2008 - Interview Offers from NYU or Columbia yet?

[Calliegrl03]

Thanks ladki!
I grew up in Cali and LOVED it. Then we moved to Maryland and I was sad. I spent the summer in Cali senior year of college and HATED it. That's when I realized that I'm straight East Coast now.

 

[redpokiepenguin]

calliegrl totally know what you mean about going from west to east. i grew up in hawaii but went to school in new york. I died, hated the cold and hated the lack of beaches. But then i came back and it's not the same...don't know if i can say i'm straight up east coast...i still prefer warm weather.

 

[Calliegrl03]

Let's be honest here: The Tisch-Asia students are folks that were not considered "good" enough for the New York campus. No matter how hard they try to spin it, they can't hide it when it comes to the admissions process.

It's still NYU, ji. There were hundreds of people who did not even get the opporunity to interview for Singapore. It's a new program, but it will thrive soon, no doubt. To be honest, your comment sounds quite snobbish and harsh.

 

[duders]

It's still NYU, ji. There were hundreds of people who did not even get the opporunity to interview for Singapore. It's a new program, but it will thrive soon, no doubt. To be honest, your comment sounds quite snobbish and harsh.

That's the thing...it's *NOT* NYU. Sure in name it is, but in terms of quality of education, quality of students, quality of faculty, quality of resources it's not the same. It can't be.

I still haven't heard a reasonable argument against it being nothing more than a big cash grab. All they've really done is bought the name "NYU" and placed it on a building in Singapore.

So sure, you deserve a pat on the back for getting an interview for Singapore, and yes, it's an opportunity to make films. However, at the end of the day, you would be settling for Singapore.

 

[duders]

Originally posted by robertish:
nice calliegrl i was rooting for you and was pretty sad to see you hadnt gotten the invite. hey duders, i saw that you said
"Interviews for New York begin next week and go until March 7th. I think there's also a March 14th day of interviews too."
how did you find this out and are you sure?!?! I'm scheduled for a march 14th interview. If what you said is true, I'm pretty anxious about being last, I wonder if it means I was closer to the cut off than some of the other interviewees and have less of a chance.

I'm very sure about the dates. I wouldn't worry too much about when you are interviewing. There really is no order in when they interview people, it's really about just scheduling 110 people around. It's really a logistical nightmare for the people doing the scheduling.

The actual decisions don't get made until weeks after they interview everyone.

 

[Calliegrl03]

Whatever...
Too bad your mind is so closed...

Anyhoo, if I am accepted to Columbia, I will choose to go there since the program is more writer and film theory friendly. NYU is a bit too techy. I am more of a writer who wants to try out directing. I looked at the courses at the website and loved them! Yet, Singapore sounds AMAZING too.
HOLLER!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[peaches]

hey all. Still waiting! I finally called admissions to see if no news meant rejection, but they will be making calls until at least the end of the week, possibly into next week since they are running way behind. I'm sorry to say I haven't even gotten a Singapore invite, but I'm crossing my fingers! I'm just saying, it's not over till it's over.

 

[Calliegrl03]

hey all. Still waiting! I finally called admissions to see if no news meant rejection, but they will be making calls until at least the end of the week, possibly into next week since they are running way behind. I'm sorry to say I haven't even gotten a Singapore invite, but I'm crossing my fingers! I'm just saying, it's not over till it's over.

That's the best way to think about it, yaar.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bandar Albuliwi]

Calliegirl,

I agree with duders to some degree. We are basically the people who didn't make the first cut and are being offered a spot in a new program (with other people who didn't make the first cut).

Naturally, the level of talent will be different. However, it is still NYU and it will be the same exact curriculum. So I don't see duders point in saying that it is just the name.

Distinguished NYU faculty will be teaching there, and from speaking with Dan Sandford earlier, he explained to me that John Tintori will be going back and forth between the two programs. Also, only five or six people from the NYC pool will get spots. The other 28 or so people will come from Asia, Europe, Australia, etc...

Hope this clears up some confusion.

 

[heywetried]

I got the Rejection/Singapore email yesterday, too. And then I got it again today because there was a minor typo (when talking about Singapore, they said "Fall 2007" and not "Fall 2008").

Kinda insulting, actually, to get two identical rejection letters in two days. They could have simply issued a quick clarification instead of resending the whole thing. :-/

I replied right away, asking what the part about Singapore meant. It does seem a little ambiguous, but I think that the high number of people here who got the email indicates that they are only asking you if you want to be put in the pile along with the people who actually applied to Singapore.

I'm anxious about the timing on this, because I'll actually be in NYC during NYU's interview week. I have an interview with AFI for directing there (why they're doing east coast inter views in NYC and not Silver Spring is anyone's guess), and I'll also be meeting with Columbia admissions for a tour and informational interview, and I was hoping to save money on airfare by combining all my film school trips into one.

Not a bad problem to have, I guess, but I've flown to LA twice, drove there once, and flew to DC once all in the past two years for interviews, and since I haven't gotten any acceptances yet, it starts to feel like a waste of money.

I hope they do the Singapore interviews at the same time as the NYC ones...

Anyone know what the letters actually mean, and/or when they'll be doing the Singapore interviews?

 

[Calliegrl03]

Basically,
Mr. Sandford said that if you reply to the email stating that you're still interested in NYU, then you will an interview for Singapore.

 

[Bandar Albuliwi]

That's incorrect Calliegirl.

You are not guaranteed an interview. You will just be added to the Singapore pile and the proccess will begin all over again (For Singapore though).

 

[Calliegrl03]

Dan Sandford also said that the ppl who got the Singapore interview consideration were in the the upper half of the 200-250 ppl that applied to NYU NYC campus that made it to the first round. So maybe perhaps, 50-150 ppl got the invite to interview for Singapore.

 

[Calliegrl03]

That's incorrect Calliegirl.

You are not guaranteed an interview. You will just be added to the Singapore pile and the proccess will begin all over again (For Singapore though).

Really? My bad...

 

[robertish]

hey duders, not to beat the dead horse on your dude ranch, but, where are you getting all this info. Im only skeptical because it seems like, just from reading the first three or four pages of this thread that NYU has been giving out a lot of conflicting info to different callers.

 

[santoki]

I think Bandar is right. If all those who got the rejection/Singapore email were definitely going to be interviewed, that would be a slap in the face to everyone that applied directly to the Singapore program.

 

[Allen Ho]

I am hoping that making the first cut of the application round means I might have a better chance at Columbia.

They keep taunting me with their Columbia Film Division newsletters!

 

[Calliegrl03]

I am hoping that making the first cut of the application round means I might have a better chance at Columbia.

They keep taunting me with their Columbia Film Division newsletters!

YEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sojouner]

Anyone here apply for the dual degree at NYU for an MFA/MBA?

How do you think it messes with acceptance probabilities? Does Tintori wanna see strong producing candidates to help fulfill his student feature emphasis?

BTW, even admissions doesn't know what they're doing with their gelatinous mess of applicants.

If you haven't heard don't let these threads spook you.

 

[Allen Ho]

So now that most people know about their NYU status...shall we shift the discussion to Columbia?

When shall we start the harassing phone calls about when they start to interview, how many people they are interviewing, etc.