After You Apply

You can check your status online at any time. This will show you a checklist of all your items and let you know if they’re correct and complete.

Personal on-campus interviews are a requirement for admission to our program. We’ll contact you by email if you’ve been selected for an interview. Interviews are scheduled beginning in early February.

During your interview, you’ll have a complete program overview with John Daugherty, program director, tour our facilities, meet and talk with current students, and interview with some of the BVIS faculty. The faculty looks forward to reviewing your original artwork portfolio during the interview process. We encourage you to bring a sketchbook and a selection of new work you might have completed in addition your digital portfolio submission.

International applicants: Since we know it can be hard to arrange travel for this, the faculty will conduct your interview via Skype.

The length of time that it takes for an application to go through the review process varies. After we complete our review of your application, we communicate acceptances and denials to the BHIS Academic Affairs Committee, and the department recommendation is forwarded to the Graduate College.

In some rare cases, applications we recommend for admission may need to be reviewed by the Graduate College. The Graduate College may decide to uphold our recommendation or deny the application.

Once the Graduate College approves our recommendations for admissions, the application portal updates and an official decision letter is mailed. Graduate College decisions are made twice monthly so there may be a delay of several weeks between your interview and your decision letter.

Congratulations! Access our Admitted Student page for your next steps. You’ll also receive information from the BVIS program shorty after you’ve been accepted.

International students: If you’ll need a student visa, you should submit OIS financial documents through the application checklist for the Office of International Services. Contact the OIS concerning document requests and visa processing.

You will be notified by the program.

You may contact us directly to inquire about our decision. In some cases, we’re able to advise you on how to strengthen your portfolio or improve your application in order to apply in the future.