<p>Hi, I wasn't sure which forum to put this on, but I think this is a fair shot...</p>
<p>I'm currently a junior who is interested in applying to film school next year. My top choice is NYU Tisch, but I'm also looking at USC, Wesleyan, and a few other film schools with foundations in liberal arts (aka not a die-hard arts school like RISD or MICA). </p>
<p>The film industry itself is male-dominated, but does this apply to film school as well? Do I have a better shot at getting in because I'm female? </p>
<p>i dnt think you have a better shot of gettin in just because you are a female. maybe if there are only two women applyin but i doubt it.
also, unless you are a native american female with a north korean passport, then id say your chances dont dramatically augment.</p>
<p>I don't think you do, unfortunately. However, it might help just a little. Make sure you have a good portfolio, that's how you'll really get in.</p>
<p>Do a search over on the parents forum where a film industry insider bemoans the outside world's traditional path of getting inside the industry (film school). He'd much rather people major/study in something else while learning the technical side of filmmaking rather than major in film studies -- his thinking is that those people aren't well rounded and the actual business is about contacts and not degrees.</p>
<p>I don't think your gender will matter.
I know several students who attend top film schools. It seems that what's most important is proof that you're talented and are dedicated to film. As a result, students who have been spending their free time making films or writing scripts -- and have demonstrated lots of talent at those things -- are the ones who get in.</p>
<p>Students at film school literally devote their lives to film. Weekends and evening are spent creating films, and film schools want to make sure that they accept students who are very serious about and dedicated to that major.</p>
<p>Agree with most of the above comments. I'd say that you could increase your chances by producing a more compelling application than most other applicants. That seems to be your challenge.</p>
<p>I absolutely understand what the above posters have stated--and I am extremely devoted to film, and love absolutely every aspect of it. I do devote every second of my spare time to it and have won awards at various film festivals as well as writing awards for scripts. That isn't the issue--I just wanted to know if that PLUS the fact that I'm female, would give me a better shot. </p>
<p>and to iskander: look over that list and tell me who on that list you recognize. Just saying. </p>
<p>to T26E4: Of course the industry is about contacts! But a degree never hurt, and I'd much rather be spending four years of my life doing something I love rather than spending it doing quantitative physics. And schools like NYU and USC are famous for getting budding filmmakers contacts inside the industry. </p>