NYU Dramatic Writing Program - Fall 2012

[HUwriter]

You can take production classes as electives at NYU? That's great, what about directing classes?

 

[Fred Flintstone]

Munky, can you answer HUwriter's question about those production/directing electives?

 

[dmtr]

Hey all, so who else is heading to NYU for DW in the Fall? Where are the playwrights?

 

[benifox]

inhales deeply......I talked to the graduate admissions director last week. He said they were still getting through the screenwriters (the largest applicant group by far), then the television writers, and then the playwrights. If you haven't gotten a rejection call, email, or letter yet, then you are probably still under consideration. He also said that if you didn't receive the "NY-Rejection-Defer-to-Asia" message, then you are not rejected from NY, even if you received an interview or acceptance from Tisch Asia. He stressed that the admissions processes are separate and Asia is set to accept as many people as NY (24 with 8 in each concentration). ......exhales...

Good luck to everyone on here!

 

[Fred Flintstone]

I am copy/pasting "the list" from page 4 to here:

ACCEPTED...

screenwriting:
mike8163 (leaning toward yes, but not certain)
HUwriter (will enroll)
rohan (will enroll)

tv:
rockie2 (will enroll)
dmtr (will enroll)

stage:

WAIT LIST... (WHAT WILL YOU DO IF ACCEPTED?)

screenwriting:
Fred Flintstone (not sure)
oaktreefilm (it's complicated)

tv:
DawsComedy (will enroll)

stage:

 

[Fred Flintstone]

oaktreefilm,
if accepted from the wait list, will you definitely enroll, not sure, or no? must we pine for your answer?

dmtr,
i realized a few days ago that probably a good portion of the playwrights are not hanging out at student films .com (with the exception of beni "crazy like a" fox).

 

[rockie2]

@Fred Flintstone you can change mine to will enroll. I decided NYU was a better fit for me anyway.

 

[Fred Flintstone]

rockie2 updated "will enroll" - tv.

 

[P.F. Murphy]

Originally posted by benifox:
inhales deeply......I talked to the graduate admissions director last week. He said they were still getting through the screenwriters (the largest applicant group by far), then the television writers, and then the playwrights. If you haven't gotten a rejection call, email, or letter yet, then you are probably still under consideration. He also said that if you didn't receive the "NY-Rejection-Defer-to-Asia" message, then you are not rejected from NY, even if you received an interview or acceptance from Tisch Asia. He stressed that the admissions processes are separate and Asia is set to accept as many people as NY (24 with 8 in each concentration). ......exhales...

Good luck to everyone on here!

Thanks for the info. Appreciate it a lot.

 

[dmtr]

@ benifox

Glad to hear the good news for you guys. We're rooting for you!


I plan to attend the April 5th meet n' greet. Anyone else going? I'll also be catching a reading of Goldberg Playwriting Prize winner this Saturday. If interested, you can get info here:

http://students.tisch.nyu.edu/...g02272012144729.html

It's open to the public and reservations can be made by emailing them at the address on the right side of the page.

I saw one of the winners last year and it was pretty good.

 

[ignatiusreilly]

@benifox Hey nice one! There's one thing I'm unclear about, if we haven't heard anything from NY that means they still don't know whether to accept/waitlist/reject us? (Seeing as many people have been notified along these lines). If so, that's quite a range of options for them to be considering at this point

 

[oaktreefilm]

Originally posted by Fred Flintstone:
oaktreefilm,
if accepted from the wait list, will you definitely enroll, not sure, or no? must we pine for your answer?

No need to pine. It's just I'm not one to count my chickens before they hatch. I've told NYU to keep me on the list because my interest in the program is serious. Until I get their final word though, I don't see the point in making any declarations this way or that. Put me down as "likely" or "unsure" if you'd like. I think both are accurate. One's optimistic and the other sums up my nerves. Who likes waiting? Not me, Nope, nope.

 

[benifox]

@ignatiusreilly Yes, that is correct. If you haven't received a rejection or waitlist yet, you're still in the running. (according to the admissions director) He said they've already sent out several waves of rejections beginning in February for all concentrations. He said that NYU's window of notification is unfortunately large (Feb.15th-Apr.15th). He said that they understand you might be considering other schools at this point, and that he's trying to get the decisions from the board as quickly as possible. This is all especially relevant for playwright applicants.

 

[DawsComedy]

Thanks for the update!

 

[Fred Flintstone]

thanks for the info, everyone. i agree it's weird the way they do it.

oaktreefilm's status has been updated.

 

[ignatiusreilly]

@benifox Indeed, NYU was my top choice along with another program but all this waiting is really pushing me towards the other side. I guess we must wait.

 

[dmtr]

To those waiting, I know it's no fun (I waited until September 1st last year) but it sounds like those that haven't heard yet are still in the running and have hope for immediate acceptance and those on the waitlist have a good shot because last year several people were admitted from there.

@ Fred

Good call about the playwrights. Didn't think of that.


Is anyone else going on 4/5?

 

[Fred Flintstone]

Not to be a downer, but I think NYU has probably notified all accepted applicants and wait listers (maybe only for screenwriting, not sure). We have 3 accepted screenwriters posting in our thread. There are 5 more out there somewhere (8 total). I would wager there is one who lurks here but doesn't post, and four who are not aware of this website. Not everyone knows these forums exist. A lot of applicants actually just worry for 6 months from Dec-May and don't research the notification timelines and all that stuff that we obsess over, or they call/email the department a few times and never end up here. I have spoken to several friends of mine who got accepted to MFA programs in years past (AFI/Columbia) about things I have learned on this forum and they are like, "There is a forum? Really?"

Maybe I am right, maybe I am wrong, just offering the perspective.

dmtr,
When you say you waited until September 1, do you mean it was only then that the program(s) told you to stop waiting and that there was definitely no space available for you as a wait lister? I, myself (on the NYU wait list), am wondering when that time comes, when they say Ok you can stop waiting to find out if there is a spot for you, there ain't one. I would think they would probably wait until Aug/Sept, because one of their accepteds or wait list/accepteds could drop out at any time or fail to get tuition loans, etc, and it doesn't cost them anything to keep us wait listers hanging. Since I have been accepted at another good school, there will probably come a time where I say f this I'm going to accept/commit to the other school now, I don't want to stress all the way to August.

F.F.

 

[dmtr]

@ Fred

What other program did you get accepted to? Last year I was not formally rejected by NYU until Labor Day weekend. Classes began the following Tuesday. As I understand it, there was a VERY last minute drop by an international student with a visa issue of some sort and one lucky waitlister was accepted the week before classes started. Last year the largest wave of waitlist acceptances came on April 27th (a couple weeks after the 4/15 deadline for accepted candidates to turn in their deposits). This year the deadline is 4/16 so I would expect similar timing.

 

[Fred Flintstone]

UT Austin - accepted, full scholarship.
NYU DW - wait list
AFI - wait list

Ouch. I don't think I could wait that long (since I have the option to enroll elsewhere). I agree, we should expect something to happen mid-late-April for wait listers.

By the way, for those of you who do not enroll anywhere this year, consider UT-Austin if you reapply. All screenwriting MFA students get full scholarships for both years, and it's considered a top program (although it is in Austin, TX not LA/NYC).