PlayWitch

Congrats!!!!

Hey! So, I was offered a spot at Northwestern last Friday evening, and I was offered a spot at Ohio just about an hour ago. (I think I was told today bc of the back ad forth nature of the communication I have had with them since February)  Official email with offer details is coming within the next couple of days. I'm excited, but now I need to look at all the numbers and see what's doable! Hope you hear good news from both!

I'm only seeing rejections from 2019?

Hey all! I also got that email from Juilliard....?‍♀️
Have been meaning to follow up with a quick update. I ended up getting into both Brooklyn College and University of Iowa and last week accepted the offer at Iowa. Hopefully this meant movement on the Brooklyn waitlist for some of you (I was also briefly on the waitlist there!). Really excited to be moving out to Iowa though it feels surreal in this moment, and who knows what the next few months will bring in terms of challenges or changes. @zayzay looks like I will be there with you this fall!
Hope everyone is well. If anyone has any questions about either program or the process with each, feel free to message me! Best of luck to all in the lingering weeks of this crazy process, and with whatever is going on with Juilliard ?

I'm in the same boat, and love the feeling of having "a win" at this moment. It's my first one in this year's process, so I'm going to enjoy it!
Be well, everyone!

Got an email from Juilliard saying my play is still under consideration. Is this a form letter, or did anyone receive a rejection?

Got an email from Juilliard saying my play is still under consideration. Is this a form letter, or did anyone receive a rejection?

I got the letter too. It seems hopeful! I wonder if it is sent to everyone or if they've maybe narrowed the pool. Mid-April seemed to be when they sent rejections, historically (just from looking at gradcafe). 

Got an email from Juilliard saying my play is still under consideration. Is this a form letter, or did anyone receive a rejection?

I got the same thing! seems like a form letter ...

I got the same thing. The message is so content-free that it makes me think it's fairly meaningless.

same but with BU loooool

Has anyone rejected their NYU spot or their place on the waiting list? I'm nosy and I want to feel hope.

Has anyone rejected their NYU spot or their place on the waiting list? I'm nosy and I want to feel hope.

Ooof, congrats, friend! Hope you get that sorted out (no real advice except to echo @PlayWitch -- I dunno if you got in anywhere else with funding, but I've heard it works to tell a program if other places are giving you more funding so that they feel the pressure to make an offer... But that's pretty much hearsay from me)
I'm wondering if anyone has heard a peep from Pace's Actor Studio MFA playwriting program? 
Had an interview there at the end of January and nothing since. I know that NY has been hit super hard by COVID, but am curious as I emailed a week or two ago asking when we should hear and got radio silence. Columbia & NYU have been prompt, but I'm not actually certain when Pace usually lets folks know. If anyone knows anything, I would love to be enlightened  

Hey Xioami, I also got into Columbia off the waitlist last year although much later -- it was August when they reached out to me. They offered me 50% aid and I pushed for more. While I ultimately decided not to go because the loans STILL felt like too much of a burden for me personally (and it seemed very very hard to work while in school), I would recommend saying it's hard for you to afford to attend and keep pushing... you can technically keep negotiating until right before the school year starts, from my personal experience.

Ah, how invigorating to see so many positive updates and decisions! I clearly don't check this page often but feel really proud of and psyched for you all. 
Regarding NPX, I echo the yeses - totally join! I started mine early this February, and two weeks later had an inquiry from Iowa State University!! They asked to buy rights but I offered the piece for free, always down for supporting education, of course. Here's mine: https://newplayexchange.org/users/38801/ellis-stump
As for me, I applied to six programs this round, my second year applying. Got 3 acceptances, 2 waitlists, and 1 rejection. While NYU and Columbia are my top choices and naturally the ones waitlisted, every day I inch closer to committing to University of London actually. Full funding and a new country... After quarantine, I think I'll crave a breakout from NYC, lol.
Wishing the best for everyone right now! Health, optimism, creativity, and peace!

Just got wait-listed at Arizona State for one of their two spots. WOW, this has been a journey. Heard from every school I applied to. Has anyone else heard back or accepted their offer? This is surreal

True but just about 8 playwrights (I graduated in 2018). Then around 8 TV writers and 8 screenwriters.

out of all the posts about waitlist and rejections yours stuck out the most to me. Idk why really. 
 
I applied to nine schools: Northwestern, USC, UCLA, CMU, Columbia, Brown, UCSD, Yale, and NYU. This was my first year applying. 
 
I was rejected by CMU first—no interview. Then I heard back from Northwestern—interview and then a Yale rejection. I was so discouraged because Yale was my number one. I had just had an interview with Northwestern the same day. 
 
A few weeks later I hear back from Columbia and it took me by surprise they wanted an interview and a few days later they are granting me acceptance into their program and the day before that I was rejected from Brown, UCSD, and waitlisted at Northwestern. And this week I found out I was waitlisted at NYU. I haven’t heard back from UCLA and USC. 
Through the whole process I told myself I had a better shot at getting into CMU than any Ivy League. I am learning that life is full of surprises and we should be proud of trying. There are so many people who will say I can do that but don’t do it or have anything to show for it. And all these programs are looking for something different.
I’m saying this as a message of hope that the universe will surprise you. This is all a long journey. You took that shot and it made it in the hoop—you didn’t lose the game or win the game because it’s all about getting better and recovering from the shots that you didn’t try. if that makes sense.
 
Sorry for the long post. I just wanted to put my story and journey out there for any of you who are losing hope or wanna give up. I think we all go through that especially in this career path. 

Just off the waitlist at CMU!!!!   I cut myself off from the forum for a good while there because I was pretty sure I was down for the count and preferred to live in denial (and my heart is ever so slightly broken from the fact that I didn't get into Iowa but congrats to the folks who did!) so I'm still reeling from this plot twist. I'm still technically waiting on Ohio but the deadline to accept the offer from Carnegie comes before I will hear back from them. I'm torn between asking CMU for more time or just accepting the offer because on one hand I would much rather live in Pittsburgh than Athens Ohio but on the other I think Ohio is free from what I can tell which is definitely a factor for consideration.

Just got in off the Brooklyn waitlist. @Zadican I suspect I was offered your spot! Still waiting to hear final word from Iowa and for more details on financials etc from Brooklyn, but it's amazing to know that I will be going to grad school in the fall ?

Hey folks, congratulations to everyone who's been accepted places!

I just got accepted to Brooklyn College, but I have already committed to The University of Texas, so I will be turning them down. Hope that means something nice for someone on here!

hi guys, hope everyone is staying safe and staying inside in these trying times. I just put this on the "results" page but just to share here -- i just got an email informing me i'm waitlisted at Brooklyn College. we'll see how it goes! curious if anyone else has heard.

Waitlisted squad. Hope that we can all be in a cohort together