Northwestern Writing for Screen and Stage 2023

[AndreaBerting]

Has anyone gotten an interview?? LMAO

Noooope lol

 

[scrapingby]

Lol, well at least it's the same for all of us. I had a feeling this program would prove to be more competitive than most, and it seems that's proving true. We'll see, I guess.

 

[jfjburns95]

Yeah, I thought it wouldn’t be as competitive as UT’s Michener…but now I’m not so sure. Last years acceptance rate for NU was around five percent.

I got this email on Wednesday though:
“Dear John,



Yes, the MFA in Writing for Screen and Stage program will conduct interviews before rendering final admissions decisions.”

Which makes me think they haven’t done the interviews yet?

 

[shalley]

this might be a silly question, but I'm new to this whole process so i'm going to ask anyway. is the status in your portal supposed to change? Mine still just says 'submitted'. is it supposed to change to 'under review' or something like that?

 

[AndreaBerting]

this might be a silly question, but I'm new to this whole process so i'm going to ask anyway. is the status in your portal supposed to change? Mine still just says 'submitted'. is it supposed to change to 'under review' or something like that?

Mine still says "submitted" as well, if that's any consolation. Although, I've seen here and on Twitter that a few folks have received interview requests/had their interviews already, so those of us who haven't heard anything yet might be out of luck honestly.

 

[scrapingby]

Mine still says "submitted" as well, if that's any consolation. Although, I've seen here and on Twitter that a few folks have received interview requests/had their interviews already, so those of us who haven't heard anything yet might be out of luck honestly.

Yeah, I've basically given northwestern up for a bad job at this point.

 

[jfjburns95]

I don’t think it changes. But

Mine still says "submitted" as well, if that's any consolation. Although, I've seen here and on Twitter that a few folks have received interview requests/had their interviews already, so those of us who haven't heard anything yet might be out of luck honestly.

It literally never even occurred to me to check twitter lol. That's smart.

 

[emmas]

Just got my rejection! not too surprised, though so oh well!

 

[jfjburns95]

Honestly I had no desire to live in Evanston again so it’s kind of a relief!!!

 

[notaprincess]

Just got mine, too. Kind of obvious since we didn’t get interviews lol

 

[emmas]

Tbh my favorite part of the program was that it was free but other than that I’m not too phased by it

 

[jfjburns95]

Lol my mom is more sad than I am. She thought I was gonna be five minutes from her house for the next two years.

 

[shalley]

It would have been nice to be out in the world again, but I'm definitely not meant for Illinois winters. So oh well.

 

[SK7]

also just got my rejection letter, not too sad as it was not my top choice

 

[BR2023]

Rejected as well but wasn’t holding my breath! Not interested in those winters anyway!

 

[calionmymind]

Any updates?

 

[ChamomileCami]

Any updates?

No updates on my end. I was interviewed on March 2nd, but I haven't received any notice on if I was accepted or not. I've been checking my email everyday waiting

 

[jfjburns95]

No updates on my end. I was interviewed on March 2nd, but I haven't received any notice on if I was accepted or not. I've been checking my email everyday waiting

I would email them and ask.

 

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