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    Can we talk a little about money?

    It seems that this topic has shifted a little bit from what I had originally intended. There are a lot of open debates elsewhere about whether or not to go to grad school for film at all. I had assumed that the people that frequent this forum had already made the decision that there was indeed...
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    Can we talk a little about money?

    Food for thought: I recently came across this article from Forbes magazine: Is Grad School Worth It? 7 Steps To Calculating the ROI From a cursory glance, it seems like hardly any of the MFA film programs would survive a test like this at full tuition price. Of all the recent MFA graduates...
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    2015 Interviews - Acceptances - Rejections

    Congrats on your acceptances, @Layne Inselman and @Rika Bhakta! When you get a second, would you mind coming over to the "money" thread and share your plans for paying tuition/living expenses? http://www.filmschool.org/threads/can-we-talk-a-little-about-money.24510/ Whatever your situation is...
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    Can we talk a little about money?

    Thanks so much for sharing your tuition estimates, @A+foreffort! I'm no expert, but it seems like those numbers are pretty spot-on. And yes, I think you are wise to have concerns borrowing a quarter of a million dollars. Would you mind sharing the rest of your plan? What sort of field are...
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    Can we talk a little about money?

    Thanks for the response, @Chris Wright! And for sharing your experiences. Although your experience is with undergrad, I think a couple of clarifications could provide some additional benefit. Of those folks who are now working in the industry, how many of them are doing so explicitly as a...
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    Can we talk a little about money?

    Thanks for the insight, @LuckyDirector! A lot of interesting points here. Two questions about this: 1. Do you think this is by coincidence or by design? Are these programs intended to benefit a select few from the start while the other students provide the environment/funding? 2. I will...
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    Can we talk a little about money?

    Thanks for the response, @Patrick Clement! I agree with you that the process shouldn't be entirely schools selling to prospective students, and I can see how my post might've seemed like that. In reality, I do agree that it is a collaborative deal that isn't directly analogous with the...
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    Can we talk a little about money?

    About 15 years ago, I knew a guy who worked as a regional sales rep for Verizon Wireless and was known for employing crazy, offbeat sales techniques. He once told me about a time when he tried a new approach on a potential customer. A man wandered over to the cell phone display and was...
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