Columbia 2013 Applicants

[ath579]

Had my interview this morning at the campus for screenwriting/directing. Eric and Dan (I believe, I'm bad with names!) interviewed me and they were very nice and funny. They also give out DVDs of students films which is nice.

 

[melent]

Did anyone send a "thank you" email post interview?

 

[ath579]

Originally posted by melent:
Did anyone send a "thank you" email post interview?

I think I will.

 

[Affliction]

Does everybody get a DVD at the end of the interview, cuz I didnt. Wondering if that's a sign.

 

[melent]

I didn't get one either. But I didn't interview with those people.

 

[Affliction]

I didnt interview with them either. Whew, I feel much better. I lost all hope there for a second. Thanks.

 

[ath579]

Originally posted by Affliction:
I didnt interview with them either. Whew, I feel much better. I lost all hope there for a second. Thanks.

Sorry! Didn't mean to make you lose hope. I think it's just an Eric Mendelhson thing.

 

[nellie]

I interviewed with hilary and alan and I got the Columbia dvds but i really really don't think it means anything either! and interviews are still taking place today so i dont think any calls will go out today, as far as i know the department still has to have a meeting to come together to discuss before any decisions can be made! x

 

[sudarshansuresh]

Do you think they record interviews? Because I'm not sure how different panels of judges can sit together and objectively decide who interviewed the better candidates.

 

[wannabe13]

guys - i got dvd's at the info session. i really doubt it is a sign of anything.

 

[nellie]

i don't think they record anything because at my interview i literally just sat like 1 meter from them in their office and we had a chat... no note taking no nothing. they probably judge based on memory.

also, i know that my interviewers were only seeing 10 people a day, so it probably isnt difficult to sift out the 5 you want out of the 10 interviewees!

 

[nellie]

oooh hang on i kinda see what you mean now by how they could judge over different panels... hmmmm. they're all professors there so i guess they know what sort of quality they are all looking for?

 

[Affliction]

Anybody get DVDs from Bette and Jamal?

 

[ath579]

Yeah they didn't take notes and sat across a round conference table, but they did have all my supporting materials in front of them and it was labeled thoroughly.

 

[Affliction]

Wow, my interview wasnt anything like that. It was very informal.

 

[nellie]

@ath579 wow really?! we didnt even sit around a table and they didnt have any of my materials! although we referenced my films throughout the interview...

 

[ath579]

Originally posted by nellie:
@ath579 wow really?! we didnt even sit around a table and they didnt have any of my materials! although we referenced my films throughout the interview...

Yeah they would say "what interested us about your application was..." and then point out things from my application. I only sent in writing samples, so we talked a lot about screenwriting. They did ask about other schools though and if I was accepted anywhere so that might work against me.

 

[nellie]

oooh i see... but i think the fact that they asked about other schools shows that they think you're a strong applicant and probably applied to other schools too! don't think they would work against you

the interviewers didn't tell me "what interested us about your application..." like your interviewers did... we talked about why columbia, what i expected to learn, the sort of stories i wanted to tell, and then abit about my background in sports haha

 

[ath579]

Haha they asked me about other schools because we were talking about how my parents felt that I was doing graduate school for film. I did say I was accepted at Chapman and AFI though.
They didn't ask me why Columnia...haha

 

[s.aldani]

@nellie - Same. My questions tested my storytelling abilities, my influences, why Columbia, past experience, where else I applied (I've applied nowhere else) and some fun and jokes. I had June and Jeff and they were just so wonderful, really informal and warm! Who did you interview with?

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