The useful information came from the beginning and that was: “reorganize your cv” “correct these notation issues in this piece” and “make your personal statement more personal, it feels like a job application.” All of that is truly good advice, but he didn’t go further than that. This masterclass was about making your applications to grad school more presentable, so to have the roasting and toasting about my artistic merit came out of left field. I think the reality of this post I made is “my feelings were hurt BUT, is he right?” And it seems I didn’t make that clear so that’s my bad. But it is a simple reddit post, not a dissertation defense.