<p>who got into film production, when did you find out and what are your stats?</p>
<p>also, were your recommendation letters from industry professionals?</p>
<p>thanks and congrats!</p>
<p>still no word....when I called to see if they would notify us any sooner...they said it was still up to committee...and that was on march 31!!!</p>
<p>good luck to you cbory. i hope you get in! my son, nick, was rejected today, but he is determined to get into usc and will try the transfer route.</p>
<p>thanks ginny...good luck to your son as well!</p>
<p>Ginny,</p>
<p>Where is your son going to go for his frosh year?</p>
<p>I was accepted into screenwriting and cinema studies. I'm 90% sure I'm off to NYU though. I also got into Wesleyan, Harvard, Northwestern and Umich. I was waitlisted at Yale. </p>
<p>My letters were from my violin teacher, and my closest subject teachers.</p>
<p>Ginny -
My son was rejected from USC screenwriting, bumped down to his 2nd choice that he applied for- critical studies.
Accepted to NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing.
3 Letters - 1 from the head of the local community theater where his one act play was premiered, 1 from the theater director who my son acted under. Both have known him since he was 12 and joined this group and both wrote amazing letters.
One from his Psych AP teacher whose class my son is taking who is a fan of his writing style.
Still, he did not get into his 1st choice either with those recs, & SATs of 1470. He is trying to decide between Tisch and USC. He got a full academic scholarship to St. Johns, for TV/Film production. (not housing). He does not want to major in production, though.
Ginny, did you go to the tour last year in the cinema school? I think they only accept 48 or 50 into production. Thats less than one kid from each state in the US if you factor in the international applicants they attract. The Cinema Schools prides itself into have students from 44 countries! (there go 44 spots!!) And I would guess a white male would have the worst chance.</p>
<p>UCLA ONLY accepts film majors as a junior year transfer. If my son didn't make it into USC or Tisch, as his back up he was going to follow closely UCLAs GEs and apply to them for junior year, so there is still hope. I know how it is to have a son with a single purpose. Best of luck!</p>
<p>hi, me again...</p>
<p>the futureisnow, my son, nick, is going to Fla. State University. he was accepted to the school but has an interview for the film school this weekend. they only accept 15 film students a year. we are hopeful he gets in the film school, and i think the hardest part is past - getting the interview, which is based largely on your stats (not stellar), but also on your personal statement and resume (impressive), thank goodness! whether he gets in the film school or not, he's going to FSU anyway and will try and transfer to USC. these film schools want him, that's not the problem, the problem is the regular college over-rides the film schools! at least this time, he's already accepted into the school. nick is extremely smart, but too focused on filmmaking and his social life to crack a book. i'm quite frankly surprised he did as well as he has in school with the zero effort he put in. i think his eyes have been opened by these rejections (nyu and usc) and maybe he gets it now. nyu's film school gave him the highest recommendation for acceptance, but the regular college rejected him because of his stats. he always thought he'd get into college on talent alone, completely ignoring his father and me when we told him it wasn't that easy.</p>
<p>safia, you have much better stats than nick. if i were you, i'd go to nyu film, although, i've read that many people do take critical studies at usc then transfer to production, so that may be an option. funny thing is, nyu film is EASY! nick has friends there that say high school was harder. you have to have these unbelievable stats to get in and then once in, it's a breeze. so ironic. </p>
<p>ebay, same with your son, he could take critical studies and transfer. but at least he got into nyu! my son is an excellent screenwriter and editor, but his passion is directing. he has a script that is being considered by a BIG production company right now and is talking with another producer about a different project. the producer called my son after reading an article about him. he could probably go out to l.a. right now and start working, but my husband and i want him to have the college experience. we'll have to see how this latest project develops and if it's worth putting off college or not. it would have to REALLY be worth it though. </p>
<p>thanks all and good luck!!!!</p>
<p>hey ginnynickmom, </p>
<p>I attended NYU last summer, and we were given an inside look at the admission process. NYU Tisch choose students seperatley from the CAS or Stern schools, therefore one cannot get into the film school and not into the "regular school" because they are one in the same. I know several kids with pretty horrible stats (sat in the 1100's, gpa's in the 2.0's) who were still accepted given their level of portfolio and talent. As for you claim that NYU is easy...I'm quite confused. We spent two months with sixteen film majors, all seniors. I can honestly tell you these kids are some of the hardest working students and filmmakers out there. True, some kids float by, but this happens at any school. To call NYU easy is insane (especially compared to fla. state). </p>
<p>Sorry to sound so negative, but USC transfer rates are tiny (less then one percent). One thing I liked so much about USC is the small program (only 40-50 kids per class). My admission officer assured me that the production program remains around that number throughout all four years. He also told me it was very rare for critical studies majors to transfer into production at the undergraduate level. Maybe he was mistaken? </p>
<p>Anyway, good luck with your son's script option. I hope he enjoys Fla. State!</p>
<p>I STILL have not heard back on a decision? What does this mean? Is it a bad sign? Has ANYONE gotten accepted to production yet?</p>
