<p>They have indeed begun to post decisions as of today! My daughter was accepted as a Media Production major. She also receive two of their top merit awards.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of an MT Acceptance? Just thought I’d post on the general just in case. Have only heard of MT deferrals (Including S2) - not the end of the road, just not the day we had hoped for. Congratulations to all who got the yes today!</p>
<p>Emerson College decisions are live online as of over an hour ago today! We live in MA.
My son got in for Film and Video and we are all very excited!
He’s done a lot in film on his own and this past summer at NYU Tisch film program. His stats are good: gpa 3.8 weighted (competitive public school in Boston area) and 2150 SATs, 32 ACT.
Hope to hear good news for everyone!</p>
<p>Hi guys! I just got my acceptance via the online Application Portal!</p>
<p>Didn’t get any merit money, but wasn’t expecting any.</p>
<p>My stats - 88.7/100 GPA, unweighted with AP classes (I go to the #1 high school VT so it’s very competitive with challenging classes)
30 ACT
White female
Decent amount of EC’s and over 200 hours of community service.
I can’t remember which major I applied to, I think it was journalism!
Good luck everyone!!</p>
<p>Let’s do this! </p>
<p>Take the spaces in the brackets out before you post.</p>
<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=orange]**Decision: Deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=red]**Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+1]School applied to:[ /size]</p>
<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>
<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted for Journalism with Dean’s Scholarship!</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 33 (36 E, 31 M, 35 R, 31 S)
[<em>] SAT II: N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t do unweighted GPAs… Weighted, it’s like a 3.85?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/30
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Ny school doesn’t offer any.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Intro to Philosophy (College course), Honors English 12, Calculus, Political Science/Economics, Physics, Painting, Religion (required)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Yeah, right.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Speech 9-12 (Captain 11 and 12, State runner-up as a junior), Varsity soccer 8-12, Student Government 9-12 (Senior class president, Freshman class president), Theatre 9-12, Spanish Club 9-12, Knowledge Bowl 10-12, National Honor Society 10-12
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: About 15-20 hours per week at a local pizza joint since April 2011
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Altar server, Lector, Teen Court juror
[</em>] Summer Activities: Not too much.
[<em>] Essays: Not bad. The Common App essay was about how I moved from Hong Kong to a small town. My supplement answers were okay.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Stellar. This woman loves me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She’s new this year… I would assume it was alright.
[</em>] Additional Rec: My Speech coach! I read it. It was great. 
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota!
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: TINY parochial
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: We’re pretty well off.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Not many… Maybe my being from Minnesota?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT scores, especially English and Reading
[</em>] Weaknesses: Probably community service
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades, ACT, essay, recommendations
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Gustavus Adolphus College, still waiting on Northeastern EA and NYU RD</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Composite: 1820 Math: 600 Reading: 620 Writing: 660
[</em>] ACT: Composite: 30 Math: 26 English:32 Reading: 35 Sci.: 27
[<em>] SAT II: n/a
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.39
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 49 out of 320
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (4), Human Geo (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A, took some pre-IB classes before switching schools
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Entertainment Technology (Film Production) year long, Psychology 201, Sociology 101, Spanish 101, and Spanish 102 as dual enrollment for college credit
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I won a few video editing competitions. Nothing academic. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TSA, Music Club, Golf
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Two part time jobs working 40 hours in the summer and 20 during the school year
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I did like 40 hours my junior year. Nothing special.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Too busy working!
[<em>] Essays: My common app essay was about my Imagination being a place I am most content. My honors essay was about basically about moving. I thought I did a good job on both.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My Entertainment Technology teacher wrote mine, I didn’t get to see it!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor is such a sweet heart, and is from Boston originally so she was super stoked that I was applying to Emerson!
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Magnet High School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Writing, ACT scores, Portfolio, Experience in the field
[</em>] Weaknesses: Not the greatest GPA, not a lot of EC, not a lot of AP or IB classes, I have been suspended once (even though it’s been expunged)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays, ACT, Experience
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This was my first acceptance! I’ve also applied to SAIC, UNCSA, SCAD, and a few schools overseas. [/ul]</p>
<p>rejected, I was kind of expecting it but it’s whatever. I was a little skeptical about spending over $200,000 on something that takes 5 days to learn by just observation.</p>
<p>Accepted as a Communication Disorders major! Also got into the Honors program, with the Trustee half off scholarship. So excited about this and congratulations to everyone with good news, you all deserve it!!!</p>
<p>Also, I’m really not sure how to do the whole official stats format thing, as it confuses me. So, I’m just going to put down the stats I think helped me get in.</p>
<p>SAT: 1840 (superscore)
GPA: 3.6 UW
APs: 10 (World, USH, Government and Pol, English Lang, English Lit, Envi Sci, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, European History, Calc AB)
Hooks: URM (African American), single parent home? (Dad passed of cancer earlier in 2013)</p>
<p>My essay was probably what pushed me into the honors program. Anyway, again, congrats everyone!</p>
<p>Accepted as a Writing for Film and Television Major!
