USC Fall 2009 (2 Viewers)

[smell_the_glove]

Uh oh, I think Sonic is becoming the new Jamba Juice! It can't be possible!

 

[Sayer]

So, my status changed on March 16. What do you guys think THAT means?

 

[TDK120]

Jayimess -- Annenberg aside, are there scholarship opportunities once the first semester is past? Do most folks end up paying the full amount for all four semesters?

 

[Kylok]

Sayer, changed to "postal mail"? And you're in California?

I think it means you should have gotten something by now!

 

[smell_the_glove]

Who the hell knows anymore? I'm giving up!

 

[Jayimess]

TDK:

There's money to be had. If you're a fall admit, a spring assistantship is your first chance for dough.

After that, it seems everyone who goes after money gets a bit. They do take both need and merit into account, with the general fund being pretty deep.

When it comes down to all that I"ve paid, , they haven't beaten UCLA tuition prices, but they haven't tripled it, as I originally planned. I'm not bitter about my assistance thus far...though of course I'd prefer more money.

Please realize, you will be paying for the bulk of this, be it with a check or a loan...no matter where you go.

Make sure you choose a program you're certain is worth it.

Cheers!

 

[timkido]

don't look at that status thing guys.

mine still says application submitted and they are in the process of making a decision.

i received my letter almost 2 weeks ago.

 

[smell_the_glove]

I think we've come to the conclusion that if you're waitlisted, your status isn't going to change. But if you're rejected or accepted, your status changes to the postal mail thing. I think it is stupid because it is still a decision they make regarding whether you are waitlisted, so why couldn't they have changed your status? Man, this is all so confusing and I really need to get a life. USC HAS ROBBED ME OF A LIFE!

 

[TDK120]

Thanks, Jayimess. I'm choosing between NYU and USC. NYU's offering about 30%, but I have no idea if more is available over time. With rents and so on cheaper in LA, I could probably save that by moving there. Plus, I'd love a break from New York's winters. I know both are going to put me in a deep hole financially, but I'm older than the average MFA student and I won't have forty years to pay it off. So I'm looking for every bit of help I can get.

 

[Jayimess]

TDK, I bet you're not as "older than average" as you think.

And good lawd I better pay it off in less than forty years.

 

[Kylok]

So guys, what do you think of my new icon thing?

The light in the background represents my dreams and ambitions, and the dark, looming behemoth obscuring it represents USC.

 

[Neville26]

Sayer, what was your status changed to?

And Zumbi, thanks for the encouragement.

And STG and Filipe, any of those possibilities sounds great to me! Let's hope we're waitlisted and they just say, "Ah, heck with it. Let 'em all in! The economy sucks and we need more money."

They should really just accept more people for the money, I mean, 'come on!' lol

 

[TDK120]

I hope you do too, Jayimess! I hope we all do.

As for age, any guess as to the average age of the screenwriting students? I was born before Nixon was president.

Ouch.

 

[Jayimess]

You will not be the only one in your 40s here. No, it's not the majority, but so many of my classmates lived entire lives with other careers before they finally gave into the dream...isn't it sad how society stifles the artist until we explode?

Mmmm, late twenties to mid thirties seem to be a sort of norm; everyone seems like they're either 34 or 27 to me for some reason. Not too many 21-22 year olds, either...and I'm always happy when I find someone who's my age (turning 30 this year)...I only know three or four after two years!

So, yeah, you are older than the average, but you're not nearly the only one! I guess I phrased it wrong. This semester, I'm the third youngest in one class, out of seven (the other students are both 25, I think, everyone else is deep in their thirties), there's a 50-something and a couple of undergrads in another, so that's REALLY running the gamut there....both writing classes....and in one my production classe, there's a guy who turns 50 this fall, lol!

That's people who were alive during some part, if not all, of the Nixon presidency for you, just in three of my classes.

 

[Sonia]

What kind of dynamic does the big age range create, J? I'm excited to be in class with people who are older than I am, with different styles and different perspectives (or the same). I just hope I don't turn out to be "that dumb 23-year-old."

 

[MoeFab]

Same here Sonia..

 

[Zumbi]

SAME HERE!!!

If...
"Your file has been forwarded to the academic department for review and an admission decision. You may check this system periodically for updates, and if the academic department requires additional information or renders an admission decision, you will be contacted".

..can become something positive!

I'm 34 by the way!

 

[xavier039]

I know Columbus, Ohio just got their first Sonic. I haven't made it over there yet. I also be 23 shortly after starting. We will make a 23 year old club!

 

[TDK120]

Lemme tell you, more years don't make you smarter, just tired-er. And a little more wary of credit cards.

 

[Jayimess]

Nobody really talks about age after the first introductions, really, it just comes out here and there...and usually people are oblivious..."I had no idea you were that old/young!"

There are instances of "dumb" whatever agers here, and everywhere...not just 23 year olds, lol.

It doesn't seem like people have issues with respecting elders or those younger than them.

I don't know if that helps...