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  1. Septopus7

    UCLA MFA Screenwriting 2019

    Are you 100% certain that you would qualify for in-state tuition your second year? I looked into this back when I was thinking about applying to UCLA, and the requirements surrounding getting in-state tuition seems...complicated, to say the least. Residence Requirements That link specifically...
  2. Septopus7

    AFI Cinematography 2019

    I'm only 23 (although I'll be 24 by the time the program starts) and I got in on the Screenwriting end. Though the average skews older a bit, 24 is only a couple years younger than the mean. I wouldn't worry too much about that part!
  3. Septopus7

    CSUF, law school, or wait another year?

    It blows my mind to think that's even a possibility. Like getting a bachelor's degree in two years is literally inconceivable to me. Way to hustle, I guess!
  4. Septopus7

    USC Screenwriting MFA - Fall 2019

    Considering the offer, I'm like 95% sure I'm going with AFI. But I'm still waiting to hear back from USC re: financial aid and scholarships. They told me on Wednesday that I would find out before April 15 (when I have to commit to one school or the other), but I'm not super optimistic USC will...
  5. Septopus7

    USC Screenwriting MFA - Fall 2019

  6. Septopus7

    UCLA MFA Screenwriting 2019

    Also just want to say as an outsider looking in that it's insane UCLA is like the last college to notify people of acceptances, considering they have the earliest deadline of pretty much every single other program (the only reason I didn't apply for them this year.)
  7. Septopus7

    UCLA MFA Screenwriting 2019

    Huge congrats @BuddernScotch! So does that mean you were accepted and/or waitlisted at every institution you applied to that WASN'T USC? If I was you right now, I would so march up to the front of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, all letters in hands, and do this: But, eek, what a tricky...
  8. Septopus7

    USC Screenwriting MFA - Fall 2019

    USC works off the "Groundhog Day" system, so a week for them actually represents eight years, eight months and 16 days. So almost there!
  9. USC School of Cinematic Arts

    Reply to review by 'Septopus7' on the film school 'USC School of Cinematic Arts'

    This review is so good, it's making me seriously jealous I likely won't attend! Thanks for being so through with your post, though!
  10. Septopus7

    USC Screenwriting MFA - Fall 2019

    I cannot believe last year's rejections came out on the 20th. Felt like it was July when those fuckers finally came out.
  11. Septopus7

    AFI 2019 Screenwriting

    To quote from our New Fresh Prince of Agrabah: Oh hell naw. Once again, let me clarify -- I danced around the subject due to A) not wanting to take over this thread entirely with my ramblings, which I guess I kinda failed at and B) previously typing these comments on my phone, where I was trying...
  12. Septopus7

    AFI 2019 Screenwriting

    Oh no, you're completely fine, and this has been a good chat! If anything, I'm worried I'm sounding too harsh to a school that is by all accounts wonderful. I'm not really trying to defend a point or anything, so I hope I'm not sounding too defensive here...ah, the joys of conversing through...
  13. Septopus7

    AFI 2019 Screenwriting

    I just want to clarify when I discussed the whole point about USC vs. AFI name recognition, I was specifically pointing out the influence of the name OUTSIDE of the film industry, or at least the "creative" part of it. I know the relationship between that and school in general is complicated...
  14. Septopus7

    AFI 2019 Screenwriting

    Oh boy, you asking this really opened a can of worms that I wasn't expecting when I started commenting, but...sorry! Here's a very long post: Not so much "better," just different. The conservatory approach has its benefits (you're always making stuff! Everyone there is a filmmaker of some...
  15. Septopus7

    AFI 2019 Screenwriting

    Full ride usually means cost of living but, in my excitement, I misused the term. They gave me approximately two dollars more than tuition. So unless I can find a place in LA for $2 a year, that's still on me. Still though...I never expected an offer like that from ANY of these film schools, let...
  16. Septopus7

    Decision Time Columbia or Chapman

    The Stranger Things brothers both came out of Chapman, as is Dear White People's Justin Simien. So not too bad, especially for a program as relatively new as Dodge.
  17. Septopus7

    AFI 2019 Screenwriting

    Umm, okay, I feel so bad about my flippant response initially, because I just read my admission letter and, umm, I think they offered me essentially a full-ride scholarship? Holy fucking hell. This..is a development. Kind of in shock, and indecision, as this changes so much of what I wanted to...
  18. Septopus7

    AFI 2019 Screenwriting

    I spoke too soon, I guess. Just got my letter. Accepted, which is very cool! I'll go through the letter itself in a moment though, see what it mentions about scholarships and what not.
  19. Septopus7

    AFI 2019 Screenwriting

    Still nothing on my end yet, so I guess that shows they don't just batch send every single decision all at the same time. Unless my email is just slow.
  20. Septopus7

    AFI 2019 Screenwriting

    That reminds me of an old Hitchcock quote: "SURPRISE is the application letter being randomly uploaded to the USC portal at a time unpredictable by man or machine. SUSPENSE is the application letter being uploaded by AFI on a predetermined date, with the applicant in complete knowledge of the...

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