Chapman MFA Fall 2017

[SaltyDornishman]

Thank you!!!
I have been trying to add my info to the spread sheet via my phone but I have been unable to do so. I will try later when I get to my laptop.

 

[SaltyDornishman]

Can someone refresh my memory: when we submitted apps, were we given ID#'s?
Through all of the correspondence between various colleges over the course of the last five months, I am not sure if I did receive an email containing one and I absent-mindedly deleted it, or if I just never got one in the first place. Thanks in advance!

 

[Johnson、]

Can someone refresh my memory: when we submitted apps, were we given ID#'s?
Through all of the correspondence between various colleges over the course of the last five months, I am not sure if I did receive an email containing one and I absent-mindedly deleted it, or if I just never got one in the first place. Thanks in advance!

We got one reference number in the e-mail. You can check the first two e-mails from them. I thought you maybe find it.

 

[SaltyDornishman]

I did see that in my inbox, but it seems more like a correspondence number as opposed to a Student ID number.

 

[kiddygrimmer]

Hi, new here, applied for directing, have scheduled an interview on 3/23

 

[Rochelle Pascale]

I applied for their documentary film program, I was accepted but they didn't offer me any scholarships or grants. I can only take out 20,000 in loans and that wouldn't even cover half of it...My second choice is Columbia College in Chicago. I've heard nothing from Emerson or UCLA. I hate to decline their offer, but I don't know what else to do.

 

[ireneyang]

I got an email offering admission for producing!

I applied for their documentary film program, I was accepted but they didn't offer me any scholarships or grants. I can only take out 20,000 in loans and that wouldn't even cover half of it...My second choice is Columbia College in Chicago. I've heard nothing from Emerson or UCLA. I hate to decline their offer, but I don't know what else to do.

I'm sorry to hear that. Finance is a real problem. But good thing is you still got CCC. I studied at CCC for a year, it is a cool place to go too!

 

[Rochelle Pascale]

I got an email offering admission for producing!


I'm sorry to hear that. Finance is a real problem. But good thing is you still got CCC. I studied at CCC for a year, it is a cool place to go too!

Thanks for the reply! Is CCC a good place for mentoring? I know absolutely nothing about film making, equipment, technology, etc...I'm the kind of person who needs someone to really guide them along.

Also, are their internships available? How many people end up working on film sets? I know they shoot quite a few tv shows in that area.

 

[ireneyang]

Thanks for the reply! Is CCC a good place for mentoring? I know absolutely nothing about film making, equipment, technology, etc...I'm the kind of person who needs someone to really guide them along.

Also, are their internships available? How many people end up working on film sets? I know they shoot quite a few tv shows in that area.

I haven't been in their graduate program, but I did have a great mentor when I was there. I think for the filmmaking basics and practical stuff, you'll learn the most from participating in a bunch of projects.
They do have an internship workshop which only offers limited spots each semester; but once you're on the list, there'll be a lot of recruiting info coming to your email. As a matter of fact, I did find an internship in LA last summer (that was because I wanted to go to LA, but there were a lot of opportunities in Chicago for sure).

 

[SaltyDornishman]

It'd be sweet if Chapman awarded me with some sort of Fellowship. Not to be entitled, but....

I was looking at my FA awards, and I'm not sure how final they are, but it is all loans. Not surprised. But I realized that the Grad PLUS loan covers all of my tuition for the entire year. Which is great tbh. However, they also gave me a Direct loan for other expenses. If I could get a small Fellowship award, and then add that with money I earn up until I start school in the fall, I could essentially eliminate the Direct loan which would be sweet. Here's to hoping...

 

[kiddygrimmer]

Just got an admission letter for directing! Have to make a decision pretty quick though. Still a bit torn between Chapman and CalArts, anyone have any suggestions?

 

[Rochelle Pascale]

Just got an admission letter for directing! Have to make a decision pretty quick though. Still a bit torn between Chapman and CalArts, anyone have any suggestions?

Did any of them give you financial aid? I mean, do you really think you can pay back 70,000 dollars of debt? That was my major reason for choosing Columbia College instead of Chapman. Chapman looks like a wonderful program, but it's not worth 70,000 dollars of debt for me.

 

[kiddygrimmer]

Financial decisions haven't come out yet, will probably be out in a week or so. My main concern is career wise though.

 

[Rochelle Pascale]

Financial decisions haven't come out yet, will probably be out in a week or so. My main concern is career wise though.

Why assume that this is going to help your career in anyway? What's the difference between career options and colleges. I mean I asked one of the professors about career prospects of his current graduates and he gave me a vague answer.

 

[kiddygrimmer]

Why assume that this is going to help your career in anyway? What's the difference between career options and colleges. I mean I asked one of the professors about career prospects of his current graduates and he gave me a vague answer.

I'm int. and I need to make connections, film school seems a better way to do so when you haven't lived your life in the states and you know literally nobody and nothing about the industry and how to get around in it. I mean I basically know what to do and who to go to if I want to make a film in my country, but not in the states. If you want to work at a restaurant, you first have to know what it looks like, what food it serves, and would help a great lot if you know some people who work in it already.

 

[shuai]

Got admitted to Editing MFA today...

 

[revolotus]

so...looking at the spreadsheet, no other screenwriters have heard anything from Chapman yet? And no screenwriter interviews?

 

[boopthatnose]

Just got admitted into producing!

 

[Johnson、]

Just got admitted into producing!

What is the deadline of making decision to attend?

 

[boopthatnose]

What is the deadline of making decision to attend?

14 days from the date of the admission letter.