Chapman heads up

[Fox]

I just got my acceptance letter by FedEx 1 minute ago!!!! Yeah!!! I love FedEx! LOL at least I can try to finish everything before I fly to Shanghai

 

[filmdazzle]

Congrats, Fox! Btw, I'm a she.

 

[Fox]

Congrats to you too, filmdazzle! btw, I am a she too! hehe Fox is just my nickname, my Chinese name is too difficult for you guys to pronounce..but I will try to teach you that when we meet in summer! haha

maybe we can consider travel back to Texas together during Christmas!

 

[Bware]

Just got back from a shoot, saw some questions I can answer, but don't remember who asked them.

If you don't want to pay the deposit until finding out more financial aid info, call the grad department and ask for an extension. They were pretty helpful with me last year when I asked for an extension so I could fly out and see the school (they wanted the deposit a week after I received my letter).

Our spring break happened to fall this past week this year, I don't know if it's like that every year though. It doesn't matter much, because we spent the entire break shooting our end-of-the-year projects. We shot on Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Passover (both nights) and today, Easter... so even though the general University (Chapman) may plan a break around Easter, don't expect the film program to care much about religious holidays. Frankly, I can't wait to go back to class tomorrow so I can get a break from my break.

It's a lot of fun, but also a lot of work... Then again, if you don't want to be making movies, why are you applying to film school?

Congrats to everyone who's been accepted so far, and good luck to everyone who hasn't heard yet!

 

[Fox]

Bware, thank you for sparing time to answer our questions. I'm still waiting for your detailed message about the editing program

 

[filmdazzle]

Yes, Bware, thanks a lot for the advice on filing an extension with financial aid. I just might do that.

Fox, I have a notoriously difficult name, too, so I feel you. Travel back to Texas sounds good...if we get a break, that is. Can't wait!

 

[Fox]

I finally saw my official admission letter togniht after I got out of bureau. I got into the editing program, but it's a conditional offer because I haven't graduated from university yet. Anyone got an admission letter like mine? It says I need to send in my transcript with my degree posted on it. Anyway, I will send in the 1k deposit first...

Tabbycat, I want to be classmate with you!!!

 

[Kalie14]

Hello all! I've been reading about all your acceptances but still hadn't heard anything, so I decided to call Chapman today and they said I should be receiving a letter "very soon" and it will be something I "will like a lot." So I'm thinking acceptance? But I have no status change on my web advisor and still no letter. Anyway, I just wanted to provide some hope for others who haven't heard. I'm a W last name, not sure if that makes a difference too.

 

[skipper]

Kalie, do you know who you spoke with at Chapman? I just called the 888-CU-APPLY number and all they said was that decisions will be sent out mid-April through May.

 

[tabbycat]

nothin' yet! no status change, no snail mail. I'm too stubborn to call in, it probably helps that I haven't heard from AFI either.

 

[notroberttowne]

According to the website, the deadline for applications isn't until May 1st, so maybe nothing much'll come out of the office until after that. I'm actually considering, once I hear back from the financial aid office, sending in an application next week...

 

[tabbycat]

that's a good point, nrt... personally I didn't meet the priority deadline because of a couple supporting items, my app wasn't complete until march. So maybe priority decisions have been made but the rest of us need to wait until may? anyone who applied for the priority deadline NOT hear back yet? (or anyone who didn't apply priority, who DID hear back?)

 

[skipper]

I'm pretty sure I got mine there before the priority deadline, but it was the equivalent of sliding a paper under the door after the professor has left for the day. I sent some stuff really last minute and when I called to ask about it they said that as long as everything was postmarked before the deadline it wouldn't affect my priority status...so hopefully that person knew what they were talking about!

Either way, I haven't heard anything yet.

 

[Kalie14]

Hey skipper, I called the front desk at Dodge and then was transferred somewhere else in the department and spoke to a guy, but can't remember his name. I still haven't received a letter in the mail though, so I don't really know what to think about that.

 

[Carebear]

I'm in for Screenwriting! Can't wait to meet everyone in the fall

 

[tabbycat]

I finally decided to call Chapman, asked if I could check my decision status over the phone.. they told me no, that I have to wait for the mail. I didn't even give them my name or tell them that my status hadn't changed on webadvisor. Am I going about this wrong? I called the admissions office 888-CU-APPLY.

 

[cabezon]

Congrats Carebear!

@ tabbycat and everyone else who is waiting... try emailing them. It might work. I emailed them and I found out I was admitted before I received my official letter.

Doesn't hurt to try.

 

[tabbycat]

good idea cabezon.. did you just email dodge college (at) chapman dot edu?

 

[cabezon]

No I emailed Eva, the grad admissions assistant, if you look thru the graduate admissions contact page it says there.

 

[tabbycat]

oh yes.. I think I was corresponding with her re: my missing app stuff... if I havent' heard by tomorrow I"ll try that. thanks!