USC MFA Fall 2016 Applicants

[Jessica Esteves]

Thank God I found this thread. I've been getting so anxious since I haven't heard back yet but I guess not many/no one has yet. They must have received some solid applications this year .

 

[Timothy Marc Hopper]

Thank God I found this thread. I've been getting so anxious since I haven't heard back yet but I guess not many/no one has yet. They must have received some solid applications this year .

Seriously, they had to of

We need a purgatory theme song

 

[Megan]

The waiting is killing me. Looking at last year's spreadsheet, it looks like decisions were handed out at the end of February. When I had my interview a couple of weeks ago, she said it would be "a while" before I heard anything. And various people here have said mid-March or late April. I wish they could just give us a specific date. Oh well, I guess I'll just keep obsessively checking my email...

 

[CReynes]

Purgatory song per request, loosely related to this situation.

 

[Sibi Naayagam]

I'm getting really anxious by the day and as USC required lesser no. of portfolio materials, compared to the other universities I applied to, its making the anxiousness worse.
While I was able to submit more than one video for other applications, I submitted just the following one for USC. And Im not sure if they will like it because the making is completely different from what they would usually see. It would be nice if someone could tell me what they think about it and if it was atleast a decent submission or if it was a mistake to submit it atall?
Thanks

Here is the video:

 

[Tiffany Kontoyiannis]

Has anyone heard anything? From what I've heard decisions are starting to trickle out!

 

[CReynes]

Has anyone heard anything? From what I've heard decisions are starting to trickle out!

Where did you hear that from?

 

[Tiffany Kontoyiannis]

The "2016 Interviews- Acceptances- Rejections" thread!

 

[CReynes]

That's so exciting!

I'm crossing my fingers. I applied for the MFA in screenwriting. Do you think we'll hear back sometime tonight if we were accepted?

 

[Tiffany Kontoyiannis]

Generally the acceptances and waitlists come out first. So if we made it, we should hear I would say before Friday (hopefully). But I would LOVE if we found out tonight! The anticipation is actually killing me. haha. I think we will all know for sure by mid march (acceptances, waitlists and rejections)

 

[siriusdanger]

Nothing's changed for me, either. The anticipation is KILLING me!

 

[OEO]

Hey everyone, I've applied for cinematography mfa and when I've checked youSC today I saw that there was a document (about my financial stuff cause I'm international). Notification of that document came in email today after I logged on but they've uploaded it yesterday, so you should all check youSC to see if there's something waiting for you there

As for the status of my application, the document basically said that "we need some financial documents before we send you your official admission letter", so I guess I'm in (without an interview). Has anybody heard about the scholarships? It's been a month since the scholarship application deadline.

 

[Paul J.]

@OEO @Sibi Naayagam Congrats to both of you! I guess this confirms the "not everyone is interviewed" theory this year as well! And just after I had already put my hope to rest concerning USC. Well, I guess we'll find out one way or another within the next few days I am confused on how they trickle out - why is this phase not a single burst of notifications?

 

[siriusdanger]

@OEO @Sibi Naayagam Congrats to both of you! I guess this confirms the "not everyone is interviewed" theory this year as well! And just after I had already put my hope to rest concerning USC. Well, I guess we'll find out one way or another within the next few days I am confused on how they trickle out - why is this phase not a single burst of notifications?

Perhaps they're notifying international students first?

 

[siriusdanger]

I just checked the Google Doc and so far, the three that have been notified for the Directing/Production program have been international students.

 

[Tiffany Kontoyiannis]

So do you think that we have to wait for snail mail? Maybe they don't want to wait to physically mail it to international students since it would take longer?

For the international students who have heard back: Is the decision showing up on the youSC portal?

 

[victorab]

I got an acceptation letter as well, almost a month after doing my interview on Skype. Today I had an e-mail telling me to check a PDF file on the youSC portal.

Being an international student, it's not an official admission letter yet: technically it's a confirmation of academic elegibility for admission to the Fall 2016 semester. They've asked me to send a couple of documents to prove funding, in order to issue the official admission letter.

It definitely seems that they're sending admission and waitlist letters these days. Good luck to everyone!

 

[Paul J.]

@victorab Congrats! It would indeed seem like the next few days should be interesting! Thanks for the info - makes sense why they would contact internationals first!

 

[OEO]

I got an acceptation letter as well, almost a month after doing my interview on Skype. Today I had an e-mail telling me to check a PDF file on the youSC portal.

Being an international student, it's not an official admission letter yet: technically it's a confirmation of academic elegibility for admission to the Fall 2016 semester. They've asked me to send a couple of documents to prove funding, in order to issue the official admission letter.

It definitely seems that they're sending admission and waitlist letters these days. Good luck to everyone!

That's exactly the document I've got. Have you heard about any scholarships?

 

[victorab]

Have you heard about any scholarships?

I've got a scholarship from a private foundation in my country, so I didn't apply for any USC scholarships: I'm sorry I can't be of more help...
Congratulations on your admission!