USC Fall 2010 (2 Viewers)

[Neville26]

youthquake, be sure to let us know how that pans out....that "addressed to USC, body meant for another school thing" worries me. I work in a grad school Admissions office and when our Arts department gets materials like that (every once in awhile, basically saying: "I could see myself at Columbia" and it's addressed to our school, the head of that office says he doesn't even look at the rest of the application then. But that looks like it wasn't the case with you, as you got a friggin' phone call. So kudos to you!!! Hope you get in.

 

[jamesc]

For Spring '10, several people received phone calls. We were told that certain faculty members will call students, but not all. It really depends on who is reviewing your application. But it seems that from Spring, all those who received calls were either accepted or waitlisted. So congrats youthquake!! I could imagine your embarrassment when hearing about that, but hopefully that mean they know another school might nab you and they'll rush to get you in .

 

[Turmanator]

Dear prospective Starkies,(USC Producing)

It's too early to worry ... note timing of advice last year ... see link:'09 thread

Even though Feb 23 is supposed to be the notification date - it seems that last year, March 03 was the date that the first international applicants received notification.

From this present thread all we can infer is that the school is presently reviewing our applications.

 

[youthquake]

Neville,

I felt like such an idiot! But I got a call right? He said it was okay, it was good that I was applying to more than one school.
The apps were both due on the same day I must've made a mistake. And those things happen right?

Jamesc, thanks for calming my nerves!

Good luck to everyone, and I'll stop lurking and talk more.

 

[psufilmgirl]

youth, did you get any indication of when they were making decisions or what incited the call?

just curious. I have to say i'm not stressed about this at all. not like in the past. it's nice.

but, i would like to know a time range of when we might be hearing. just so i'm prepared!! haha

 

[Cptn. Amurikuh]

anyone know when they notify undergrad transfers/ critical studies?

 

[wyy123]

Not sure, but I don't think this is the right forum to ask that.

 

[Neville26]

youthquake, did you contact the other school and see if you sent them the USC statement of purpose or whatever it was? that does blow, but hey, it happens. i still think it's good that he called you. i think had you heard nothing and found out later, then you could assume that did hurt you. but looks good for now! i'm hoping for you. i got your back.

 

[youthquake]

PSU,
He said it would be a couple of weeks until we hear anything else. But didn't know if that meant a decision or not. He just said he was looking at my application and wanted more info about me. Now it is wait time.

Neville,
The other application is addressed correctly. I think I just made a boo boo and saved it as the wrong name, and blahblahblah. Didn't check it before I sent it. Whatever. It's all good. Thanks for the back getting

 

[Ben]

Youthquake,

I literally left a word--an IMPORTANT word--out of the FIRST sentence of my personal statement to NYU, FSU and AFI. Thus far I've gotten interviews at all three schools....it's nice to know that they forgive stupid--really stupid--human errors.

 

[gh0sted]

I too was contacted for a fairly short unconventional interview. However, the conversation was based more on my visual sample, and not anything regarding getting to getting to know me better. The gentleman was polite, charismatic and just wanted to know more about my influences in film and what kind of styles he said I was "replicating". We also discussed camera angles and the script, but it was far more informal then what I would expect or liked, he did not ask anything about me or what my personal goals as a filmmaker are.

 

[gh0sted]

I don't have a good GPA. I failed quite a few courses before completing a 4.0 for my major in my undergrad years. Maybe that is the reason they actually called?

 

[Jen Kay]

Has anyone had a phone interview? What were the questions like? I'm having mine this week!

 

[psufilmgirl]

Youth-Thanks for the info.

ghosted-that's pretty strange! i've been on the forum for some time, and i've never heard of that kind of call! it must have been fun!

Jen-did they email you to set up an interview? what program did you apply for?

 

[Jen Kay]

They just called but I didn't answer because of the phone number... then the admissions person sent me an email to see if I was getting the calls. Opps! I applied for MFA in Production

 

[Bartleby Fink]

Any (hopeful) Starkies heard anything?

 

[Juli]

Hopeful Starkie here, Bartleby. Didn't hear anything. I think it all boils down to the 23rd - calls for the lucky ones who get admitted/waitlisted on that day. If it's 8pm PST next Tuesday and your cell phone didn't ring, then that probably means you're not in. Right?

 

[Bartleby Fink]

Probably, but thinking about that just made my stomach drop.

 

[beezy16]

i haven't heard anything yet... but congrats to those who did! As for the rest of us, I'm sure we'll hear soon!

 

[MADRICAN99]

no news for me I hope to hear from them soon