nyfilmfest

It's a fairly large class of 30-35. I don't see any reason it should be lower this year.

Seeing that list of schools, and browsing the results page, now has made me officially anxious. Somehow I told myself that March would be the magic month when all of my anxieties would be assauged, and now that it's here, they've only intensified. Those decisions can't come fast enough. :roll: I've only applied to Columbia / NYU's MA programs, as I live in NYC, and plan to stay here for the next two years, or so, since my partner's finishing an MBA at Stern. Now I'm wondering if I should have applied to some safety schools. I am still hopeful about my prospects, and think I've put together a solid application package, but paging through this forum it seems that all too many worthy people get inexplicably rejected. I do feel that I'm fortunate to be applying to MA programs this year... PhD program admissions are especially competitive right now, and funding is scarce. If MA candidates are viewed as a revenue stream, that can't hurt our chances. At the end of the day, my life won't end if I don't get into either program, but I don't really have any short-term backup plan in place. I'll have some tough decisions to make if I'm not going to be in school this fall. Then again, if I am not a strong enough candidate to get into MA programs, knowing that now might save me the pain of fruitlessly pursuing an academic career and getting rejected from PhD programs / teaching jobs down the line.

Yeah, still waiting here too for Cinema Studies. It's still pretty early by NYU standards... give it a few weeks.

... and another message today canceling one of the events they announced yesterday. They are seriously just trying to screw with us!

Still haven't heard anything from my programs either... Self-doubt is insanely high, even though my rational mind tells me I should be fine. :roll: I complained about the waiting game the other day, and a friend reminded me that the life of an academic is non-stop waiting (from jounals, publishers, Admin. committees, hiring committees, etc...), so just see this as a light hazing for what's to come. 8)

This is terrible, to be sure, but I don't expect to find out anything from any of my schools for a month, at least.

Sort of... I only applied to two schools, but I am working full-time. It would be tough to leave a job that pays well to go to a school I'm less than 100% thrilled with. If I get into either, I'll go. If I get into neither, I'll cry. If I get into both, I'll have an exceptionally hard decision to make. :mrgreen:

790 Q here, which is pretty useless to me, as I am applying to Film programs.