UCLA Screenwriting 2012

[graffiti281]

Anyone interviewing on Skype heard from them yet?

 

[darkew]

Skype here, not yet...

 

[honeybadger]

I thought I would let everyone know, since I know everyone is filled with anxiety, that I got my interview phone call around 7 o'clock Central time, setting up my interview on campus in Los Angeles.

 

[mike8163]

Do you know who you're interviewing with? I'm interviewing with Linda Voorhees on Fri 24th. So overpreparing already.

Mike

 

[PeopleGetReady]

Got an email this evening. Interview's next week!

 

[Nowon]

@filmart and @Turner - Thank you guys SO much for sharing/answering!

Also Skype here, no date yet.

 

[graffiti281]

Hmm. Maybe they will do the Skype interviews last. Good luck all you guys! Keep us posted.

 

[N_A_Fitz]

Anyone interviewing tomorrow? (fri 17th)? I am meeting with Linda at 2pm on campus.

 

[filmart]

@ Nowon and graffiti281,

I remember my Skype interview was on March 9. I think I received an email about the interview a week prior. Don't fret. It will happen. I had the interview at 5am in the country I was in. Good luck to all of you.

Originally posted by graffiti281:
Hmm. Maybe they will do the Skype interviews last. Good luck all you guys! Keep us posted.

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

@fitz

I'm meeting with Linda at noon tomorrow. I'm local though, so my journey's not nearly as long.

 

[N_A_Fitz]

I am flying in in the AM. I think i am just gonna cab it to the campus and hang around there for the day. I have been to LA a bunch but i have never been to UCLA.

 

[honeybadger]

Good luck to all of you have interviewed and all of those who are interviewing shortly! Be yourself, and remember, you belong at the interview. UCLA chose you for a reason.

I am interviewing next Tuesday, on campus, so maybe I will see some of you there--although, we won't know each other, because of our anonymous online monikers... But I still might see some of you, even you lurkers out there.

Good Luck Everyone! Break a pencil... or typewriter... or laptop... or whatever your writing instrument of choice is.

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

UCLA is huge, so if you like wandering around a campus you should be able to keep yourself occupied.

 

[WKJoel]

I had my interview today. It went rather well. Now the waiting begins again.

 

[N_A_Fitz]

For anyone flying in:

I took a cab from LAX.. it was pretty quick but i paid almost $50 bucks with the tip.

Found LAAX Flyaway... Only $10 bucks. I haven't used them yet, but I will try 'em tonite when i go back.

http://www.lawa.org/welcome_lax.aspx?id=4698

 

[Nikkare]

I was rejected by UCLA a few weeks ago via e-mail, but I just got an e-mail from them yesterday saying I have been admitted into the professional program. Is that something that everyone gets an invitation to? I thought they just did that for people who were rejected after the interview process. Does anyone know anything about this?

For all of you going through the interview process, good luck!

 

[Diehl]

Hope everything went well for everyone. Great experience. Good luck to those who will be interviewing next week.

 

[Quirky]

I'm a first year Screenwriting MFA at UCLA. I remember checking this board when I was applying, so I thought I would chime in.

My interview was in NYC with Richard and Hal. It was in a small hotel room, as in there were two chairs next to the bed and I was in a chair across from them. Not quite what I was expecting. They were in jeans, I was in business casual.

They did not ask me to pitch or what I was working on. It was more like, where did I grow up, where do you like to travel...ect. Super informal and pretty quick.

The best advice is to be confident. Show that this is your passion, make eye contact and dress up. I remember the kid after me was an under dressed (dirty sneakers? really?) guy who was staring at the floor the whole time. Let's just say I never saw him again.

They said it would be a week or two before they would let people know. My interview was on Saturday and I got an email that I was in that Tuesday or Wednesday (it was super quick).

Best of luck and hope to see you next year.

 

[darkew]

No Skypers heard about it yet?

 

[tra thomas]

Thanks, Quirky, that's really interesting info! I interview with Hal and Richard on Saturday in NY. I can only hope for similar results. I emailed them when it was confirmed that they would be my interviewers, just to thank them and let them know I was looking forward to it. I instantly realized this was probably a dumb thing to do, but Richard promptly wrote me back with a very positive and hilarious response.

Did they send you (or anyone) the UCLA handbook when they set up your interview? It had really interesting info in it, but it is clearly written for students who have been accepted. I wasn't sure if they sent me the wrong document or if it's something everyone gets. Either way, I can't wait until Saturday. Good luck to everyone!