<p>I want to write and direct for television, my dream is to create a TV show. Due November the 1 I need to apply but I don't know which program would be better for my purpose.. Screenwriting, film production or tv and broadcast journalism? Help me, guys.</p>
<p>Dear Kup,</p>
<p>I just read some of your many posts you have written over the past 5 months and find them intriguing. You state over and over again if you would take the ACT you would get a 30+ score and If you would take the SAT test you would get a score of 2100 +.</p>
<p>Did you ever actually take an official ACT and/or SAT test over the past 5 months? What was your official score on them? Without a high score in one of these tests I do not think you qualify for any program at any of the Universities that you have mentioned in your previous posts.</p>
<p>Your GPA or should I say lack of one because your high school classes took place in a very small town in Italy would not helpful to a college admissions officer in accepting you into their program since you did not take any AP classes or AP tests. </p>
<p>Have you made any films that were shown in a student film festival or entered in a student video competition? I did not see you mention making any films in the posts that I read. If not since you also say you are a great writer with stories on the internet with 100,000s of viewers I would suggest you apply for the screenwriting program if your ACT or SAT score is high enough assuming that someday you actually take an official ACT and/or SAT test.</p>
<p>All the best to you Kup in your life adventure! At least you have a very high self esteem going for yourself.</p>
<p>Actually I don’t understand the reason of your post. I don’t ask anything about SAT or anything like this now. I took the SAT and got that score, but when I posted those threads I didn’t take it yet so I wrote down my scores on practise tests. I really can’t see why this makes me have this high self esteem you’re talking about. I don’t think I have any lack at schhol since I am required to take 11 courses for the whole school year which correspond to difficult classes pre-college and since admission commissions know that schools abroad are different.</p>
<p>I am no expert, Kup, but perhaps the TV major makes the best sense, paired with you seeking all the writing experience you can while at Dodge. This major is competitive, but you have a better chance of acceptance than to the Film Production major. A win win, especially if you seek out tons of writing and creative producing-type projects while you’re at Dodge. That said, probably any of these majors will work for you.
Best of luck! Chapman and Dodge seek diversity and being Italian (you are in Italy?) makes you an appealing candidate with something different to offer.</p>
<p>Thank you @gladiatorbird! Actually I thought TV major would be the best fit, too, and maybe you will also have more chances to get a job since you’re not focus only on writing, or directing or producing, but on all of this … And I also saw that there is a really really good concentration on TV episodes (both in writing/shooting the pilot and episodes and managing with the production) which is actually what I want to do then.
BTW, yes, I live in Italy currently (:</p>
<p>I think that makes good sense. Son isn’t a TV major, but we’ve met some of the faculty in TV and they were wonderful: very engaged, enthusiastic, passionate about the future of television, welcoming, full of optimism. We really liked them!</p>
<p>And one of the best things at Dodge is the cross-pollination: you can work across departments and volunteer in all sorts of projects. Son is a digital arts major, but he is acting in films, doing voice-overs, editing and filming movies, too.</p>
<p>Thanks for these informations! It’s really good to know that the faculty is actually good as it seems! And also that your son is able to enter these kind of activities even though they’re not part of his major, Chapman sounds like an amazing college, especially because it seems quite open, not strict at all</p>