USC Peter Stark Producing Fall 2024

Good luck! Thanks for starting this thread too. :)

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Also here's last year's thread:

 
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Hi everyone! I uploaded my application on November 15th, currently waiting for interview notification. Let's keep each other informed 😄
 
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Hi everyone! I received my invitation to interview for Stark earlier today. Keep an eye out for your email and remember to check your spam, it will be sent from pstark@cinema.usc.edu email. I would give it a few days to see if you hear back, I know they tend to roll-out their invitations :)
 
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Hi everyone! I received my invitation to interview for Stark earlier today. Keep an eye out for your email and remember to check your spam, it will be sent from pstark@cinema.usc.edu email. I would give it a few days to see if you hear back, I know they tend to roll-out their invitations :)
Congratulations, Erik! I noticed you applied to this program last year and received an interview on January 26th. However, I observed that most others got interviews on February 2nd. I haven't received an interview yet and was wondering if they send interviews for this program in a staggered manner. Thanks!
 
Hey everyone! I applied to the program this year. I was waitlisted last year. Hoping to receive an interview request if/when they are sent out next week!
 
Hi everyone! Wondering if anyone else heard anything from Stark? Seems like now only one of us in this thread received an interview invitation so far🤞
 
Hi everyone! I received my invitation to interview on the 24th as well.
Just a heads up they will offer you a zoom interview time (mine was for mid Feb) and I had a week to confirm my slot with them. Subject of email should be 'Interview Invitation: Peter Stark Producing Program' and they mention the interview will last no longer than 20 minutes.
Hope this info helps and best of luck to everyone :-) -- keep checking those inboxes!
 
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