<p>I would recommend calling as soon as possible. I don't want to get your hopes up...because this could be a bad or good sign (hopefully the latter!) Good luck!</p>
<p>I did not get into film production... i got into the regular school for spring and the letter said i was admitted as undecided since my first-choice major was extremely competitive. I haven't received an offical rejection from CNTV yet, however. I am still going to SC though because I am hoping I can get into the program later down the road. If not, journalism is my second love (and something I have a lot more experience in) and i will probably major in that at annenberg.</p>
<p>Yeah...I was admitted as Broadcast Journalism already...it was my first choice...but I want to double major and put Production as a second choice...at first admissions said that means the second choice wouldn't consider me...but I called cinema-tv and they said i had been reviewed like everyone else and would recieve a letter...but on March 31st they said the applications were still up to committee review...what does that mean?!?!?</p>
<p>safia,</p>
<p>sounds like you're bitter about something when you should be happy as a clam that you got into nyu, et al. you're obviously not only academically accomplished, but talented as well. it's a shame you feel the need to be sarcastic (the tone of your last line smacks of jealousy). don't you see that you have an opportunity that not everyone with talent gets?! do you have to try and diminish other people to make yourself feel better? i want to respond to your post.</p>
<p>nick called nyu to find out why he was rejected. he was persistent and they told him the film school gave him the highest recommendation for acceptance, BUT the college was the one that nixed that. they told him he just didn't have the stats. that's what they said. just because the film school wants you does not automatically mean you make it. maybe i'm mistaken, but this is what he was told. i can't imagine many freshman having nick's filmmaking resume or better - but maybe you do and maybe the 2.0 gpa people do too.... hmmmmm..... </p>
<p>i will tell you that nick has won numerous national awards for his films and has sold 5 of them (4 to hbo family and 1 to dreamworks/countingdown.com). because of his filmmaking, fox broadcasting co. gave him a dev/talent deal last year. believe me when i tell you that his talent as a filmmaker had NOTHING to do with not getting into nyu and usc. </p>
<p>i didn't mean to insult you by saying that nyu FILM was easy. nick's friends (he has 2 in the film school now) told him this. this is their opinion and they are students there right now. i was just speaking with his ex-gf (who goes there) last night and she said it again! now, maybe that's because all the courses are film related (according to her) instead of the basic courses you take at other colleges. perhaps this makes it so much more interesting and therefore easy. anything film related would have been easy for nick, but maybe not for everyone, true. i guess it is subjective - so i stand corrected.</p>
<p>as far as comparing nyu to fsu - i didn't and i think that was a low blow by you. i never insinuated that the only reason anyone gets into nyu are stats. but it is a HUGE consideration! you have to have talent as well, of course. but you would like me to believe that my son's lack of talent is what kept him out? that they accept sats of 1100 and gpa of 2.0? give me a break, please! </p>
<p>and, so sorry i gave you advice about critical studies and transferring. i know a guy that graduated usc a couple years ago, that did just that. i guess he was one of the lucky few. regarding critical studies, i just read an article about bryan singer. he went to nyu for 2 years and then transferred to usc, but he couldn't get into the production program and opted for critical studies. he said it was the best decision he never made.</p>
<p>cboryca, some people on this board that haven't heard got spring admission. maybe you'll be one of those? good luck, i wish you the best!</p>
<p>same to you safia. i'm sure you'll do great where ever you decide to go.</p>
<p>No...it's not that. I have already been accepted to USC. I even got a scholarship...I just don't know about production yet.</p>
<p>Wow. Very suprised by your stinging response. I apologize for my poor translation of ideas. I never meant to imply that your son was not talented. The director of admissions at tisch spoke to us directly (and to many of us in private meetings). He told us about several cases of kids with low stats being accepted, at a risk to nyu, because of their talent...I want that info to be out there for everyone, so that people don't apply because they think their stats are to low. </p>
<p>I've seen some of your son's work on 30 by 30, and he seems like quiet a talented filmmaker (to be clear, I'm not being sarcastic). Good luck, and again I apologize.</p>
<p>accepted. now i feel badly. i'm a mom and i only want good things for all you kids. especially you filmguys and girls!! have a wonderful nyu experience (or where ever you decide to go) and congrats.</p>
<p>Ginny-
What you are saying is rings true. Tisch is very difficult to get into unless you have the high GPA and SAT as well as the talent. We live 20 minutes from NYU and since my son was a freshman in HS he has watched his film and theater peers get accepted and rejected to Tisch. No matter how talented those with low stats did not make it
Safia knows some who did get in with less than stellar stats but this must be a very rare case mostly they accept someone like Safia who has both talent and Harvard type stats.
Ginny your son sounds brilliant - and you know USC rejected Steve Spielberg :)</p>
<p>Actually...they rejected Spielberg twice! :) They mentioned this on the tour...and now of course, he has an honorary degree from SC.</p>
<p>ebay, i know! </p>
<p>cbory, unbelievable! let us know if you did get into production. i'd love to see one person on this board get in there!</p>