USC Film & TV Production MFA Fall 2021 Applicants Unite!

[mdunn21la]

I think it may actually be real now so I replied last night .

It was like I've reviewed your application for USC Cinema School and would like to interview you through Zoom, are you free tomorrow?

And the email it was sent from was a USC email and the name was a professor there.

I am shook haha I thought interviews were over and I didn't get one.

Good luck!!

 

[Cy98]

We could be hearing from USC in 1-2 weeks! I can’t wait until I’m done stressing, I will finally get to know my status and be able to move on

 

[mdunn21la]

We could be hearing from USC in 1-2 weeks! I can’t wait until I’m done stressing, I will finally get to know my status and be able to move on

agreed!

 

[kikis_delivery]

He was probably testing you tbh, because it is normal for non-film majors to apply to usc film school. Ryan Coogler is one of usc's biggest alumni and he wasn't that experienced when he went to usc sca for grad school

hopefully........ i'm hoping that he couldn't have had such a low opinion of my application if he decided to interview me???? it's funny you mention ryan coogler because he actually brought up ryan coogler in our interview. i'm just hoping that i responded to his challenges in a way he thought was acceptable!

 

[Cy98]

I'm sure you nailed your interview!

 

[kikis_delivery]

I'm sure you nailed your interview!

awww thank you so much i really appreciate that!!!! i'm sure you did as well!! fingers crossed we both get in and we can laugh about this anxiety one day hahaha

 

[cgold]

Hopefully this is the last week of waiting!!! We can do this guys!!

 

[Cy98]

just one... more... week

 

[kikis_delivery]

is it true that usc generally interviews a greater percentage of people than other schools?? like they interview more people and then end up accepting a smaller portion of the people they interview? (aka getting interviewed isn’t thaaaat significant)?

 

[jrchipper]

is it true that usc generally interviews a greater percentage of people than other schools?? like they interview more people and then end up accepting a smaller portion of the people they interview? (aka getting interviewed isn’t thaaaat significant)?

They also accept a good number of applicants that don't interview. So I think getting an interview might not be an indication of acceptance at all. At least not like most other schools.

 

[cgold]

is it true that usc generally interviews a greater percentage of people than other schools?? like they interview more people and then end up accepting a smaller portion of the people they interview? (aka getting interviewed isn’t thaaaat significant)?

Not an answer to your question, but I would be curious to hear from people who were interviewed in the past and did not get in.

 

[TheVirtualFilmmaker]

Not an answer to your question, but I would be curious to hear from people who were interviewed in the past and did not get in.

I was interviewed for Spring but got waitlisted and didn't make it

 

[cgold]

I was interviewed for Spring but got waitlisted and didn't make it

Aw man. I’m sorry to hear that. Are you trying again this year? How did you feel your interview went at the time (prior to receiving a decision)?

 

[Chris W]

They also accept a good number of applicants that don't interview. So I think getting an interview might not be an indication of acceptance at all. At least not like most other schools.

Yes this is true according to our interview with USC Admissions.

 

[bzhang]

I wonder did people who get the interview from USC send a thank you notes and get any reply?

 

[TheVirtualFilmmaker]

Aw man. I’m sorry to hear that. Are you trying again this year? How did you feel your interview went at the time (prior to receiving a decision)?

My interview went well but I think they had very few spots for the Spring intake. I did interview for Fall again so fingers crossed!

 

[cgold]

I wonder did people who get the interview from USC send a thank you notes and get any reply?

I interviewed and sent a thank you email to my interviewer. She didn’t respond though

 

[kikis_delivery]

I interviewed and sent a thank you email to my interviewer. She didn’t respond though

same!!

 

[kikis_delivery]

They also accept a good number of applicants that don't interview. So I think getting an interview might not be an indication of acceptance at all. At least not like most other schools.

pain

 

[ScriptToScreenDream]

I was interviewed for Spring but got waitlisted and didn't make it

I was also interviewed for Spring, waitlisted and didn't make it. But I haven't been reached out for an interview this round. Not sure what that could mean.