I’ll post stats a little later but I just had a question. It said at this time they didn’t have a decision on Honors College and they said they couldn’t offer me merit aid. Does this mean I’m in consideration for the Honors College and the Trustee’s scholarship that goes with that or does that mean I am out of the running completely? Thanks for your input and Congrats to all admitted!</p>
<p>My son was also accepted without merit money and it also said that his application was still be considered for the Honors College. I was thinking that they are probably waiting to see what the regular decision applicant pool looks like. Unfortunately, it is my son’s first choice but without any money we will have to take it off the table :(</p>
<p>Yes, my D was accepted into the MT program. Other friend with same academics from same town deferred although VERY talented. No scholarship but didn’t apply for one. At auditions they said slightly better chance to get in EA but being deferred you are still really in the mix with those who apply & audition regular decision. Fingers crossed for all those still pending.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all on the E.D.'s. My daughter’s application was deferred so we’re still a bit bummed. ACT 31, GPA 3.3, lots of experience in front of and behind the camera and she had really powerful essays. However, her best 2 recommendations weren’t sent out in time so admissions didn’t see them. (Very frustrating!!!) We’re going to our thoughts very positive though and live and learn!</p>
<p>I’m not sure how Emerson handles all this scholarship nonsense, but I was accepted to both the Film program and the Honors Program on EA. Maybe they just take a certain number of people during the December decision, then have a waiting list type system?</p>
<p>Either way, congrats to all those accepted! Hope to see y’all around next year.</p>
<p>Deferred BA Theater Studies. Help? Is there anyone here who got deferred , maybe we could compare stats? And if anyone else here was deferred and has some tips on how to get noticed by admission that would be really helpful! Emerson is my top choice and I’ve been dreaming of going there for two years.
Thanks!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted with Dean’s Scholarship!</p>
<p>Objective:
- [<em>] SAT I: 2080 (CR 650 M 660 W 770)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 3.97
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but counselor listed rank as “Outstanding” on the CommonApp
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Language Arts and Composition (5), United States History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, American Art and Experience, Statistics, Chinese 2, AP Literature, Journalism, Advanced Computer Science
[<em>] Major Awards: Short story competition, programming award
Subjective:
- [</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder and president of human rights club, managing editor of school newspaper, piano and music theory, college artificial intelligence class, honor council, babysitting
[<em>]Publications: Published on national news website
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer intern at major live-streaming network
[<em>] Essays: Great!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great!
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great!
[</em>] Additional Rec: Great!
[<em>] Interview: N/A
Other[ul]
[</em>] State: California
[<em>] School Type: Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian adoptee
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Writing for Film & Television</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1980 (CR 690, W 700, M 590)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Literature (690), German (790), French (800), Math L1 (600)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Dont have a choice at public HS, I took A-Levels as a private student in History, Literature & Sociology (A<em>AA) & AS Levels in French, German & Art (aab)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Semi-Finalist in National German Competition (still ongoing)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): aerial silks, Russian Club (founder), Finnish Club (founder), Student Government (VP), Choir, editor at school magazine, several songwriting prizes (none of them national, though), Drama Club, Ive hosted & organized several school events, many others but I dont want to list all.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: English, French & German teaching, tutoring
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Helping migrant workers integrate at a foundation for them, delivering food for homeless, tutoring, organized & hosted Self-Injury Awareness Day two times in our district
[</em>] Summer Activities: French course, screenwriting course, filmmaking
[<em>] Essays:Common App essay was about being up in the air while doing aerial silks, & how difficult it is to get up there, and how proud I am of it, how easy it is to fall etc. and how I love to simply stare down and observe the world omnisciently. It was quite metaphoric. The other essays were good as well, I worked a lot on the Honors program one.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One from my History teacher, one from my French teacher both excellent, theyve known me for a really long time.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really good, she knows me personally.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Hungary
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Were not that well off, but could just about afford it, with a couple of loans from my home country.
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I attend two schools at once, self-studied for A-Levels. I dont think there are many applicants from Hungary.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, ECs, A-Levels, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to Regents University London this year, and to Drexel last year, but didnt go.
[/ul]</p>
<p>@ScoutCaulfield So we meet on this thread too! I got into the same major & got the same response about the Honors College. 
I hope there’s still chance, though.</p>
<p>Hello all! This hasnt been used in a bit, but I had a question for those of you accepted, as I am applying RD. For any major in the Media Production (I would probably go Film and Video Production or Writing for Film and TV) do you have to submit a creative sample? On their website it says it is encouraged, but nowhere does it say required. I ask because I do not really have much film experience that I would be willing to submit, as its a somewhat new interest but I know I love it. I am also considering Journalism, Writing Literature and Publishing, or Marketing Communications. Since I have multiple interests, would I be best to apply Undecided? If i applied Media Production, would I be hurt for not having a portfolio?</p>
<p>@MissMaddy No, you don’t HAVE to submit it, but it is ENCOURAGED. If you don’t submit anything, you may be at disadvantage with those who did. I got into Writing and I submitted a short screenplay, and other people I’ve talked to (mostly applying to Production) submitted a video.
That said, you don’t necessarily need experience, they’re looking for storytelling abilities and creativity. It doesn’t need to be of award winning caliber.
Good luck, hope you get in!</p>