep reminding her how subjective this all is! Her stats are 94 GPA, 2130 SAT, several scholastic awards. Comes from a very good private school with an academic focus. Decided just recently to go more conceptual, and her portfolio doesn’t have a ton of that type of work yet. We’ll see! I’ll keep you posted!
I was accepted early- I have a gpa of 88.8, sat score (old) of 2080 and like maybe one local award. I don’t think I even put it on my application… its really all about the hometest.
Agree. Stats don’t matter much. Probably not at all at Cooper. And I’m sure there is lots of variability in portfolios.
Hi guys. I’m a RD applicant. Congrats on your recent acceptances. Just wondering what are some ways to cope with waiting for decisions lol as super anxious as it already is. I’m at an okay level of confidence for my hometest (more on the actual hometest than its not-as-bad presentation) but I also don’t want to be too confident agh. 
waiting is so hard especially if cooper is your top school !
@yankeebruh first of all, give yourself props! finishing the hometest is an accomplishment all by itself- a lot of people probably wouldn’t have done that. honestly, you have to keep telling yourself that no matter what happens its not the end- it’s not indicative of you as an artist, and it’s not the only path to your goal! cooper is in the end just a school- go easy on yourself.
and go get some sushi or something. sometimes a bitch just needs some shrimp tempura.
@yankeebruh I know exactly how you feel. You have to remember that Cooper is a very hard school to get into and there is no perfect formula for acceptance. I kept having to tell myself that either way this is not an overall reflection of myself as an artist. When I visited, the tour guide told me that they applied twice and many of their classmates had to apply two or three times as well. So don’t be too hard on yourself. No matter what happens, utilize the decision as motivation and remind yourself to remain confident in your work. @2017freshman said it perfectly. Finishing the hometest is a challenge and you should be proud of yourself! Try to distract yourself… sushi does have healing powers. Best of luck !
good news for us. Daughter was accepted today! She was torn between CalArts and RISD, so this clears that up…!