<p>Right now I'm a freshman at a local state college looking to transfer into Tisch:</p>
<p>3.93 GPA, involved in two clubs (Theater and Environmental), have submitted work to my school literary magazine and the Atlantic Monthly contest, am learning Chinese (took class in high school and learning on my own, proficient for my level) and doing some grassroots political campaign work (for Prez '08) while doing a number of individual activities (i.e. reading). My classes are mostly introductory as my school unfortunately offers too few classes and requires a number of prerequisites. </p>
<p>My Sat scores were 1300/1600 and took two SAT IIs, wrote and directed a One Act play that was well received, swam for through high school (varsity then a better club team), and did political volunteer work for a state Rep. I took a number of Honors classes as well as three APs during my high school career.</p>
<p>I want to major in Dramatic Writing and was wondering what my chances are? I assume NYU takes extracirculars seriously, which is why I included all of them.</p>
<p>i think you have a strong chance. just write amazing essays and hopefully great recommendations will get you in. good luck</p>
<p>Anyone more responses from NYUers?</p>
<p>Actually my GPA is a 3.966... just found out.</p>
<p>All your stats are fine but The Dramatic Writing Program is VERY selective..I am also considering trying to get into it. I'll tell you what I found out...besides having the grades, you need a very strong portfolio..forget about articles for newspapers unless they are fiction.... good fictional short stories, dramatically written true essays that are told in a "story" form, poems, screenplays or stageplays...those are the types of samples you need.</p>
<p>What I did was apply to NYU CAS (where I got accepted and will attend this Spring) I plan on pulling a high GPA (3.8-4.0) and I will work on my writing samples for my portfolio during the semester and then I will attempt an internal transfer into Tisch.</p>
<p>If you already have good creative samples in the genres I listed above (Your play for instance)..go for it, certainly your grades are good enough...but all that other stuff (Chinese, political volunteer work, swimming etc...) doesn't really matter in Tisch...if the admission com. choice is between you and another applicant, with similar academic stats, but the other person has a better portfolio and NO Extracurriculars at all...they WILL get accepted before you.</p>
<p>SO grades and your creative writing portfolio are the only things you should concern yourself with...good luck.</p>
<p>UG</a> DDW Portfolio: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU</p>
<p>I understand the importance of the portfolio, however I have a question. Should the portfolio include a wide array of samples and mediums? Or would it be alright to have two or three larger pieces? (stage, screen, prose)</p>
<p>Well, the portfolio requirement only specifies 5-25 pages of writing that demonstrates your talent...I've spoken to Tisch students and some people included a mix of short poems, stories and an excerpt from a play or screenplay while others submit one 25 page excerpt from a single piece, usually a script or short story. </p>
<p>I would say submit whatever represents your best effort, without regard to how many sources it's taken from. If you think your play is your best work, submit 10-25 pages of that..if you have several pieces across different genres that you think are all equally impressive, then include excerpts from all those different sources.</p>
<p>Well luckily I have a One Act that was very good and well received. It was written and performed as part of a festival last year and is a short 10 pages long.</p>