<p>my S still doesn't know if he was accepted to USC. does this no news mean bad news, i wonder? thanks for any help. ginny</p>
<p>Dear Ginny,
Last yr the Spring Admit letters were sent after the reject letters. Later it seemed that many Spring Admits became Fall admits. If you are a member of the Trojan Family, your reject letter will tell you they want you to graduate as a Trojan.</p>
<p>Last yr calling for any info was not helpful. They did not give accurate mail dates or the truth if a decision was made or pending.
Good luck keep us posted.</p>
<p>LA</p>
<p>no, we are not members of the trojan family. we don't live in l.a. either and my S is not a minority. we've resigned ourselves to the fact that he probably did not get in - and the above mentioned facts would only be part of the reason. he's not really a "high flyer" in the stats dept. but you can't find a more talented young filmmaker anywhere, and i guess we were hoping that talent would get him where he wanted to be...</p>
<p>thanks for the info. ginny</p>
<p>Sorry,
I know it hurts.
If major was film, I understand lots of great students don't get in. Last yr they said they would admit as undeclared if student did not get in major but I don't think they did that.
If son wants to transfer, I was told that they would talk to anyone about a transfer plan, not just family.
You know they reject lots of greats-Spielberg for one.
Son was URM, "family", stats v close to their admit average, all the rest we thought. Guess they did us a favor, son cannot imagine being any place else right now. SC still calls(just last night in fact) and sends stuff to me constantly-they want money. I tell them sorry.
LA</p>
<p>lamom, thanks for the info. where does your s go to school now?</p>
<p>yes, i know that spielberg was not admitted and lots of other talented directors never even went to college. my s got into our state university, FSU, which does have an excellent film program and he has an interview for that major next week. they only pick 15 a year to major, and they interview 30. but, they give no preference to state residents and it's not based entirely on talent, so stats come into play here again. he may have to go there for a few years and try and transfer i suppose.</p>
<p>it's such a shame. i'm actually entertaining son's suggestion that he should go out to l.a. and work and forget college. my h and i have been hoping he gets into usc so this doesn't come up again. but maybe this would be the best thing to do. he does have contacts and people wanting to work with him NOW. it really is a dilemma. we're still leaning toward college, but this whole situation has been so rediculous that maybe this is the answer. </p>
<p>thanks again for your reply. ginny</p>
<p>Ginny,
I have heard FSU is great for film, hope it happens there. I guess he didn't apply to other CA film schools.
College gives lots of kids time to mature. It would be a dilemma trying to decide the best route.
Son is at Univ of Redlands, a LAC with a school of music. He is a music performance major-trumpet. Working his butt off, doing well and having the time of his life. He is only an hr or so away but we seldom see/hear from him.
I hope good news is on the way from somewhere.</p>
<p>Hope you heard good news by now. But my D's classmate received her rejection letter yesterday, and we received acceptance today. It just depends on snailmail.</p>
<p>just found out that my son may have made a grave error. he got a letter asking for mid year grades. in the letter it said to EITHER go online or send a hard copy. he went online and sent the grades. i asked him today to ck that website to make sure he didn't miss something, like sending a hard copy also. sure enough...... that's what it said and he never did that. just got the mail and nothing.</p>
<p>so now on monday, he's going to have to get a hard copy and we're going to have to fed ex it to the school. i think he should have his counselor call there and see if it's even worth it at this point. overlooking a detail like this could have been a grave mistake.</p>
<p>Keeping fingers crossed. Hope the counselor will call your son's admission counselor (or whatever they call them at SC) & it will help. Your son seems like a typical boy.</p>
<p>lamom, yes he is. i would put a "haha" here, but am still mad that again, an important detail was missed (i'm always trying my best to get this kid organized and to be more detail minded - maybe now he gets it!). his school is a public hs, and not the most wonderful one at that, so we'll see what monday brings. of course, i'll be calling the school as a backup because they may completely ignore his request for help - that's how they work, unfortunately. i may also call the vp of admissions. we met him at a reception usc gave in miami when they were down for the campionship game and he gave me his card. thanks for your support and i'll post what happens monday for anyone curious. ginny</p>
<p>Son had just 1 B, rest A's on midyr so I am not certain it made a big difference anyway.<br>
Do post findings.</p>
<p>lamom,</p>
<p>son got rejection letter today. they made a mistake and said that since he was a member of the trojan family, yada, yada. he's not a member of the trojan family - we don't even know anyone that went there let alone a family member. my son's midyear went up as well but i doubt that would have mattered. this is a disappointing day, but now it's time to look forward! ginny</p>
<p>Just out of curiousity,what is the Trojan Family?</p>
<p>I don't understand- they tell you you're a member of the Trojan family on the REJECTION letter?</p>
<p>Being in the Trojan family means being related to a Trojan or being an alumni. That paragraph was in D's rejection letter too and I assumed it referred to her legacy status. I didn't think they would include that part for those it wouldn't be applicable to. </p>
<p>Basically I think all they were saying was that you can still graduate as a Trojan if you work hard, improve your standing, and transfer in at a later time. At least that's how I read it.</p>
<p>Dear Ginny,
I was very sad when I read the news. I was not surprised, but I had hoped for better news. Jazz, like film has so few spots open, lots of great students could not be accepted. Last year I read many times that the kids get over it better and sooner than the parents. I found that to be true. I know from experience that by this time next year your son will be happy and successful. Do look forward-it is bright.</p>
<p>Last yr's "family" letters did state they wanted the student to graduate as a Trojan. Son did not want to participate in that option. I called the number for info and the Joe on the phone was a real jerk. I later got information on the process. The student will meet with someone in admissions. They need to have a certain gpa, It was 3.0 or 3.something. They need to take an English/writing class, math, etc. I did ask (not Joe) if they would refuse to meet with "non-family". I was told they would not refuse meeting with any students. The family thing-I recently received a letter mentioning family who are too busy to even come to homecoming. Family, family, family, all the letters for money mention the family. I graduated, my sister graduated and the aunt with 10 kids had 5-8 grads (I can't keep track of all the kids).</p>
<p>thanks lamom. you've been there, done that. film and music, heck, any entertainment is extremely competitive - but combine that with having to make stellar grades, even though all you do and think about is your craft, well, it doesn't seem possilbe. i'll admit that nick could have put more effort into school, but he would have had zero time to be a teen -the filmmaking is so time consuming. yes, nick is now looking to get into the fsu film program and seems to be taking this very well. i think he's mad, but he's handling it just fine. the hardest part is telling the people he knows in l.a. (many) that he didn't get in. he does business with these people and it almost makes it seem like, maybe he's not as great as they think he is. you know what i mean? they all think he's this teenage film genius. so that's hard. he says he may want to transfer to usc eventually. the problem is that if you're going to be in college, might as well be in one where you can make the necessary contacts for the career you dream of. it just seemed like a good fit.</p>
<p>my sister wrote nick an email today and said, "you can make the FSU film school famous!" that made him feel so much better. so nice talking with you and the others. take care and thanks for your support!</p>