NYU Graduate Film 2020

[nervousmom]

Not me. Did you say that requests will keep coming until end of the month?

Courtney said the interview requests are ongoing

 

[amar41]

Hey everyone. My interview is still a couple of weeks out but I was wondering what everyone is doing to prepare? I've been looking back over my submitted materials (and to my absolute horror realized I spelled one of my favorite director's name wrong in the first paragraph of my personal statement - how???) and researching a bit about my interviewers but it seems to be causing me more stress than easing it.

 

[xrisdelrio]

Hey everyone. My interview is still a couple of weeks out but I was wondering what everyone is doing to prepare? I've been looking back over my submitted materials (and to my absolute horror realized I spelled one of my favorite director's name wrong in the first paragraph of my personal statement - how???) and researching a bit about my interviewers but it seems to be causing me more stress than easing it.

There's a thread here with a bunch of questions people have been asked in past years. Film School Interview Questions I've been going through it and practicing answering some of them. I've had my husband listen to me answer the question and give me some advice. I assume they're going to ask a lot about our application materials, so I think going through that is a good idea.

Best of luck preparing! And I think they probably won't care much at all about a small spelling mistake. You already made it to the interview stage, so I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. I'm sure you'll do great! I have mine next week, and I'm also a little nervous.

 

[Raven]

I submitted on 1st Dec but still haven't heard of anything yet. I hope they will be sending out more interview requests...?

 

[nervousmom]

I submitted on 1st Dec but still haven't heard of anything yet. I hope they will be sending out more interview requests...?

Nothing here

 

[OzymandiasVII]

Hope is dead but life goes on! Keep it up guys, there are a lot of different ways to become a great filmmaker and also nothing is stopping you from trying again for spring! Good luck everyone

 

[nervousmom]

Hope is dead but life goes on! Keep it up guys, there are a lot of different ways to become a great filmmaker and also nothing is stopping you from trying again for spring! Good luck everyone

Do you know this for certain?

 

[OzymandiasVII]

Do you know this for certain?

No, I’m actually not, but I know (the statistics on this site shows) that nobody got in to NYU without an interview and we still did not receive the request. According to the official information from their site, decisions are coming out from the beginning of March until April (or the middle of April). I guess they finished sending requests.

I also feel like my application for NYU is much weaker than the one I did for USC (it could have been better honestly) and it also feels like there is some fair logic for me in receiving request for an interview from USC and NOT receiving the request from NYU.

Will see how it will all end but I already left my hopes behind about NYU. If I still got any chances - request would be an unexpected and lovely surprise. If I won’t then it’s still ok

 

[Raven]

Nothing here

Still waiting...

 

[Buusey]

If anyone’s interviewing Thursday, our OCS screenings are that evening! Open to the public. Good luck!

 

[xrisdelrio]

If anyone’s interviewing Thursday, our OCS screenings are that evening! Open to the public. Good luck!

Thanks for sharing Buusey! I'm very interested in attending. Do you know where we can find more info on the event?

 

[nervousmom]

Has anyone gotten an interview request in the last week? Courtney says they are ongoing????

 

[OzymandiasVII]

Has anyone gotten an interview request in the last week? Courtney says they are ongoing????

Nope. Who’s Courtney by the way?

 

[xrisdelrio]

Nope. Who’s Courtney by the way?

Courtney works for admissions. I think she's the one who's been reaching out to everyone to schedule interviews.

 

[cestdong]

Had a brutal interview - stumbled on at least two answers and couldn’t think of my favorite directors when asked.. hope some of you had a better time on it!

 

[xrisdelrio]

Had a brutal interview - stumbled on at least two answers and couldn’t think of my favorite directors when asked.. hope some of you had a better time on it!

Sorry to hear that! I'm sure you were not as bad as you think you were. Hopefully you were able to impress them with other answers though!

 

[OzymandiasVII]

Had a brutal interview - stumbled on at least two answers and couldn’t think of my favorite directors when asked.. hope some of you had a better time on it!

I never had one, so you still got good chances at least because they have interviewed you

 

[Saay01]

Had a brutal interview - stumbled on at least two answers and couldn’t think of my favorite directors when asked.. hope some of you had a better time on it!

Don't worry so much about it. Chances are that they were happy with the answers. Hope you get it.
I have my interview on Monday. Any advice for that? What kind of questions did they ask you? I'm an international student from India so I don't really know what to expect.

 

[xrisdelrio]

Don't worry so much about it. Chances are that they were happy with the answers. Hope you get it.
I have my interview on Monday. Any advice for that? What kind of questions did they ask you? I'm an international student from India so I don't really know what to expect.

Hey Saay01, I had mine on Wednesday. My guess is that each interview is different. I wasn't asked who my favorite directors were for example. I would probably prepare to answer questions like that, and also definitely be ready to answer questions like "What kind of stories do you want to tell?" and "Why did you decide to apply?". I was asked a couple of odd questions that were not film related at all that caught me off guard, but there's no way I could have anticipated or prepared for that. I think just try to stay calm and try to show them what kind of storyteller you're interested in becoming. Best of luck!

 

[truffleshuffle]

I don't have much to add in the way of interviews than what's already been said, but they did mention right off the bat that an application has to make it through 2 rounds just to make it to the interview stage. They also said decisions would start coming out around mid-March.