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Officially a Yale reject. Break legs everyone with the rest of your grad school journeys. And remember ultimately, its about the work we create and the questions we ask. Best!

Yes! Thanks @voldy!

@QuirkyDirector mine was at 4:30pm! I took Metro North in the morning (11:30ish train) and had lunch and walked around campus. We might have passed each other!

Hi Everyone! I was also at Yale yesterday! And I agree Yuri was wonderful. He challenged my ideas in the best way possible. I thought the interview went well and I said everything I wanted to say...now just have to wait. He said we would hear by Mid February. Hope everyone on the east coast got to enjoy the snow! Now, I am ready for the gross slush to go away!

Hope everyone is doing well. Just wanted to chime in on a few things. Yale - I am also interviewing with Yura. Got an email last week with details. From what I can tell, not everyone always interviews with Liz Diamond. I have friends that interviewed before with other professors, so I don't think it necessarily means anything. DePaul - I didn't apply their this year (was waitlisted last year). Main reason I didn't apply was because of the money. I had my finalist interview in New York. We were split into groups of two, morning and afternoon session. I checked in and had an information session with the other finalist and Damon Kiely. It was pretty casual, Damon giving us an overview, then we could ask a few questions. Then we both went back in the hall, while Damon talked to the actors. The other candidate went first and directed the scene with actors, I anxiously waited outside. Then it was my turn, while the other candidate waited in the hall. After I directed my scene, Damon interviewed the other candidate, while I waited in the hallway, then it was my turn for my one on one interview. You only have twenty minutes to direct the scene, and they really want you to run it like you would a rehearsal. He says, don't get worried about how far you get. I literally didn't get past one page. And that was fine. I was nervous and rushed the process a bit, got on our feet a bit earlier than I typically would, but wanted to show him how I work on my feet. During my interview he gave me feedback on my directing. He said stuff like, well I would tell you to be more specific and try to get the actors to discover the moments on their own. Which I typically do, but given the time restraint, I wanted to show I could get them to a point of understanding in the room. He then also told me that the actors were used to my approach and said they really liked it - he said this might be more typical for "New York" actors. I wasn't sure exactly how to take that. During my interview, it was a good chance to feel out how the program actually works and if I would be a good fit there. Brown - applied last year, only got to the general interview. Was REALLY nervous about my monologue. We spent maybe a minute on it. I did it right away because I wanted to get it out of the way, he gave me a minor adjustment, then we talked about the program and what my ideal program would be. It was relatively short. I appreciated that they take the time to interview everyone, but didn't engage them like I probably should have. If I were to apply this year, I think I would try to discuss more of my ideas of art, rather than just talk about them. I don't know if this would help get to the next step, but would at least have given me a better perspective of the program as a whole. I also enjoyed talking to the moderator who was an alum in the hall as I waited. From what I could tell Brown and DePaul are very similar programs. Also, I am a lady director. Hope this info helps. Reading your descriptions of interviews has really helped me prepare and calm my nerves a bit.

Got the Yale call yesterday! Congrats @aprilcleveland and @bluebane Best of luck to others!

Did anyone else get an email from Yale today? Seems like they will be contacting candidates who are invited to interview starting on January 4 thru January 7...

Got my DePaul letter yesterday, waitlisted.

Awesome Sauce Clemntiney! Still no letter from DePaul yet. Weather last week on the East Coast must've slowed things down.

@bluebane, @vitality Thanks for the update! Now will just be checking the mail even more closely than before! I wish they just uploaded it to the app like the other folks.

flux - I also applied to CalArts, but never heard anything, wrote that one off. I emailed back and forth with Jason Beck at DePaul (paperwork question) and he said decision have not been communicate yet, but they hope to do so soon. Rest easy!

Long time stalker, first time poster. I was at the DePaul callback in NYC. Two of us at the morning session, there was an afternoon session, guessing that was also a pair. The room felt really positive, I enjoyed the conversation and the feedback. Just waiting, now...