Columbia Fall 2010

[etone112]

good luck Neville. I had mine yesterday, actually running out the door to go sit in on a screenwriting class at columbia, which I'm totally psyched to do. The interview is really relaxed, just a conversation about who you are as an artist and why u want to columbia. take some deep breaths and you will do great. good luck.

 

[Neville26]

That's great etone! Did you setup that visit to class beforehand? I wonder if they have any classes Thursday morning I could visit.

 

[The Dear Hunter]

Huzzah for spam, I guess.

 

[etone112]

i just asked after my interview and they set me up for something the next day. they are really nice and helpful, so just ask anyone in the office and i'm sure they will be helpful to u like they were with me.

 

[robot_m]

Nice. I really wanted to sit in on a class, but I flew in Friday night, my interview was Saturday morning, and then I flew out on Saturday night.

So what are your observations on the class? Where was it held? How many people in it? Etc.?

 

[etone112]

it was great. sat in on a screenwriting workshop class. around 10 people in the class. very good vibe. seemed like a bunch of interesting smart people working on interesting projects.

 

[JusTaNaPpLe]

has anyone else heard anything from Columbia since the week they sent out notifications? it's been two weeks already...

 

[robot_m]

Last year people didn't hear until around the 25th of March.

 

[youthquake]

Hey robot_m, do you remember if anyone off last year's board got accepted without an interview?

 

[robot_m]

There was a guy who got in with no interview for the MA program, but not for the MFA, at least not as far as I know.

 

[akayy]

hello. i'm an international student and wanted to know whether anyone has received their interview call for Directing mfa yet?
i haven't till now and it's kinda getting me worried.

 

[The Dear Hunter]

They stopped sending out interview calls for the MFA program a while ago. While many on these forums say that students get in without an interview, I am not holding out much hope for myself as I didn't get an interview.

 

[akayy]

aahhh.. u just made the worst day of my life worse.
but thanks anyway.
hope u get the school you want.

 

[JusTaNaPpLe]

so anyone knows if they are done with notification now? if yes, that'd be bad, cuz i got rejected by NYU, and just got my rejection from USC yesterday...

 

[The Dear Hunter]

I don't believe they've sent out any notifications of acceptance or rejection, but if you are talking about interviews, then yes, I think it was established earlier in the thread that they are done sending out interview noticies.

 

[glencoco]

got in touch with Columbia and heard that decisions probably won't be going out until after the end of spring break, which is March 21. so it looks like there's still a bit of waiting to do...

 

[robot_m]

Yeah, last year the first people notified were on 3/25.

 

[Dead Honky]

Weird. I called them today and they told me that only the first wave of interview notifications is complete. And the second would go out next week.

Though I specified that I applied for screenwriting. Dunno if that goes for the other concentrations.

 

[Generallyspeaking22]

Dead Honky:

I mean this in the kindest way possible, but this year I learned school administrators lie over the phone to avoid awkward conversations.

I am by no means a definitive authority on this, but that's my take on this situation.

I hope I am wrong.

EDIT: I really do hope I am wrong. I am just speculating, but I saw it happen with NYU Production and now perhaps Dramatic writing too. The schools won't really tell you about the process b/c they don't want to "hint" at decisions over the phone.

Good luck to you, regardless!

 

[Jay Drose]

Yikes.

I think all the quasi-inferencing and speculation is going to catch up to us. Especially to those who are still hoping for an interview or an acceptance without one.