UCLA Screenwriting 2012

[SVC914]

Originally posted by PeopleGetReady:
Best email I've gotten in years!

I second what @tra_thomas has to say. This is going to be an amazing 2 year adventure! I can't wait to meet my fellow classmates! I'm thinking we're going to need a facebook group? Whaddya think, guys?

PeopleGetReady, I think a facebook group is a great idea! I'm excited to meet everyone!!

N_A_Fitz, not hearing back yet isn't bad news. I would imagine this is simply the first round. Plus, some will turn down their offer, opening space for others.

 

[darkew]

Whoever starts the facebook group, lemme know =)

I_spit_hot_fire : you're the man (or woman)! You got accepted everywhere! Congrats! =)

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

Hahaha. Thanks. Wish I could go to them all. It kills me that I have to turn UCLA down.

 

[Diehl]

Nothing for me. Oh well. Congrats to those who made it.

 

[N_A_Fitz]

Where r u going instead I_S_H_F??... (edit...i ju just looked back)...USC.. cool.

What made u choose USC if i may ask?

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

The Stark program was my top choice, since it combines studying the creative and business side of things, and allows for a broader overview of the industry as whole. Their alumni network is also a big plus.

I studied screenwriting as an undergrad, so I wasn't necessarily looking for a straight writing program. It makes more career sense to me to train more broadly (in things I've never studied). Even at UCLA I was trying to get into the Showrunners Track.

That said, I really love what UCLA is all about, and I'd definitely be having an internal struggle of art vs. business sensibility right now, had I not committed and sent my deposit on the same day the acceptance letter came.

 

[MichaelDorsey]

Hey 2012 MFA'ers,

I'd like to admit that I've been watching from the shadows this whole time.

I did not get in last year and I was really bummed. At the very final hour before this year's deadline, I decided to reapply. I handed in a short story that I literally wrote out of reaction to not getting in the year before (it was about how I got beat up walking home from grammar school when I was a kid -- I don't know why I chose to write that story, I guess I kind of felt beat up by not getting in and it was a type of therapy maybe?).

The crazy thing is, I received my acceptance email last night as well. I got in on the second try.

For those that got in so far, congrats.
For those that don't, you're still writers. If it helps, use your writing to get through the rejection. You never know-- it might be the sample that gets you in next year.

But whatever you do, don't give up. Okay?

 

[mike8163]

I had my interview on campus back in late Feb. Received a rejection email Friday night EST. So maybe those of you who didn't receive anything Fri. still have a chance. Good luck guys and congrats to the everybody here who got accepted.

 

[bball71529]

I'm guessing that means they rejected the bottom of the remaining list, and offered acceptances to the top, and they are waiting to see how many immediate YES's they get back from the acceptances before they send more.

I must be somewhere in the middle. The wait is killing me. I'm scheduled to visit LA a week from Tuesday to look at USC/UCLA and neighborhoods to potentially live in. I just want to hear before then. I really, really, really hope they don't keep me waiting two full weeks after the first acceptances went out, and then reject me after I spent a day or two checking it out and getting my hopes up. If I'm going to get rejected, just reject me at 9am PST tomorrow.

 

[graffiti281]

A facebook group is a great idea! I'm excited to meet everyone else.

Congrats to all who got the mail already. The ones who didn't, hold on. I'm sure they're doing this in batches.

 

[N_A_Fitz]

Originally posted by bball71529:
I'm guessing that means they rejected the bottom of the remaining list, and offered acceptances to the top, and they are waiting to see how many immediate YES's they get back from the acceptances before they send more.

I must be somewhere in the middle.

I am also in limbo.... Middle of the list, huh? I might develop some sort of complex

 

[Lumaloo]

Very much in limbo over here too, so I feel your pain!! Congrats to all who made it in

 

[tra thomas]

Seems like there was a consensus that a FB group would be helpful. I don't think one has been created yet, so I made one at https://www.facebook.com/groups/248366401924314/

Right now the privacy is set to "closed" so if you join, people outside of the group won't see our interactions, but I think it will show up in your timeline that you joined. Just a heads up if you haven't broken the news to your employer, etc. I would have set the privacy to "secret" but then I would only be able to add people with whom I am already friends.

If there is already a group and I missed it, will someone please shoot me the link and I will delete the group I linked above.

 

[darkew]

Way to go, tra thomas

 

[PeopleGetReady]

Yay tra thomas! I'm joining right now.

 

[honeybadger]

Congratulations to everyone that got accepted! I've been pretty busy with the MFA program that I'm currently in this week, with the end of the quarter, so forgive me for my tardy congratulations.

I, like others, am still sitting in limbo. I haven't heard one way or the other. Although a great guy and member of a writing group I was in got his acceptance letter yesterday, so hopefully he pops into the forum and announces it to everyone, so I can congratulate him here on the board.

 

[Pilnarie]

Hello everyone, I received my acceptance email last night. Looks like they are staggering them. Looking forward to meeting you all and to those who didn't make it, hang in there.

 

[honeybadger]

My boy,Pilnarie finally trumpeted his good news! So proud of you, man.

 

[bball71529]

Officially rejected. USC it is. Congratulations everyone, and good luck.

 

[Diehl]

Officially rejected as well. Guess I'll be going it on my own. I wish you all the best of luck and kick some a** at UCLA.