2016 UCLA Screenwriting MFA

[iYaro]

Thanks. Ucla did invite me to apply to the professional program. But I'm not going thru that with them again. I will wait for Loyola Marymount.

I visited Loyola last year. They have a great campus and a solid program. It's smaller than the rest and very hands on with great connections. I believe it made THR's 25 Top Film Schools in 2015 in the top 10. Wish you the best of luck.

 

[Boethius]

Two improv questions:

1. What sentimental object do you carry in your wallet that is not cash or credit cards? If you don't have a sentimental object in your wallet, what would you have?
2. If you were a character in a film, how would the first scene introduce you that would encapsulate you as a person?

 

[archbrenemy]

Two improv questions:

1. What sentimental object do you carry in your wallet that is not cash or credit cards? If you don't have a sentimental object in your wallet, what would you have?
2. If you were a character in a film, how would the first scene introduce you that would encapsulate you as a person?

Wish I had known about these before heading in. I feel like I gave the DUMBEST answers on the spot for them. Hopefully the rest of the interview overshadows that! (*vomits and curls into a ball*) This waiting is awful.

 

[Boethius]

Wish I had known about these before heading in. I feel like I gave the DUMBEST answers on the spot for them. Hopefully the rest of the interview overshadows that! (*vomits and curls into a ball*) This waiting is awful.

I know! I left feeling that my interview was so-so at best.

 

[archbrenemy]

I know! I left feeling that my interview was so-so at best.

It's such a stressful thing! I kept making up better answers in my head for days after, a useless exercise. I guess I'm hoping the interviewers are understanding that it's inevitably an awkward and not totally accurate portrait of a person since they have to do so many. And good luck to everyone!!

 

[loho]

It's such a stressful thing! I kept making up better answers in my head for days after, a useless exercise. I guess I'm hoping the interviewers are understanding that it's inevitably an awkward and not totally accurate portrait of a person since they have to do so many. And good luck to everyone!!

Who asked those improv questions?!!

 

[archbrenemy]

Who asked those improv questions?!!

My interviewer. I had Kris Young. He threw them into the mix along with more traditional interview questions as we spoke. They both threw me off and continue to make me paranoid that my answers were awful. Did you somehow escape the fate of the crazy improv question??! Lucky if you did!

 

[iYaro]

When I had my interview, they told me that they would try and notify people by the 1st of March. I see some people from the producing program have already been denied today. Has anybody gotten their acceptance letter or been denied post-interview?

 

[Donald]

I was interviewed on February 20th. I was told that they would try to get decisions out in three weeks (March 12th).

 

[iYaro]

@Donald

Welp. Back to waiting and slowly developing an anxiety problem.

 

[loho]

Bueller? Bueller? Sigh...more waiting.

 

[Bigedblue]

Just waiting... I was told about a month from my interview, which was on Feb 16th. GL everyone.

 

[loho]

Haha! I love how we were all told something different. I was told two weeks from February 17th!

 

[loho]

Did anyone happen to ask about scholarships or funding from the program during their interviews?

 

[IndecisiveElle]

Did anyone happen to ask about scholarships or funding from the program during their interviews?

I asked a few months ago about scholarships. They told me that your MFA application and the admissions board for that also determine scholarships and don't require separate applications. I didn't get any specifics about how much they are though.

 

[loho]

I asked a few months ago about scholarships. They told me that your MFA application and the admissions board for that also determine scholarships and don't require separate applications. I didn't get any specifics about how much they are though.

thanks! i tried calling today to see when applicants would be notified but it was just a voicemail..sigh...

 

[archbrenemy]

thanks! i tried calling today to see when applicants would be notified but it was just a voicemail..sigh...

Judging from last year, they sent out most of the notifications for acceptances for screenwriting on March 9th and 10th (and they did interviews a little earlier this year too), so it could be a similar schedule. Everyone hug their phones tomorrow...

 

[beardown]

Checking everything obsessively... when will we knoooooow??

 

[Donald]

I just received word that I am on the Wait List.

 

[loho]

in!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh! No words!