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  1. Congrats to everyone! I have decided to attend USC, despite the scholarship offered to me from NYU. I figure the cost of living will make up the for the dif.

    This has been an exhausting couple of months. For all of you who didn't get the results they were hoping for- don't give up!! I didin't get the answers I wanted last year, but I definitely got the news I wanted this year! I did everything I could to improve my application this year and it worked. So don't give up!!

  2. Thanks for the advice, I feel like I am floating out in the ether, with only rejections on my side!

    And congratulations on the acceptance! How exciting! :D

    Thank you for your congrats! Don't stress! Last year I applied to 8 different programs and was not accepted by any of them. I spent this year making sure I was the best applicant I could possibly be, and it has paid off. It will all work out!! It always does! Anyways it is not over yet, so don't give up hope!

  3. For reals! This is silly! I hate waiting! Ugh. Glad we are all in this together! But I sincerely do not want to only have a week to make a really important decision, you know?

    Still waiting- Media, Culture, and Communication (Steinhardt)

  4. I had a questions for the person who posted they were accepted to UT-Austin on the results page. Did they send an email to a group of you saying you were accepted and to introduce yourself? They did that with the MFA program so I was just trying to get info on that.

    I was accepted for the MA, and it was an email from the Grad Coordinator. As of yet there has been no group-type email.

    USC has been contacting me the past two days requesting more info for their final consideration. Anybody else have this happen? hmmmm.

  5. The worst part is the paranoia is seeping into other parts of my life too....it's driving me up the wall.

    By the time this process is over, I'll be too insane to actually attend anywhere other than the local loony bin.

    Oh so true!! I cannot believe the strain this waiting has put on my nerves! Unfortunately there is nothing we can do now. At least last fall before the applications were turned in we could pick up a GRE book and study some words!

    Congrats on your acceptances, especialy UCI. I am partial of course.

  6. So my question is; can we commute from Irvine to some Silverlake LA or Long Beach? All my professors say that's what they do and although there's traffic you have lots of culture in these pockets. Also that with a car you can get anywhere and not be locked in the enviroment everyone has described here concerned to Irvine.

    Also - how's the grad population? Active? Dull?

    People that are at Irvine - do you take advantage of the LA cultural life?

    I was a Film and Media Studies undergrad at UCI- you are going to LOVE the Visual studies program! The Film professors are AMAZING!!!!! As are the curent grad students. Several of the profs do commute from the LA are, but they also are not on campus everyday. SO if you are going to be on campus everyday, then avoid LA at all costs!

    and yes I absolutely take advantage of LA. i am up there prob every other weekend. I was just there on Fri for a film premier.

  7. I did my undergrad at UC Irvine and loved UCI. here are some tips

    Vista Del Campo is the best on-campus housing! Do whatever you can to get in- I believe the grad VDC even has a washer and dryer in every apartment.

    Do not commute from LA or SD!! You will be in your car at least 4 hours a day. As wonderful as Silver Lake, Los Feliz, and all the other hipster neighborhoods are it is not worth the commute. If you are looking for hipster in the OC, live in Costa Mesa.

    If you want beachside live on the Newport Penninsula. I currently live in Corona del Mar beachside, but I do not have a neighbor under 40. It is an old wealthy neighborhood.

    Take advantage of the Film and Video Center at UCI- the weekly screenings are amazing.

  8. peffy1962 said:
    Yep, I heard from Northwestern and IU yesterday - rejected from both. I am now 0/3 with 1 to go. I really don't get it. I think I'm going to have to blame it on the economy to maintain my sanity. :)

    I am sorry to hear about that. You are absolutely right in blaming the economy. We could not be applying at a more difficult time! Not to mention that it could just be that your app did not click with the readers this year, but that doesn't mean it will not happen next year!

    So UT said they would be done soon? Hopefully before South by Southwest, because I heard that last year the application reading was completely haulted for S by SW! Not that I can blame them.

    I have totally written of N'Western and USC. (Didn't somebody get accepted to USC at like the beginning of Feb?) There is no way those letters are not rejections!!

  9. So then end of February has come, and I was really hoping to know more by now! Blah!

    I am glad to see the acceptances out there! Congratulations everybody!!

    I heard back from Georgetown mid February and was accepted. I am so glad that was the first notice I received, because otherwise I would have been a nervous wreck the rest of the month! I got a letter from Madison last friday advising I was not accepted to the MA program. Bummer!

    Is anyone else having problems with the USC and N'western status pages?

    Ok, Good luck everybody!!

  10. wazi congratulations on the acceptance!! well played!! you can relax now!!

    my scholarship in television has so far examined the commodification of social movements through television and also how the spectacle of television has evolved...

    what are you interested in studying?

    I will definitley keep you posted!

  11. Anybody out there waiting for results for Film Theory programs? I am more interested in television studies than film studies- so my list of schools weighs a little heavy on the cultural studies side, but here is my list...

    NYU- Steinhardt- Media, Culture, and Communication

    USC- Cinema Critical Studies

    UT Austin- RTF Critical Studies

    Northwestern- Screen Cultures

    UW Madison- Media and Cultural Studies

    Georgetown- Culture, Communication, and Technology

    UNC- Journalism and Mass Comm

    Brown- Modern Culture and Media

    I am still waiting to hear back from all- if anybody has heard from these programs I would love to hear about it! Thanks!!

  12. Anybody out there waiting for results for Film Theory programs? I am more interested in television studies than film studies- so my list of schools weighs a little heavy on the cultural studies side, but here is my list...

    NYU- Steinhardt- Media, Culture, and Communication

    USC- Cinema Critical Studies

    UT Austin- RTF Critical Studies

    Northwestern- Screen Cultures

    UW Madison- Media and Cultural Studies

    Georgetown- Culture, Communication, and Technology

    UNC- Journalism and Mass Comm

    Brown- Modern Culture and Media

    I am still waiting to hear back from all- if anybody has heard from these programs I would love to hear about it! Thanks!!

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