tomjoad

Guess not

It's insane that USC made a big stink about April 01 specifically and let the day go by in complete radio silence

Has anyone heard from University of Southern California?

Congratulations @mranderson97 and @betablockerbestie!!

Here's what helped me when I prepped for some interviews this year and last year: "Why this school" and "why playwriting" should be the two biggest things you focus on. Your essay and writing does the heavy lifting, schools just now what to put a face to the name, see how you hold yourself and how you talk about yourself and your writing. You don't have to justify your entire existence as a playwright in only 10-15 minutes, but focusing on the main bullet points about how/why you found yourself trying to make a career in theatre, and why you want NYU to help you get to that next stage in your development. I would also focus on the questions "what do you have to work on in your writing" or some variation of "what do you struggle with" is not only commonly asked to students interviewing into a writing program, but also most job interviews on the planet. I think people like people who are self-aware and self-motivated to get better in areas they already know about. And then, as always, make sure you have questions for them! Even if it is something as simple as "what's the student to teacher ratio", any questions you have about the structure of their program goes along way in showing to them that you are thoughtful and meticulous when planning your future. Break a leg with NYU! Here's hoping you hear positive news from them, and quickly!

Congratulations on the Villanova acceptance and I hope you hear back from Columbia/Yale!!

@Mday@princesadurazno have you guys or anyone else heard back from northwestern?

congratulations! Well done!!

Reading this article always helps me. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/06/oscars-2024-greta-gerwig-was-rejected-by-every-grad-school-she-applied-to.html

I will also add that, regardless of which school, an interview on Feb 17 and a decision on Feb 28 is a very very quick turnaround. Most schools take 2-3 weeks to decide, perhaps longer...

Congratulations and good luck for your interview!!

Sorry, got rejected from Michener* not Hunter

Still awaiting news on UCSD... didn't apply to NYU nor Hunter, but fingers crossed you hear something positive soon! I also got rejected from Hunter, soft rejected from Texas' T&D program and possibly Iowa if they already sent out all of their interview requests... hoping this week gets some good news sent our way...

Congrats @atreus85! I have a strange feeling that we're going to get a lot of movement next week...

For the folks who got an interview request from Northwestern… have they reached back out to confirm a time? I responded to the doodle poll and submitted my full length, just wanted to make sure if anyone else has heard anything yet…