Columbia College Chicago offers the largest film program in the country and, as such, the school places a great deal of emphasis on it's film and video department. The department itself can either be energetic or apathetic (depending on who you are) although, predominantly, the it is suitable...
For those admitted to the film program as Undergraduates at Tisch, it would be helpful if any of you are willing to share information regarding your creative essay required of all applicants to the department (the creative essay is the 4-page written piece that accompanies the artistic...
Based on what I have been told by admissions counselors at Tisch, I would recommend that the creative submission show your storytelling abilities via a medium you feel most comfortable working within (for instance, if you feel that you are not very developed, aesthetically, with video production...
I think you should be fine, academically, with the committee. Focus now on creating an artistic submission that conveys your strengths as a storyteller (this is detrimental for Tisch).
That being said, a friend who graduated from high school with me received a 1450 on the SAT (at the time when...
I currently am a film student about to enter my second year at Columbia College Chicago. The school is terribly easy to be admitted into, and this creates space limitations as well as a student body that can be both unmotivated and under-prepared.
The curriculum places emphasis on narrative...
1310 is approximately the average SAT score of students admitted to the film program as Freshmen out of high school (as I have been told) and, thus, is not "below the norm."
I have seen films that have garnished students admittance into Tisch that are of a lower caliber than I would have...
Cody -
I agree with your assessment entirely; to use an SAT score and pie-in-the-sky storytelling in finalizing admissions decisions at an art school is, I think, outrageous. I was not admitted to Tisch out of high school for a variety of reasons (after filing an appeal, I received a letter...
For those who have been wondering about the specifics regarding entrance into NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, there is a bit of information that has been relayed to me over the past two years:
1. The Undergraduate Admissions page for the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at Tisch...
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