Boston University M.F.A. Screenwriting 2018

[civetta]

@civetta & @Forrest3 I'll be at the open house in a couple weekends as well! Looking forward to meeting you both.

hey, that's great, would love to meet you there

 

[civetta]

Hey - I went for undergrad and have been contemplating grad school there, but I can't swing the open house with my current job. As far as the program - I think it is what you make of it. Professor Schneider, the head of the department, gets mixed reviews I think because he's not necessarily warm and fuzzy so he won't tell everyone what they want to hear, but he is extremely constructive and wants to see you succeed as I would say most of the professors do. Again - if you do a little research it's easy enough to weed out any outliers from that majority. The LA program is hugely beneficial considering you are on the east coast for most of your time there while preparing for a career that will most likely take you to the west coast. Nearly all my friends who went through it either found a job through their BU internship out their or through the BU network. Hope that helps some!

hey, thank you for your reply that’s very helpful ))
I really like their program, and especially semester in LA.
professors seem fine, and I don’t expect them be my friends, the most important is to get from them valuable feedback.
are you considering BU? do you have other options?

 

[Hannaheh]

Yeah definitely - as long as you're learning something I don't think you need them being your best friend or anything. And I'm definitely considering it! I like the school a lot. It's also nice that's a shorter program than most. I'm caught between here and LMU which is longer (and almost definitely going to cost me a lot more money), but it's also a new program for me and it's on the west coast (which I guess is countered by BU's LA program). I think it's going to probably be a final hour decision.