Columbia University - Screenwriting/Directing Fall 2022 entry

[audr3y]

Yeah, I don't know why that didn't register in my head. I've never written an essay in Courier so I guess that's why. Lucky for me every other aspect of my application is done and submitted. Really nervous about this one though.

Lucky! I am still trying to fit my feature film treatment on one page with this Courier font!

 

[Chris W]

Lucky! I am still trying to fit my feature film treatment on one page with this Courier font!

Editing and learning how to condense usually makes it better so think of it that way.

 

[Browncapital]

Editing and learning how to condense usually makes it better so think of it that way.

IDK honestly. Especially having it be double spaced.

 

[fosteli124]

Lucky! I am still trying to fit my feature film treatment on one page with this Courier font!

I figured the best way for me was to double space everything but the headers (ie. Logline, Acts, Resolution etc.) and instead bold them. And I put my title in the Header margin. It gave me some much needed extra space.

 

[Chris W]

I figured the best way for me was to double space everything but the headers (ie. Logline, Acts, Resolution etc.) and instead bold them. And I put my title in the Header margin. It gave me some much needed extra space. View attachment 2735

Things really take a turn there in your act 2.

 

[Browncapital]

I figured the best way for me was to double space everything but the headers (ie. Logline, Acts, Resolution etc.) and instead bold them. And I put my title in the Header margin. It gave me some much needed extra space. View attachment 2735

I didn’t label my acts. That’s okay right?

 

[audr3y]

I didn’t label my acts. That’s okay right?

From my research, you don't have to! Some just label it as "Synopsis" or "Overview" and write it all together

 

[mcama]

Submitted on time!

During the info session, Professor Mendelsohn said that he wouldn’t penalize folks for going slightly over on space requirements, specifically on the personal essay.

I actually submitted 7 pages, whoops.

Good luck all!

 

[Chris W]

Good luck!

 

[Chris W]

Everyone get it in on time yesterday? How'd it go?

 

[Browncapital]

Everyone get it in on time yesterday? How'd it go?

Yes! I hope I get in because I think it’s a good fit for me.

 

[fosteli124]

Yes! The waiting game now begins. I don't know which is worse, working on the application and stressing or waiting and stressing. Does anyone know the typical dates we start to hear about interviews?

 

[Chris W]

Does anyone know the typical dates we start to hear about interviews

Those dates can be found in our database. See data in link below:

Admission statistics for Columbia University's School of the Arts ()

Acceptance rate, minimum GPA, SAT, GRE, and demographics of admitted applicants for Columbia University's School of the Arts calculated from our database of thousands of film school applications.

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Columbia University's School of the Arts Acceptance Rate (All Programs/All Years)

33.5%

Admitted

175 out of 522

21.3%

Waitlisted

111 out of 522

45.2%

Not Admitted

236 out of 522

Awaiting Results Admitted Waitlisted Denied

Click here for our full Admission Statistics for this program including interview and acceptance notification dates, accepted GPAs, waitlist acceptance rate, demographics of accepted applicants, $ amount of scholarship awarded, and more...

 

[FuschiaFlows]

Did anyone include (or exclude) camera angles in their dramatic writing sample?

 

[mcama]

Did anyone include (or exclude) camera angles in their dramatic writing sample?

Did not.

 

[fosteli124]

Did anyone include (or exclude) camera angles in their dramatic writing sample?

I also did not include them

 

[FuschiaFlows]

Anyone have a sense of which aspects of the application may weigh more than others? For instance, does CU focus on the auto bio more than the other writing pieces?

 

[fosteli124]

I heard that a lot of schools have an admissions team that read the auto bios or personal statements first and look at the gpas. And the individuals with the gpa they are looking for and auto bios that seem to mesh well with the school/ don’t have major grammar or formatting errors move on to the professors to review and to view the rest of the application materials. So from what I have heard the auto matters most at first to make the first big cut, but after that its all pretty equal.

 

[Browncapital]

I heard that a lot of schools have an admissions team that read the auto bios or personal statements first and look at the gpas. And the individuals with the gpa they are looking for and auto bios that seem to mesh well with the school/ don’t have major grammar or formatting errors move on to the professors to review and to view the rest of the application materials. So from what I have heard the auto matters most at first to make the first big cut, but after that its all pretty equal.

Isn't it a holistic approach? I'm sure they look at everything.

 

[fosteli124]

Isn't it a holistic approach? I'm sure they look at everything.

Yes it’s a holistic approach after the first major cut which is based on gpa and auto bio, sorry if I didn’t explain it better (this is also just based off what I’ve heard and read I’m not an admissions counselor)