USC Application Status

[Ryan C.]

I called up USC today and learned some cool news. My application is now at the admissions comittee and they are hoping to have all of the letters sent out by April 1st.

Wow! The time has finally come!

 

[Hesker]

I was called in mid-March, received my letter on Saturday the 26th. It was also postmarked the 25th. I live in Los Angeles.

 

[grabbag]

Just got my acceptance letter(s) and packet today. Wow! I didn't expect this at all, after having been waitlisted everywhere else on earth. I am in NYC and my letters were postmarked 4/25. Congrats to all other waitlisters and admits! Now the decision-making process begins. . . .

 

[RedHen007]

Hey guys i also got waitlisted for Fall and admitted into Spring.. Jayimess.. it sounds like you were in the same situation last year?

Thanks so much for all of your support. i feel like you're a big sister to us lol..

One bit of confusion.. you said "being waitlisted is like an 80% chance of getting in for Fall"

but you also said they accept 50 students for Fall, and another 50 for Spring...

I'm not totally clear on how that would result in an almost likely admittance for Fall.. could you possibly elaborate on that?

THANKS AGAIN! I owe you big time

 

[Ryan C.]

Wow! Today the letter came. I am on the waitlist-- which for me is the best option since I only want to start in the spring semester so that I can finish the film I am working on! And I get to go to Burning Man again.

Huge shout out for all of us new admits!

 

[Jayimess]

Originally posted by RedHen007:
Hey guys i also got waitlisted for Fall and admitted into Spring.. Jayimess.. it sounds like you were in the same situation last year?

Thanks so much for all of your support. i feel like you're a big sister to us lol..

One bit of confusion.. you said "being waitlisted is like an 80% chance of getting in for Fall"

but you also said they accept 50 students for Fall, and another 50 for Spring...

I'm not totally clear on how that would result in an almost likely admittance for Fall.. could you possibly elaborate on that?

THANKS AGAIN! I owe you big time

Congrats, everyone!

Just to clarify, I was waitlisted for Screenwriting...not production. We only have fall admission.

They do accept 50 and 50, but the spring admit/fall waitlist was a pretty popular letter on these forums last fall, and the vast majority were bumped up to fall admit. I can think of at least twenty people.

Does that clarify?

 

[RedHen007]

awesome.. thanks again..

hey onnee last question.. do you know when you found (or anyone finds out) whether they made it through the waitlist and are elligible for Fall Admittance?.. late May? Early June? .. Late June?

 

[Jayimess]

I found out in early May, but the PR kids found out on a rolling basis from May on out...one dude, Slevin, found out in mid-August!

It was hard for me to believe when I got bumped off...who would turn down USC, I thought to myself.

But I turned down schools...people do it all the time, for various reasons...to attend another program, money, work, family, other opportunities.

My class is actually one short, because someone dropped out before school started...don't know why they didn't bump someone up!

 

[whatdoyouknow]

I finally got my thick envelope from Production and I'm so excited!

Anyone else definitely going?

 

[K-MEE]

Well I'm still waiting on my decision letter... it's OK, i think I'm handling it pretty well. I'm only checking the mail 5 times a day (even though I know the mail has already been dropped), I'm barely going on this forum ( I'm only counting the times I'm writing a post though) and I have learned to control myself and not go to the USC online application (Twice a day is reasonable for some people).

 

[bscofield]

k-mee... i'm sure at this point you could call them to find out about the decision. do you live far away from usc? you should have heard unless it's stuck in the mail!

 

[K-MEE]

I did call them, that's how i found out they've sent my decision letter on the 15th. but they wouldn't give me the answer by phone and later they wrote in a mail that a new decision letter has been generated and sent to me.
I live in France so the mail is supposed to take between a week and ten days not over 20 days.
I think I'm just gonna give them a friend's address who lives in California; that way it will be faster.
thanks for the support

 

[bscofield]

K-Mee,

Can they send it to you via email? I'm so sorry that must be incredibly frustrating to have to be waiting so long!

 

[K-MEE]

bscofield,
The first time i called they said they would send me the answer by e-mail within a day or two; and a few hours later i received a email saying they couldn't give me my decision letter this way and they will send it by mail instead...
well I have done everything i could so i guess i have nothing to do except wait.

 

[usckyle]

To all of you accepted to the graduate program CONGRATS! Now I highly recommend that you start bothering everyone in the department about getting a TA position. Not only will you get paid, but it will cover your graduate tuition.

 

[bscofield]

Thanks, Kyle... I am definitely going to pursue getting a TA position. How does that work? Surely you can't apply as a first year? Or can you? How much of your tuition does it cover? What opportunities are available for production students specifically? Thanks!

 

[Jayimess]

With very rare exception...

as in, I don't know anyone who has done it except for one person, who was offered the position as part of her scholarship package, which she received with her acceptance letter...she was the only one in our writing class to get this offer, but it may very well be possible, ask Kyle for more info since he sounds as if he did a first semester assistantship...

you can't get a TA/SA/DA until your second semester. The positions pay two to six credit hours each semester, depending on the class, instructor, and responsibility, and you also get anywhere between seven and ten dollars an hour while you're in class.

There are opportunities for each discipline...i.e., writing students work writing classes, production students work production classes. Our fall DA applications were due last week, in the fall they were due the last week of classes as well.

There are also other opportunities within your department...such as being a First Pitch coordinator, within the writing program, which does not in fact pair you with an instructor.

 

[S.O. Productions]

Hey guys..I also got waitlisted.. admitted for Spring.

How weird that there are so many of us .

I love this forum btw.

 

[K-MEE]

I finally received my rejection letter and i was surprised to receive a very nice letter from USC. I was expecting to receive something telling me i had a bad GRE scores (which is true) or my inability to speak the English language ( I'm a foreigner applying for the screenwriting department so it makes sense) but the letter didn't say any of that.
Anyway I'm glad it's over I will try again next year. I think the fact that I only wrote only one screenplay so far (a teleplay to be precise) didn't play in my favor. But then again i'm only guessing.
Thank you all of you especially you jayimess you've been very helpful & sweet to all of us.
By the way what does “students credentials” means? Experience or something?

 

[Jayimess]

Bummer, KMee. I'm sorry! I'm glad to hear our letter didn't suck as much as the other departments, though!!

We only have one "international" student in my class, and she's got dual American citizenship.

She loves to play word games, though, to improve her English, which is far better than either my second, third or fourth languages. I commend you for not being a monoglot like most of us on this side of the ocean.

You're quite welcome for the assistance, it's my pleasure, really.

Student credentials? It could mean your grades, your experience, your background, your personality, anything about you really, that they look at to decide if they'll admit you.

 

[Marlowe With An E]

Just wanted to say this thread gave me a sigh of relief, as I was one of the group to receive a waitlist/spring admission letter. I was generally just waiting until I actually received a bigger packet informing me of me semester of admission, but I feel much better now knowing that I am in. For either semester I get in, I am excited to work with everyone that may be in here!