<p>Hi everyone!</p>
<p>I'm not sure about my chances of getting in. I'm currently a sophomore in junior college.</p>
<p>In terms of grades, I had a 3.4 GPA in HS and a 2.5 GPA in JC. By the time I'll be transferring, I will have met all of the required and recommended courses on the USC transfer planning worksheet. </p>
<p>In terms of extra curricular activity, I've directed three short films. One of them was featured in a local film festival. I have a production company. I have worked on many local independent films. I founded and run my junior college's film club. I participated in the National Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) in Washington D.C. when I was in HS. I work for a Regal movie theatre. I have done a good bit of community service.</p>
<p>I think my supplement is fantastic.</p>
<p>What are my chances of getting in? Someone at the school told me that extra curricular activity is more important than grades, but I don't know if that's a fact.</p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
<p>I’m applying this year as well (right out of high school) and from what I hear, there is absolutely no way you can gauge whether or not you will be accepted. (that probably doesnt help you answer your question). All different people get in (high scores, high grades, low grades, etc) I mean, when you think about it, they rejected Steven Spielberg… Hard to figure out what makes an application stand out to them. good luck!!</p>
<p>Thank You! USC has been my dream school since before I can remember.</p>
<p>I applied out of high school and wasn’t accepted. I had a 3.4 GPA, but my SAT wasn’t anything to write home about and my portfolio wasn’t as large. Hopefully I get in this time, but if not, I’m just going to take more JC classes and raise my GPA so I can apply next year.</p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
<p>As much as they do accept people from various academic backgrounds, I have met very few students whose GPAs were below 3.0. In fact, most of the people I know had 3.5+ GPAs. Yes, there are exceptions who have spectacular portfolios and everything but it’s still a pretty long shot if your GPA is below 3.0. I got rejected out of high school with a pretty low GPA (something 3.0-3.4, can’t remember) but I got accepted after a year of community college with a 3.6 GPA.</p>
<p>Well, I’m hoping my portfolio can outweigh my grades. What did your portfolio look like after highschool and after the year of community college?</p>
<p>I don’t really remember. I think I resubmitted the same writing sample. My writing didn’t really change at all in that year so I doubt my portfolio was significantly better the second time around.</p>
<p>Did you major in writing? I forgot to mention I want to major in Film and Television Production.</p>
<p>I’m wondering how they weight portfolio content vs potential. For example, my portfolio is nothing too impressive but every aspect shows that I am eager to learn more and have been doing all that I can given my situation. Hopefully that doesn’t come off arrogant because I don’t mean it that way, I guess what im asking is would someone with great creativity get the same decision as someone whose won multiple film awards?</p>
<p>I’m currently a freshman at NYU tisch for film and television. I have a 3.64 here and I had a 4.03 cum in high school. Any thoughts on my chances?</p>
<p>@abalcof It probably depends on your portfolio. Why are you thinking of transferring?</p>
<p>I’m not getting what I wanted out of Tisch and it’s way too expensive to be unhappy with it. Film school isn’t what it used to be in the sense that people went to the best film school to have the best facilities and equipment. Some of the best equipment kids posses themselves, so film school is all about meeting people and the people (for the most part) are not who i see myself working with</p>
<p>I’ve noticed people are asking new questions in my thread. Can you guys start new threads for your questions? Thanks!</p>
<p>Back to my question, what are my chances for Film and Television Production? Can my lengthy portfolio and creativity overshadow my 2.5 GPA?</p>
<p>You can only apply and see. I think it is possible for your portfolio to get you accepted, but keep trying to raise your gpa. Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 3, attended USC and it took him 5 times applying to SCA to be accepted. So, persistence can pay off.</p>
<p>@abalcof I’m applying to transfer from Tisch as well</p>
<p>trek, not sure how your gpa will affect transfer app. I would guess that if your creative work (films, etc) are amazing and if you have already taken most of the GE reqs, it could go in your favor–since you would by this point be taking mostly upper division SCA courses which are rigorous but depend on production chops, hard work, creativity and hard work (again) more than anything. But in general, the 2.5 is well below the 3.8 average that USC transfer students average.</p>
<p>But your talent and individual drive to make great films may help you overcome the gpa and earn you a golden ticket! Best of luck.</p>
<p>@OhioMom3000 If I don’t get into USC this time, I’m not giving up. Even if it takes 5 years (though I hope it doesn’t). It’s the only school I’ve wanted to go to since the 3rd grade. </p>
<p>@madbean Thanks for input! Film making is all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life and I hope USC can see my dedication. I’ve always been more creative than good at math problems though and I hope they don’t throw away my application because of that.</p>
<p>If anyone is interested in seeing my work, I’ll put a link to my YouTube page below. You’ll find a collection of short film and movie reenactments I’ve done. In the reenactments, I act all of the parts. Let me know what you think!</p>
<p>[StellaGrandePictures</a> - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/user/StellaGrandePictures]StellaGrandePictures”>Alex Misiti - YouTube)</p>
<p>I transferred into Critical Studies, but the personal statements were the same for both programs when I applied. Actually, I was somewhat surprised to learn that there are far more Production transfer students than Critical Studies students (even though CS accepts more freshman admits). I’ve only met 2 or 3 other CS transfers, but I’ve met like 20 Production transfers.</p>
<p>Anyway, at this point it’s out of your hands. I wouldn’t worry about it. If you don’t get in, then fix your grades and re-apply. That’s what I did.</p>
<p>And no, you don’t have to have a ton of film experience to get in. I know plenty of people who hadn’t picked up a camera until they got here.</p>
<p>I just ran across this topic and want to give my input even though it’s a few months old:</p>
<p>Sorry to tell you this but your not going to get accepted to USC</p>
<p>Your not going to get in just because you have an excellent portfolio. Your grades also need to be excellent. You have a 3.4 GPA in high school and now only a 2.5 GPA in community college. That’s horrible you have a major downtrend! There focusing primarily on your college grades, there’s no way you will be accepted to USC with a 2.5 GPA. Average transfer GPA at USC is a 3.7 GPA you need a 3.5+.</p>
<p>Your not just applying to the Film School but also the University</p>
<p>The University admission committee does not look at your supplemental materials(creative portfolio). They are mainly all about grades. You have to get accepted by the University to make it to the Film School and there admission committee focuses on your supplemental materials.</p>
<p>You need to get past University admissions first!</p>
<p>Just because your dedicated that’s not going to get you in. A lot of people who get turned down are very dedicated. In fact I think the film school hates hearing about how you love film and you make all these movies and your enthusiasm for film. It’s very common thing among applicants. It mentions something about this for the personal statement in there application procedure on there website</p>
<p>Try Chapman University but I think you may need a 2.75 GPA</p>
<p>^ Just a little pet peeve of mine: contraction of “you are” = “you’re” not “your”. </p>
<p>“Sorry to tell you this but your not going to get accepted to USC” - Should be “you’re”</p>
<p>“Your not just applying to the Film School but also the University” - Should be “You’re”</p>
<p>“Just because your dedicated that’s not going to get you in.” Should be “you’re”</p>