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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just saw the result and says "Ineligible". That is really confusing and disappointing since we are DC residents and he got verbal positive feedback during Visual Arts audition but never a word after that, not email or nothing with either positive or negative feedback. We were never called for interview but were not told that he didn't make the cut for his performance in the Audition either. (Total silence). I contacted the school admissions a couple of times after that to inquire about dates of the process and never got a response to my messages, other than the automatic replays. I have received more information in this forum than from the school... How can DE can determine somebody Ineligible if they don't even take the applicant trough the whole process? Their website says applicants will receive feedback 2 weeks after auditions and that never happened for us, if they had done that, we could have been saved from almost 2 months of unnecessary uncertainty.[/quote]

Current DE visual arts parent here.  I can tell you this:

There’s a new department head so things aren’t running a smoothly as they have (former head retired after 30 years).
For visual arts, portfolio is #1.  They offer spots to the top students, period. My child said they saw the work of some of the “rejects” last year and they ranged from really bad (like, you’re delusional if you think you’re getting into this school with that portfolio) to not bad/had potential. So even if your kid loves art and may have been considered “good at art” in middle school, they’re competing with students from all over DC and even MD and VA. They don’t look at residency when picking the top artists.  I believe this is true for all departments.[/quote]

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