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

Hi All! Graduated from Michener so if anyone has questions, DM me! My questions: Does anyone have information about Juilliard? When do the start sending out request for interviews? How many people get in each year? What is the amount of the stipend? I know that in the past they had a list of current and past fellows and it was around 5-6 a year. Any info would help!

Tough choice, @annabananna! Owlwhale1- You never know what could happen! The waiting is the worst part. Well, for me. BUT BUT BUT- I received a phone call at my job yesterday morning. I work at UT Austin. She asked to speak with me. She introduced herself. And told me I had moved up the waitlist and am now in Michener! Im overjoyed and shocked. I'm thrilled to begin this journey!

Seconded! And how many do they accept at Brooklyn?

Oh, that's good to know, iamnonightbird! I'm still waiting for Michener...... BUT I will be attending UT in the Fall, either way. I need to start looking for an apartment....

Well congrats anyway! The lack of funding at NYU is so baffling to me. Has anyone heard from Brooklyn College?

I think @annabananna said that they don't give you productions at NYU. Which for me would be a big red flag. Yes, the rep is nice. But if you're not going to get experience with productions, it would be hard for me to justify going there. Secondly, the funding and the cost of tuition would be a huge deterrent for me. USC is up and coming. But it is a good school with, I'm sure, resources to boot. Also, I like the idea of a smaller cohort. More one on one mentoring, more resources, time and energy being put into bettering you as a writer. How much is the funding at USC?

I've been waitlisted at my top choice school. It only accepts two student with a very generous stipend. I was 2nd on the waitlist and just moved up to 1st this past week. One student declined, presumably moving to other choice. But is is it likely for another to decline an offer. I'm so close. It's driving me crazy. Staying positive though!

Yes, it was a great honor to be considered. Really! All the faculty sent me really good notes. Yeah, I think that someone went to UCSD. I heard about the wait list yesterday. The day decisions were to be made for UCSD. Apparently 3 people that got an offer from UT and/or Michener also were interviewing with UCSD. So I hope that the other goes to UCSD. It really is a good program with AMAZING funding. Or they go to another offer. UCSD is a good reason to leave Michener. And I was asked that speficially from a faculty member at UCSD. I told them I would have to think about it before I make a decision. I assume UCSD and UT/Michener steal people from each other. At this point, I think UT is the best for me. Things happen for a reason! And I'm hoping for Michener. I'm so close. Lol. But what will happen will happen. I'm in a good place now.

Finally got an email from Naomi in the middle of the night. Saw it on my phone and couldn't resist reading it at 3:40am. I'm the second alternative. Not gonna lie, a little disappointed. BUT, I moved up to 1st on the Michener wait list. So one more person down and I'll be in! lol. Not that UT is an amazing program and great school and city. AND I don't want to sound ungrateful. I just DO NOT want anymore debt. I went here for undergrad and got an exceedingly high amount of debt from the same department I'm returning to. Either way, I'll be going to grad school next year! Very excited!!! Who knows what can happen in the coming weeks! Light candles, saying prayers and the lot for Michener.

Is it appropriate to email about admission decisions yet? Yeah, at Michener, you aren't required to teach. Just lay around in all your money.

As far as funding, UCSD. You'll leave with no debt. You have a good stipend for all three years. And I have a possibility of more funding with the diversity scholarship. UT, not Michener, will give you a stipend but starting in the second year, I believe, so you have to get loans if you don't have cash saved up. The stipend also isn't very much. They do try to give you scholarshis, fellowships, TA-ships, and work study. And you don't have to pay tuition, which is a large chunk- but pretty inexpensive at UT. But it just doesn't add up to the same as UCSD. Either way, I'm in good hands. So we'll see tomorrow...lol..

Congrats Cardinal and Iamnonightbird! Sorry to hear that Zissou. I got back from San Diego Last night. I was there from Wednesday to Saturday. I was jam packed with meetings, lunches, rehearsals, sitting in on classes, productions meetings, etc. I was exhausted. Still a little tired. Everyone was lovely. The campus is beautiful It's a little isolated for my taste, but perfect for 3 years of focus and writing. Naomi is a lovely human as well as Allan. I didn't meet Deborah Stein, the newer faculty, she was out of town. The playwrights were mostly from New York or Chicago. One from San Fran. They were all very informative and nice. Two of the graduating playwrights won Kennedy awards. And one of them won the Paula Vogel Award. The program is centered around the time to write. You take two courses and teach one or two classes, or work in the office for your stipend around 2000 a month. Though they tell me the summers are hard financially. They give you travel money every summer. AND a 1000 to 15,000 dollars for your transition from grad school to the "real world". So you accrue no debt from this program. Great subsidized graduate housing. Each year you get a production in the Wagner New Play Festival. I saw some rehearsals. A great diversity of material and as the department in general is very diverse culturally and racially, the playwrights are all white. Which I thought was odd. But from Naomi, it is something that is very important to them in creating. They also have a great diversity scholarship. It's a great place and program and would love to go there. Since I was the last applicant of 5 out to visit, decisions will be made by this Monday. EKK!!! So I'l be very anxious tomorrow. Also, I was told that 3 people that have been offered spots at UT/Michener have also been interviewed by UCSD. So I may or may move up that Michener waitlist........though I'm doubtful and won't get my hopes up. I know I'm forgetting some stuff, so if anyone has anymore questions, let me know!

Got in at UT T&D. 2nd on the wait list for Michener. Off to UCSD tomorrow! Yay for today!

Loved reading your post about Yale. It seems like an awesome program. Hope you get a call soon, Zissou! Where a lot of students finalists at other programs? Any other news?