Marietyb

Hi everyone, I hope someone can answer my question; I'm applying to the MFA screenwriting program at UCLA and was wondering if anyone knew how they preferred the hard copy samples? On their admissions page it has a PDF stating that the samples must be in 12 point and the standard word processor paper size, it also states that the samples be stapled. I have all of my creative samples printed out and ready to go, but I put my short stories and one short screenplay(the brass brads didn't hold it because it was too few pages) in report type folders. Does anyone know if they will accept the samples if I send them in the folders? I uploaded a photo of the type of folder I used. Thanks, Marie

So an update on this, if anyone wants to know: she finally got back to me and after I had sent her two emails, she still is going to do the letters. This was two and a half weeks ago, so I'm just waiting for the notifications that she submitted the letters. One of the programs has a November 1st deadline, so I'm hoping she does that one first, since it's going to be October already. Getting LOR's has to be the most frustrating part of applying to graduate school, well, other than waiting for a decision. I'm also waiting for my other former instructor to upload her final two letters. I'm so impatient.

Thanks guys for the responses. I hope it does turn out that I'm worrying over nothing.

I have a suspicion that she will either say no or just completely ignore my emails. As for my other professor, I didn't get any response from him yet. I just hate sending them awkward email after awkward email . There are two other former professors that I could ask, but when I asked them to write me LoRs for a scholarship this past winter, they didn't respond to my emails. So I don't know about asking them.

I'm applying to four schools; one has a November 1st deadline, another has a December 15 deadline, and the remaining two are in January/February. One only requires two LoR's, so I'm not worried with that one, the others require three. I initially sent the emails to my former professors in May. The college where they all teach started this week, two of them already submitted their LoR's, I'm just unsure about the third professor. I know it's still early, but I don't want to be sitting around like an idiot and waiting for Dr. X to submit her letter. She could have said no in the first place.

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of applying to graduate school and I'm having a difficult time finding a third recommendation. I begun asking my undergraduate professors this past summer, two already submitted their recommendations, but the third hasn't yet and I don't think she will. She was one of my professors and my adviser, initially she said she would be more than happy to write me a recommendation. However, she hasn't responded to any of my emails, so in my last email I told her to please let me know if she wasn't able to write me a recommendation, and that I would understand. Still nothing from her. What's so difficult about just telling me "no, I can't do it." Anyway, I emailed another former professor and I am awaiting his response, he's my last hope. If he says "no," that's it, there is really nobody else I can ask....NOBODY. If it comes to that, I'll just be forced to submit my applications with two LoR's and hope for the best.

Hi everyone, I don't if this question belongs here or not. I'm contemplating on applying to the University of Oxford, specifically, either the Egyptology or Islamic studies/history MPhil courses. I will graduate with a degree in history(world concentration) next spring. I've been looking around their site for weeks now and cannot make up my mind, since I have a number of concerns. The biggest concern is, of course, funding and the exchange rate. I know there is funding offered in the way of loans, since I don't have huge debt, getting additional loans won't be an issue for me. My other concerns are living arrangements and expenses; do all graduate students receive housing? Is their a waitlist? The site was not clear, it did state that some houses offer their students housing and that there are apartments, etc available. I'm from the USA, btw.