COLUMBIA 2011 SCREENWRITING/DIRECTING WAITLISTERS

[paper]

sigh... also waitlisted and still waiting.

 

[silverlain]

Originally posted by aNDy2011:
I am sure CU has contacted the High waitlisters right?

Still waiting.

 

[Lights_out]

Hey guys still waiting (regular waitlist Directing)
Anybody here on the "High List"?
And this question is also for all the silent lurkers please come out and help us figure this thing out.

Best of luck to all...

 

[joybird]

I thought there was no high waitlist.

 

[Procallout]

hey guyz, I'm waitlisted as well. Checked out of these forums once i got that letter in the mail. A friend told me the high waitlist doesn't exist anymore...maybe we shouldn't worry?

 

[blamereggie]

Waitlisted here as well, but I got accepted into NYU TischAsia. Still, I don't think there is a *High Waitlist*. I asked them before and they said it doesn't exist anymore. In addition, the normal waitlist letter now says what the High Waitlist letter used to say. So if someone does claim they are on the "High Waitlist", as they would say in online games, "screenshot or it didn't happen/doesn't exist." To those anxiously waiting, just keep busy and try not to think about it too much. If its meant to happen it'll happen, if not, then if you kept busy then atleast you'll have a lot of better material to submit next year. Keep working on your craft and never give up and just remember that grad school isn't the be all or end all of a career in film.

 

[aNDy2011]

Just checking.

 

[cineaste504]

Still haven't heard anything, but I did receive something interesting in the mail yesterday: a letter from my state's higher education department informing me of my status for state financial aid. The letter specifically mentioned Columbia University and it said the financial aid decision was for the 2011-2012 school year (more specifically, it said I am ineligible for state aid, because CU is a private school and my income is more than $10,000 a year...however this will not affect my Federal Aid eligibility)

Could this be a sign that Columbia started processing the Financial Aid paperwork for select waitlist candidates? Or is this just a standard letter sent to everyone who applied for Need Access?

 

[aNDy2011]

Just checking again.

 

[Procallout]

Silverlain, did you end up getting a call over the weekend??? I saw your optimistic post about Columbia calling waitlisters this week before it was taken down

 

[silverlain]

Originally posted by Procallout:
amen.

Silverlain, did you end up getting a call over the weekend??? I saw your optimistic post about Columbia calling waitlisters this week before it was taken down

I had a blocked call that I missed on Saturday morning (EST) but have not been called back. Holding my breath...

 

[aNDy2011]

Did you receive the "block call" again? Just curious. I am thinking of calling CU now.

 

[cineaste504]

Still nothing? A lot of people on this forum declined their CU offers, so I'd assume there are a good number of spots open. I wonder why it's taking so long for them to reach out to wait list folks this year...

 

[silverlain]

Originally posted by aNDy2011:
Did you receive the "block call" again? Just curious. I am thinking of calling CU now.

Nope. Maybe it wasn't Columbia after all... but it was the middle of the night for me and I don't know anyone that uses a blocked number so... *shrug*

Yes, it's odd that they're taking such a long time.

If you do call, Andy, let us know what they said!

 

[Procallout]

sooooo maybe columbia lost the waitlist!

 

[aNDy2011]

Am I the only one still waiting and hoping?

 

[HI FILM]

no, you are not alone

 

[aNDy2011]

ok...

 

[joybird]

Hey Guys!

You will probably be on the waitlist till August. That's the way it works. They hold people on the list right up until school starts. I know NYU holds people till August 15th.

I think I read on this board somewhere that someone got into school a week before it started not sure if it was CU though. People can drop anytime between now and before school starts.
So hold on.

 

[aNDy2011]

It seems impossible. Even if one seat becomes available during the time, there are at least 10 waitlisters waiting for the same spot. I am hoping that I am wrong.